Wanna Fly On A Fake Airline From Vancouver To Macau?

[VicMan]

This Airliners.net thread documents the tale of an apparently fake airline: http://www.airliners.net/discussions/gener...725014/#menu126

What kind of airline asks people to wire money to China in order to buy a non-refundable airline ticket? Why the poor grammar? It reminds me of a Nigerian advance fee fraud scam.

[Saddleman]

What kind of idiot falls for it?

[VicMan]

What kind of idiot falls for it?

Maybe people blinded by the cheap tickets of the airline, people who desperately want YVR-Macau, and/or people who do not know better about reservation systems fall for it.

Metis's "homepage": http://www.metismacau.com/corporate/

[Saddleman]

Maybe people blinded by the cheap tickets of the airline, people who desperately want YVR-Macau, and/or people who do not know better about reservation systems fall for it.

Metis's "homepage": http://www.metismacau.com/corporate/

aka: idiots.

[VicMan]

December 14 came and passed... and there were no Metis flights from Vancouver to Macau.

Now the site says: "Until that is, \"THE GRINCH\" stole Christmas from the thousands of passengers that were happy to have an alternative option from expensive airfares this holiday season."

And a new a.net thread about this "surprising" (not) announcement was started: http://www.airliners.net/discussions/gener...d.main/3745018/

This is humorous and pathetic at the same time...