Idiot of the Week award goes to airline passenger Liu Jinqi.
The Chinese traveller has fined - but unfortunately not banned for life - for communicating a fake bomb threat to budget airline AirAsia.
Liu, 28, wanted to change her seat, but after several attempts to contact the airline failed, she opted to take drastic action, travel news hub Travel Mole reported.
After attempts to talk to the airline through its website and via email failed to get a response, she took to the airline’s chatbot system.
She wrote: “Human service emergency, bomb dangerous.”
The airline promptly contacted police.
The travel twit was in Malaysia and booked an AirAsia flight from Tawau in Sabah to Kuala Lumpur, ahead of another flight from KL back to Beijing, China.
Liu and her travel companion were tracked down and arrested and Liu pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal intimidation in a Malaysian court.
She was fined RM5,000 (around $1800).
“I only wanted to change my seat," said entitled Liu.
"I had tried contacting AirAsia, but there was no response. That is why I used the word ‘bomb’ so that my message would get immediate attention.”
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