Ohio man buys last Concorde seats for $60,300

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CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - A Toledo, Ohio, man who
bid $60,300 bought the last two seats on this week's
final flight of the Concorde.

David Hayes said he was anticipating Friday's British
Airways flight but under the rules of the charity
auction he cannot comment until he appears on NBC's
"Today" show Thursday morning to claim the tickets.

The auction, arranged by "Today," ran on eBay Inc.
from October 13 to Monday.

In addition to two seats on the supersonic jet's final
scheduled flight from New York to London, the winning
bid came with two nights in an unidentified "elegant"
New York hotel, a chauffeured limousine to John F.
Kennedy International Airport, ringside seats at the
aircraft's decommissioning ceremony at Heathrow
Airport, one night in a four-star London hotel and a
return flight to New York on a standard British
Airways flight, business class.

The "Today" show estimated the package to be worth
$25,000. British Airways was selling one-way seats for
the final week of Concorde service for $7,154.
Proceeds from the auction will go to the Boys & Girls
Club of America, the Fred Rogers Fund, Reading is
Fundamental and UNICEF.

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