[jariel]

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Calling all Elizabeth Gallaghers in Canada: Would you like a free trip around the world?

Toronto resident Jordan Axani, 28, is looking for a woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend to take a couple of airline tickets off his hands. Axani posted on Reddit that he booked this "fairly wicked" trip in March when he and the original Elizabeth Gallagher were still together.

After they broke up, he didn't want the tickets to go to waste.

"Anyone familiar with with the archaic system that is modern air travel will know that a name change on a ticket is damn near impossible," he wrote on the site.

If you're lucky enough to be Canadian and have the name Elizabeth Gallagher, here is your itinerary:

December 21: NYC to Milan
December 28: Prague to Paris
December 29: Paris to Bangkok
January 7: Bangkok to New Delhi
January 8: New Delhi to Toronto

Oh, and if you want to stay a few extra days in India, that's an option too, Axani says.

"I am not looking for anything in return. I am not looking for companionship, romance, drugs, a trade, or to take selfies with you in front of the Christmas Market in Prague," he wrote.

"If you feel compelled to toss me a couple hundred bucks, great. Really the only thing I ask for is that you enjoy this trip and that it bring you happiness."

Better hurry, though. Axani says he has received thousands of emails from around the world in response to his Reddit post, including "dozens of emails from Elizabeths who are Canadian." No word on how he's going to make the final selection. There's probably not enough time before the trip to do it "Survivor" style.

The real question is whether it's possible for another Elizabeth Gallagher to travel under a ticket purchased for Axani's ex.

Airline policies typically forbid the transfer of tickets, but in this case, how would they know? Axani says he booked it on Priceline using Elizabeth's first and last name only (no middle name). And we know security agents at the airport generally don't check birth dates, which are required to purchase a ticket.

CNN has reached out to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to find out whether they have any security measures in place that would prevent Elizabeth Gallagher 2.0 from traveling.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/04/travel/fre...gallagher/

Here are some of his ground rules:

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1. I am not looking for anything in return. I am not looking for companionship, romance, drugs, a trade, or to take selfies with you in front the Christmas Market in Prague. If you feel compelled to toss me a couple hundred bucks, great. Really the only thing I ask for is that you enjoy this trip and that it bring you happiness.

2. We can travel together and see some cool stuff - or not. I'm easy and have no problem with someone taking the tickets and doing their own thing (see ya on the plane!). Embracing the spontaneity of life is more my thing, though, so if you want to travel together (and are not an axe murder) I’m likely game.

3. This is for the flights only. In the wake of the breakup I have deferred all further planning for the trip. 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.

4. We can totally stay in India a couple days longer. Long story, but if we can come to agreement the airline can push back the return flight on both tickets (it’s both or nothin’) with no charge.

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[eradicator]

eh, all he is offering is plane tickets that he cannot get refunded, i don't really see the harm in it. I guess you could say it was a huge mistake to plan and purchase tickets for a woman on such a huge trip, most relationships don't last forever.

[komatiite]

This is awesome, hopefully it goes through with all the attention... I'm sure the airlines would get slaughtered by media if they refuse the new Elizabeth Gallacher

[jariel]

(11-08-2014 02:00 AM)eradicator Wrote:  

I guess you could say it was a huge mistake to plan and purchase tickets for a woman on such a huge trip, most relationships don't last forever.

It's possible the relationship was already on the rocks, and the trip around the world was his "Hail Mary" to keep her around.

The moment you start thinking about breaking up with someone and the moment in which it actually happens are two different moments, usually with an extended period of time in between.

I highly doubt he was already having thoughts of a break-up, yet would still have invested in something so costly and binding, not to mention, unlike with the stranger, the girlfriend would been up his ass the whole trip.

Definitely not the course of action for someone who's thinking about removing someone from their life.

[Pride male]

Game recognised?

[samsamsam]

Bet he could make an interesting documentary out of it if he doesn't come off as soft.

[Pride male]

I guess to some women, the world is not enough.

[funkyzeit]

He's famous now in a good way, I bet his ex is begging him to come back.

[Ingocnito]

Reminds me of a new reality show script.