CORNER BROOK, N.L.—A lovestruck Michigan teen’s daunting Twitter bid to snag free airline tickets to see his Newfoundland girlfriend has been given new life. On May 1, Poirer had convinced Air Canada to give him tickets to visit his Newfoundland girlfriend — if he could manage to get a retweet for every resident of Newfoundland and Labrador. Article Continued Below“We’re helping (at)TheCJPoirier by donating ALL the retweets Air Canada’s has ever received! So Poirier took to Twitter, asking Air Canada how many retweets it would take for free round-trip tickets. Air Canada replied by asking what the population of Newfoundland was — and said it would take that many.

Source: thestar May 09, 2018 23:28 UTC