(April 20): One quick-witted opportunist bagged US$250,000-worth of airline tickets for just US$17,000 after fares on an All Nippon Airways website were listed ultra cheaply due to a currency conversion error.

Herman Yip, 32, snapped up 25 tickets for a small fraction of their usual cost, including a round-trip in first class all the way from Jakarta to Aruba, via Tokyo and New York, for only US$890. Some business-class flights cost as little as US$300, he told Bloomberg News.