中國男子利用東方航空頭等艙機票吃“白食”

BEIJING:In a bizarre case, a Chinese man bought a first-class plane ticket and rebooked it 300 times to have free meals at the VIP lounge of an airport in the country.

北京:這樣的事件讓人匪夷所思，爲了到貴賓休息室“蹭飯”，一名中國男子將自己已訂購的機票重複訂了300次。

The frequent diner purchased the first-class, fully refundable ticket aboard Eastern China Airline and then re-booked his ticket over and over again to have free meals.

這名“蹭飯”常客訂購了中國東方航空可全額退款的頭等艙機票。爲了免費“蹭飯”，他多次重複訂票。

He used the ticket to gain access to the Xi'an International Airport's VIP lounge, where high-rolling travellers dine for free, according to a report in the Chinese-language newspaper Kwong Wah Yit Poh in Malaysia.

男子藉助訂來的票進入了西安國際機場的貴賓休息室。據馬來西亞中文報紙《光華日報》的報道，高端旅客們可以在此免費就餐。

The man flashed his ticket to lounge staff at the Shaanxi province airport before his trip, ate a meal just like any first class traveller and instead of getting on the flight he would change his flight's departure to another day.

在啓程之前，他向航站的工作人員亮了自己的機票，然後同其他的頭等艙旅客共同進餐。但是，這名男子進餐後並不登機，而是將啓程時間更改至他日。

The next day he would show up with his newly issued ticket for the revised date, eat and then again change his ticket date. He did this over and over again.

次日，他會攜帶更改了日期的飛機票再次出現。在就餐後，再次將啓程日期作了更改。這樣的情節就如此循環往復地上演。

Eastern China Airlines officials only recently figured out the man's scheme after noticing his single ticket being re-booked 300 times over one year.

中國東方航空公司的管理人員直到最近才發現了該男子的行爲，因爲他們注意到他在一年之內將一張單程機票重複訂購了300次。

Airline officials admitted there was nothing they could do to stop the frequent diner, the New York Daily News reported.

《紐約每日新聞》報道，航空公司的管理人員承認，他們沒有阻擋“蹭飯”常客的現成措施。

A spokeswoman for the carrier called the man's free-meal scheme a "rare act."

該航空公司的發言人說這種“蹭飯”行爲“實屬罕見”。

Eastern China Airlines officials confronted him and the human meal ticket was stopped.

中國東方航空公司當着男子的面處理了此事，並停掉了這張“糧票”。

The freeloader ended up cashing in his fully refundable ticket and getting back all his money.

這位“蹭飯者”最後得到了機票的全額退款。