Unintended consequences
Eat and drink free for a year A Chinese businessman bought a first-class, fully-refundable ticket aboard Eastern China Airline. On the scheduled departure date, he presented it for access to the Xi’an International Airport’s VIP lounge, where first-class travellers dine and drink free. Then, instead of boarding the flight he changed his flight’s departure date to the following day. The next day he turned up with his newly-issued ticket for the revised date, ate and drank free and then changed his ticket date again. Airline staff recognized what was happening only after noticing that his ticket had been re-booked 300