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Couple Funds Honeymoon With Recyclables

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-done-with-that dept.

John and Ann Till, from Petersfield, in Hampshire, spent three months collecting recyclables to pay for their honeymoon flights. The couple earned one reward point, which they converted into BA air miles, for every four items they recycled. In the end, they amassed 36,000 miles. Mr Till, 31, a railways communications manager, said, "We wanted to make our honeymoon special and were trying to think of ways to raise money for it. I saw on the machine that you got a Tesco Clubcard point for every four items you put in. For every 250 points you got 600 British Airways miles. We worked out that it would be possible to turn rubbish into our flights — as long as we had enough."

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  1. Inefficient by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    If they have simply gotten part time jobs for 3 months I'm sure they could have made much more money with less time.

    1. Re:Inefficient by ByOhTek · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think part of the point is that they were doing something for the general good at the same time as helping finance their honeymoon.

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    2. Re:Inefficient by LohanChien · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They did get part time jobs...collecting rubbish -and it paid them in the currency they sought....on their own time and own terms, right?

    3. Re:Inefficient by onion2k · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I doubt that actually. They made the equivalent of £3000 by doing 170 hours each ... that's £3000/340 hours ... so about £9/hour tax free. Not many part time jobs pay that sort of money.

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    4. Re:Inefficient by mqduck · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You've confronted people digging for through trash to find recyclables because they need the tiny amount of money they can get for them? I get the "they're trespassing on my private property to make a mess of my garbage" problem, but have a tiny bit of perspective here, man.

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  2. Environment: ur doin it rong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They spent three months recycling, so that they could indulge in one of the most carbon-intensive, environmentally damaging activities a human can participate in (short of actually setting fire to a forest)? Bravo, middle classes! Next thing you know they'll be tarmac'ing over their front garden so there's more space for their two new electric cars.

  3. Sounds like cheating to me. by xC0000005 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They cut the cans in half to "maximize" points. I'll try that next time I'm at the store. I'll cut a dollar bill in half and see if they let my buy $1 with each half.

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