The Best Deal I Ever Got… was a $50 Flight Home from Europe

Yup.  Amsterdam to Boston on … gosh was it Pan Am, or TWA, or some other airline that doesn’t exist any more?  They were promoting their new route with an inaugural fare of just $50.

It was 1978 and I had graduated from college and was bumming around Europe on an Interail Pass.  I started in London (thanks to Freddie Laker) and over a period of five months had made my way down to Greece and was heading back North.  I was backpacking and staying in youth hostels and having a great time.

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