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Title: Airline passenger eats winning $13,500 scratchcard in protest
Post by: Chris on February 28, 2010, 10:22:03 AM: Quote
FLIER EATS WINNING Â£8K CARD (http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/160874/Flier-eats-winning-8k-card)

A FURIOUS plane passenger who won an Â£8,930 scratch- card jackpot on board a flight ate his ticket when told he could not claim the cash immediately.

The unnamed man was flying with Ryanair from Krakow, Poland, to East Midlands Airport when he scooped the e10,000 prize.

Crew confirmed he had won but told the passenger he would have to collect the money directly from the company that runs the competition as it was such a large sum.

Ryanair said the man then became frustrated and started to eat his ticket after his Thursday win, ruling out any chance of claiming the prize.

And the airline's response...

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Since this â‚¬10,000 prize will now go unclaimed Ryanair and Brand Force, the scratch card company, have decided to offer the cash to charity and have asked Ryanair passengers to vote on www.ryanair.com (until Fri 5th Mar) for which type of charity Ryanair should donate the â‚¬10,000 prize to, from the following list:

1. An Anger Management Charity
2. An Eating Disorder Charity
3. A Gamblers Charity
4. A Disruptive Childrenâ€™s Charity
5. A Mental Health Charity

http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/winner-of-10000-euro-ryanair-scratch-card-eats-winning-ticket
:ha:
Title: Re: Airline passenger eats winning $13,500 scratchcard in protest
Post by: ColonialMarine0431 on February 28, 2010, 10:31:29 AM: From the Ryanair site....

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Yesterdayâ€™s events prove that while Ryanairâ€™s scratch cards offer large cash prizes they clearly taste great too! Crew tried to stop the air Gourmet Scratch Card eater by offering him one of our great tasting sandwiches, pizzas or snacks instead, but clearly he had much more expensive tastes!

:lmao:

http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/winner-of-10000-euro-ryanair-scratch-card-eats-winning-ticket
Title: Re: Airline passenger eats winning $13,500 scratchcard in protest
Post by: JohnnyReb on February 28, 2010, 11:23:30 AM: Well?...did he have that "full" feeling or not?
Title: Re: Airline passenger eats winning $13,500 scratchcard in protest
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on February 28, 2010, 02:52:51 PM: ****ing idiot.
Title: Re: Airline passenger eats winning $13,500 scratchcard in protest
Post by: littlelamb on March 02, 2010, 10:48:01 PM: I would have moved hell and high water to claim the money
Title: Re: Airline passenger eats winning $13,500 scratchcard in protest
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 02, 2010, 11:07:51 PM: Quote from: littlelamb on March 02, 2010, 10:48:01 PM
I would have moved hell and high water to claim the money

Or at least waited until the plane landed.