If a deal looks to good to be true, it probably is.

That's the line from the owner of Fly Buys after human error saw customers scoop up an Apple iPad Air for just one Fly Buys point.

126 customers attempted to claim the deal, with 17 of those customers managing to pick up 23 iPads between them from Noel Leemings before the error was realised.

Spokesperson Adele Fitzpatrick said an iPad would normally cost almost seven thousand points.

"It's a pretty obvious mistake, I mean one point instead of 7000 points ummm pretty much looks like a deal that is too good to be true."

Adele Fitzpatrick said the 126 people who signed up for the deal actually tried to get 600 iPads between them.

But the company which runs Fly Buys won't be making customers return the iPads they essentially claimed for free.

Ms Fitzpatrick said though it was an obvious mistake and the company wants the iPads back - but it won't make people return them.

"We're in the business of giving away free stuff, you know we don't normally do it for this free but we won't make anyone give those Ipads back."