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Tweet revealing flights costing less than tickets to Temple Meads goes viral

By Martin Booth  Monday Apr 3, 2023

After Tory grandee John Redwood suggested that people stay in the UK for their holidays in order to avoid the shambles at Dover, one woman shared the prices of a return ticket from Newcastle to Temple Meads compared to the prices of flights from Newcastle Airport.

“me and my bf want to go to bristol for the weekend” tweeted @leechwaifu in response to John Redwood, sharing a screengrab of prices for tickets arriving into Bristol on June 30 and leaving two days later.

The tweet has since been deleted but not before it had been viewed by more than one million people.

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Featuring three changes and a five-hour 33-minute journey from Newcastle to Bristol, the cheapest ticket cost £249; while the return leg of the journey could have cost up to £510 leaving Temple Meads at 5.23am.

@leechwaifu, also known as comrade savage, then shared the price of flights to destinations from Newcastle Airport – all under £100 for getaways across Europe.

Main image: Twitter / Simon Holliday / Miles Arnold

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