General Furious Ryanair passenger eats his $13,600 winning lottery ticket

[The Helper]

Despite all the weird things Ryanair manages to do to its passengers, they do have their fair share of wacky passengers as well.

During one of their flights this week, a passenger purchased a scratchcard lottery ticket (one of the many ways Ryanair makes money). When he uncovered the numbers, he turned out to be the lucky winner of €10,000 (about $13,600).

And this is where the story takes a twist for the weird - when the passenger was told that he would have to send his ticket in for verification, and that the cabin crew don't fly around Europe with that kind of cash, he got furious.

Normal people would throw a tantrum, calm down, and accept the situation. Instead, the lucky winner ate his ticket.

Furious Ryanair passenger eats his $13,600 winning lottery ticket - Gadling

Despite all the weird things Ryanair manages to do to its passengers, they do have their fair share of wacky passengers as well. During one of their flights this week, a passenger purchased a scratchcard lottery ticket (one of the many ways Ryanair makes money). When he uncovered the numbers...

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[Darthfett]

Normal people would throw a tantrum, calm down, and accept the situation. Instead, the lucky winner ate his ticket.

I doubt most people would even throw a tantrum. It's perfectly logical, and what I would expect if I were to win.

Why is it that it's always people like this who win things?

 

[Slapshot136]

Why is it that it's always people like this who win things?

it's not, it's just people like this who make the news

I don't really get why they wouldn't fly him.. 13k isn't too much money, is it? I thought the limit was about 20 k

 

[Darthfett]

it's not, it's just people like this who make the news

Of course, I wasn't being serious.

I don't really get why they wouldn't fly him.. 13k isn't too much money, is it? I thought the limit was about 20 k

It wasn't that they wouldn't fly him, but he purchased a lottery ticket on his flight and won. He ate the ticket simply because he couldn't have his money right that second.

 

[Flare]

I doubt most people would even throw a tantrum. It's perfectly logical, and what I would expect if I were to win.

Sadly, I doubt logic is the strong suit of many people

It's extremely puzzling as to how eating your ticket would be a way of venting your frustration? If anything, it's going to make things even worse a few seconds after he's calmed down, once he realises what he's done...

 

[Varine]

it's not, it's just people like this who make the news

I don't really get why they wouldn't fly him.. 13k isn't too much money, is it? I thought the limit was about 20 k

Nope. Anything over 10 thousand has to be declared on international flights. Well if you're leaving or coming to the US, I've never heard of Ryanair so I have no idea where they operate out of, I think in Europe it's like 12,500 Euros. Although that's kind of stupid that they wouldn't let him fly, usually as long as you can justify where you got the money, as this guy was quite capable of doing, it's not that big of a deal.

 

[Darthfett]

Although that's kind of stupid that they wouldn't let him fly, usually as long as you can justify where you got the money, as this guy was quite capable of doing, it's not that big of a deal.

The article didn't say anything about not letting him fly.

 

[Varine]

The article didn't say anything about not letting him fly.

and that the cabin crew don't fly around Europe with that kind of cash, he got furious.

Did I misinterpret that?

 

[Flare]

Did I misinterpret that?

Well, that quote doesn't mention the passenger (or whether he was allowed to fly, or not) at all, merely the fact that cabin crew do not take large sums of money on flights.

 

[Varine]

It says that they don't allow people to carry that amount of money on them inflight.

 

[uberfoop]

No, it was a sarcasticly written statement saying that the crew pointed out that they don't carry the prize money on the aircraft with them.

Hence 'the cabin crew don't fly around Europe with that kind of cash.'

 

[Darthfett]

It says that they don't allow people to carry that amount of money on them inflight.

No, it says that the cabin crews do not fly around Europe with a huge lump of cash.

Did I misinterpret that?

Yes.

when the passenger was told that he would have to send his ticket in for verification, and that the cabin crew do not fly around Europe with that kind of cash, he got furious.

The cabin crew can't verify that the lottery ticket is a valid winning ticket, and they're not going to have that kind of money to hand out to passengers that win.

 

[Wiseman_2]

I've never heard of Ryanair

They're a budget airline which operates out of Ireland. When I say budget, I mean budget - they were talking about charging people to use the toilet (I'm not sure if they ever implemented it).

 

[FireCat]

Holy crap, I hope this expensive meal was tasty enough for him.

 

[AnthraxXx]

Omg... what an idiot!

 

[The Helper]

LOL!