A Montclair man’s dumpster diving has paid huge dividends: free airline tickets to Orlando for his wife and two friends. Hamburger giant Wendy’s was offering a free one way ticket on AirTran in exchange for 32 coupons, found on medium or large soda cups, in a contest last December. The 25-year-old diver, a vegetarian, dug his way through left over chili, fries, chicken and burgers, to collect over 800 coupon bearing cups. It was more than enough for four round trip tickets, and he pocketed a bunch of cash by selling his extra coupons on Craigslist, reported Tuesday’s Star Ledger.
"It was a little gross the first time. I'm not (usually) a big fan of Wendy's, but right now I am." said the man, who requested anonymity out of fear AirTran wouldn't honor the coupons.
The dumpster digger remains anonymous because his friends might think he’s a little weird, smelly once the airline found out about other dumpster divers, they started scrutinizing all winners. Dude, enjoy your anonymous 15 minutes of fame.
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Seriously, did Wendy's marketing/corporate offices really expect customers to patiently make 800 individual trips to the restaurant to get the free ticket?! All this for a ride on an AirTran plane ... imagine what would happen if the offer was good for a Continental or American ticket?