Man Offers Around-the-World Plane Ticket for Woman with Ex-Girlfriend’s Name
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If your name is Elizabeth Gallagher, have a Canadian passport and love to travel, then a plane ticket for a trip around the world is waiting for you.
The only catch is that you will have to travel with the ex-boyfriend of the original Elizabeth Gallagher who was scheduled to make the same trip with the then-love of her life.
The plane ticket has been put up for grabs by Jordan Axani, a 28-year-old Toronto man who has started a social media firestorm with his offer.
Axani posted the offer on Reddit Monday, explaining that he had booked the trip back in March with Gallagher, they have since broken up and the tickets are, “frankly so cheap and on so many different airlines that they’re not worth the headache or money to cancel.”
Axani’s around-the-world trip will start Dec. 21, in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before ending in Toronto Jan. 8.
Axani wrote in his Reddit post that he is “not looking for anything in return” and that the person who uses the extra ticket can choose to either travel with him or take the ticket and go on her own.
“In the wake of the breakup I have deferred all further planning for the trip,” he wrote. “No hotels, trains or anything have been booked. You’re on your own, bucko.”
“Having said that, I will buy the first round of vino at JFK upon departure,” added Axani, who listed his only requirements as being sane and interesting, ready for a “spontaneous life experience” and willing to pay the good deed forward to someone else.
Not surprisingly, Axani’s post quickly went viral, as did the email address he listed on Reddit.
“I have received thousands of emails for people around the world,” Axani, told ABC News today by email. “Among those, I have received dozens of emails from Elizabeth Gallaghers who are Canadian.”
Axani, who works in strategic development for an international real estate development and advisory firm, has not said how much the plane ticket is worth.
After all of the attention his post received, he went back on Reddit to describe himself as, “a totally normal 28 year old guy living in Toronto that’s friendly, trustworthy, full of good stories and am coincidently a great guy to share a laugh with over a beer.”
He also asked people to “respect the privacy of the real Elizabeth Gallagher.”
Now that Axani has confirmed that there are other Elizabeth Gallaghers out there, including ones who want to travel, how will he make his decision?
The newly-minted Internet star is sticking to 21st century media to reveal his decision.
“Continue to follow @jordanaxani on Twitter or www.jordanaxani.com for the latest updates,” Axani wrote to ABC News.
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