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Man uses first-class plane ticket to eat free for a year
NY Post ^ | 1/29/14 | David K. Li

Posted on 12/28/2015 12:37:40 PM PST by SoFloFreeper

A man in China purchased a first-class plane ticket - and used it to eat a year's worth of free meals at the VIP lounge at Xi'an International Airport.

The frequent diner purchased a first-class, fully refundable ticket aboard Eastern China Airline.

He used the ticket to gain access to the airport's VIP lounge, where high-rolling travelers dine for free....

The man re-booked his first-class ticket over and over again and kept the gravy train rolling.

Eastern China Airlines officials only recently figured out the man's scheme after noticing his single ticket being re-booked 300 times over one year....

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: The Cuban
Kudos to him!

Why kudos to a thief? A clever thief, but a thief nonetheless.

21 posted on 12/28/2015 1:38:34 PM PST by Blennos
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To: SoFloFreeper

“Ching, ching Chinaman, sitting on a fence.

Trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents.”


22 posted on 12/28/2015 1:39:44 PM PST by truth_seeker (comKoufax, Drysdale, Marichal, Spahn and others are also on the satee with the outlws.)
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To: right way right

My Chinese coworker had his son apply to every big name STEM school: MIT, Cal Poly, you name it. In the end, the kid went to Virginia Tech. Why? He could live at home.


23 posted on 12/28/2015 1:40:38 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: Blennos

He didn’t steal it. They gave it to him


24 posted on 12/28/2015 1:41:12 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Good on him.
If he can find a way to legally do better for himself, I say hear hear!


25 posted on 12/28/2015 1:44:34 PM PST by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: Fai Mao

Is she one of them like my dearly departed?

Coupons + half off + double manfct coupons + loyalty card + knowing a lady that marks things down = $200 worth of stuff for $8....

I told her once I needed a new pair of khakis... the next week I had four pair and I think she spent $6.


26 posted on 12/28/2015 1:48:31 PM PST by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I would have thought the downside to this would have made the scheme a waste of time.... time spent cancelling/rebooking, traveling to airport and going through security, airport parking, eating same food day after day etc.....


27 posted on 12/28/2015 1:53:35 PM PST by hecticskeptic (In life it's important to know what you believe�.but more more importantly, why you believe it.)
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To: envisio
Coupons + half off + double manfct coupons + loyalty card + knowing a lady that marks things down = $200 worth of stuff for $8....

The cherry on top of that sundae is knowing full well that the item you are gunning for is going to be out of stock on the last day of the sale... and so you lock in with all those discounts... getting the maximum amount of rainchecks allowed.

I was one of "those people" at A&P when the big 3 lb. bags of the whole bean 8 O'clock dark Italian roast coffee would go on sale. One time I cashed in the rainchecks and had coffee that was normally $8/# for like $2.25/#... 50 pounds of it.... right into the freezer.

28 posted on 12/28/2015 2:02:21 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: right way right

We have a lawyer in the Detroit area (advertises on TV). He goes every day to the Costco and visits the same sample 3 or 4 times. One of the ladies asked him if he could not afford to buy lunch and was almost fired.


29 posted on 12/28/2015 2:14:42 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Evidently he wants to be known as the ‘cheap lawyer’.


30 posted on 12/28/2015 2:19:40 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Good for her though.

Greedy people like that ought to be exposed.


31 posted on 12/28/2015 2:27:35 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: envisio

“Is she one of them like my dearly departed?

Coupons + half off + double manfct coupons + loyalty card + knowing a lady that marks things down = $200 worth of stuff for $8....”

My wife once went to grocery store on a double coupon day and bought several of an item that was on a clearance sale using the coupons. The cashier didn’t pay attention and the total was a negative number. Kroger owed us money for shopping there.


32 posted on 12/28/2015 2:31:54 PM PST by Fai Mao (Just a tropical gardiner chatting with friends)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

The Bernstein Advantage?


33 posted on 12/28/2015 2:40:28 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Political Correctness is a kool-aid drinking suicide cult)
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To: SoFloFreeper

My brother and his wife took free bump tickets from an airline a few years ago. On their free trip, they purpose booked a nearly full flight and got another set of free tickets. I think they pulled off over 6 free trips over the years from the one ticket.


34 posted on 12/28/2015 3:12:32 PM PST by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

I saw what you did there.

The both of them.


35 posted on 12/28/2015 3:55:26 PM PST by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I thought you were Scottish...


36 posted on 12/28/2015 4:07:01 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: SoFloFreeper

When I get first class travel I drink a full years of alcohol...In one sitting.


37 posted on 12/28/2015 4:11:40 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: SoFloFreeper

When we go to the first class lounge there is always someone at a desk checking tickets. You would think that person would have recognized the man after a while.


38 posted on 12/28/2015 4:24:40 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
I liked the way the story ended, after he was confronted and the gravy train was ended:

The freeloader ended up cashing in his fully refundable ticket and getting back all his money.

39 posted on 12/28/2015 6:26:50 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Blennos
He wasn't a thief. He paid for the ticket and took advantage of the benefits offered.

He didn't steal anything. He played the airlines like a fiddle though. And then got his money back on top of it.

Clever guy. Dumb airlines.

40 posted on 12/28/2015 7:01:52 PM PST by HotHunt
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