Ryanair passenger "eats" €10,000 scratchcard

A passenger on one of Ryanair’s flights from Krakow to East Midlands airport has apparently eaten a winning scratchcard worth €10,000. In a bizarre turn of events even for Ryanair, the carrier says the passenger became upset when he learnt that cabin crew could not pay him his winnings there and then, and rather than wait to have his ticket verified on the ground, proceeded to eat the scratchcard. Ryanair sells the scratchcards in conjunction with Brand Force, and says it will now give the unclaimed winnings to charity, with visitors to ryanair.com able to choose the most deserving cause from the following:

• An Anger Management Charity
• An Eating Disorder Charity
• A Gamblers Charity
• A Disruptive Children’s Charity
• A Mental Health Charity

A spokesperson for Ryanair said: “In the last two year’s Ryanair’s scratch cards have given away 10 cars, over €300,000 in cash prizes and over 100,000 flight vouchers.  Passengers have always been delighted to claim their large cash prizes after returning home.  Unfortunately our latest winner felt that we should have his €10,000 prize kicking around on the aircraft. “Yesterday’s events prove that while Ryanair’s scratch cards offer large cash prizes they clearly taste great too! Crew tried to stop the air Gourmet Scratch Card eater by offering him one of our great tasting sandwiches, pizzas or snacks instead, but clearly he had much more expensive tastes!” For more information visit ryanair.com.