BA auctioning off Concorde tickets on eBay

British Airways are auctioning off tickets for some of the Concorde's last flights on eBay.

British Airways are auctioning off tickets for some of the Concorde's last flights on eBay.

With two hours to go, the pair of tickets are currently priced at £19,440 on the auction website.

A British Airways spokesman said the money would go to charity and added: "We hope they go for twice that."

The money will go to children's charities with UNICEF, Reading Is Fundamental, The Fred Rogers Fund and The Boys and Girls Club of America set to benefit.

The tickets, from Heathrow to New York, are for Concorde's penultimate day of service on Wednesday, October 22nd.

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