Ooops!
Manuel is Miguel! Sorry mate.
edited accordingly.
The tips trick shall remain a secret. Unfortunatley Miguel was flying myself and two other Aussies - tipping is a foreign culture for us tight bastards and he lucked out. Didn't even cross my mind until it was discussed on the bus to the hotel with the other pax.
I think he did get lucky with the two Canadian women, however they batted for the other team so the luck was confined to monetary gain alone!