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08-30-2016, 04:51 PM
This man's query about a 47-year flight connection escalated hilariously
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LONDON — There's a lot of competition for the greatest ever social media brand response out there, but Jen — a member of travel company Skyscanner's Facebook team — may just have taken the top spot.
SEE ALSO: This man's complaint about a dead worm in his cucumber escalated hilariously (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/dead-worm-tesco-cucumber-funeral/)
The thread (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157232918945532&set=o.9213701292&type=3&theater) started last week, after a confusing flight suggestion from Skyscanner (a UK-based travel app that allows people to find cheap flights) led to the following query from a user called James Lloyd.
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Image: facebook/james lloyd (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157232918945532&set=o.9213701292&type=3&theater)
There are probably loads of great things to do in Bangkok, in fairness, but 413,786 hours (or 47.2 years) does seem like quite a bit of time to fill. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/skyscanner-47-year-flight-connection/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — There's a lot of competition for the greatest ever social media brand response out there, but Jen — a member of travel company Skyscanner's Facebook team — may just have taken the top spot.
SEE ALSO: This man's complaint about a dead worm in his cucumber escalated hilariously (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/dead-worm-tesco-cucumber-funeral/)
The thread (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157232918945532&set=o.9213701292&type=3&theater) started last week, after a confusing flight suggestion from Skyscanner (a UK-based travel app that allows people to find cheap flights) led to the following query from a user called James Lloyd.
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/urOXTf2NbvHFgpsC8LWzx37Sb7k=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F194625%2FSkyscanner_original_query.jpg
Image: facebook/james lloyd (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157232918945532&set=o.9213701292&type=3&theater)
There are probably loads of great things to do in Bangkok, in fairness, but 413,786 hours (or 47.2 years) does seem like quite a bit of time to fill. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/skyscanner-47-year-flight-connection/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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