Traveler scores $250,000 worth of tickets for $17,000 after ANA airline 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, according to Bloomberg.

ANA said Wednesday that airfares were listed incorrectly on its Vietnam website due to an erroneous currency conversion. The Japanese carrier has not confirmed if the cut-price tickets will remain valid, saying it would make a decision by the end of April on how to address the issue.

Yip, who runs a travel website from Hong Kong, said the low prices remained on the Japanese carrier's website for at least 12 hours.

"I know 20 people who knew about the incident, and that of course just multiplies the impact," he said.