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Amid all the bad news coming from the airline industry — particularly United — it’s a breath of fresh air to see something positive coming from a carrier.
As you may have heard, 16-year-old Carter Wilkerson went on a mission in early April to get free chicken nuggets for a year from Wendy’s. The fast food chain said that Wilkerson, who’s from Reno, Nevada, would need to get 18 million retweets in order to get the free “nuggs” for a year.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
While Wilkerson was on his journey to get those free nuggs, United made him a special offer, too: a free flight to any Wendy’s in the world. The only condition being that he get the 18 million RTs and that it must be to a city United serves.
If you get the 18 million RTs, we'll give you a free flight to take you to any @Wendys in the world in a city we serve. Good luck! https://t.co/igxnPg1JUF
What Wilkerson, Wendy’s and United probably didn’t expect was that his tweet would become the most retweeted of all time. In fact, his tweet was retweeted more than 3.5 million times, breaking the former record of 3,430,249, set by Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie from the Oscars.
Even though Wilkerson didn’t reach the 18 million RT threshold, Wendy’s decided to honor its offer of a year of free nuggs. So, United also hopped on board and is honoring its offer to Wilkerson so he can visit a restaurant in a destination of his choosing.
Hey @carterjwm, congrats on your world record! It’s time to decide where in the world you’d like to visit a @Wendys! DM to get the ✈ rolling https://t.co/3prDeaQdbL
Some international possibilities for Wilkerson where United’s destinations and Wendy’s locations cross paths? Guam (GUM), Aruba (AUA), Mexico City (MEX), Monterrey, Mexico (MTY), Tokyo (HND and NRT), Auckland (AKL), Manila (MNL), Nassau (NAS), Santiago (SCL) and more.
Source: thepointsguy.com