An anonymous buyer purchased one seat for the 20 July 2021 flight at auction for $28 million[13] but this person did not fly on said flight due to scheduling problems; the anonymous buyer was rescheduled for a later flight. Instead of the auction winning passenger, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen was selected to fly. Mr. Daemen's father paid for his flight, thus Mr. Daemen was the first customer (i.e. person whose flight has been paid for) passenger of New Shepard.