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Americans longing for romance on flights
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-11-25 09:48 Nearly one in four Americans
get on a plane over the holiday season hoping the person sitting in the next
seat might be a future date or spouse, according to a new survey released
Monday.
Bill Gates leads
the row in the favourite biz celebrity category. [file
photo] | The survey of people planning a holiday
trip found 28 percent saw a flight as a chance to make a new friend, 24 percent
were hoping to meet a new love interest or a future spouse and 14 percent hoped
to make a business contact. The Chase United Mileage Plus Visa Card conducted
the poll.
Still, many would resort to tricks to avoid talking to a bore — 49 percent
said they would read, 41 percent would put on headphones and 10 percent will ask
to be left alone.
Asked which talk show host would be the most fun to sit next to on a
cross-country flight, Oprah Winfrey (30 percent) was the most popular, with
late-night comedian Jay Leno (14 percent) her nearest rival.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates (17 percent) was the favorite business celebrity
to sit next to, followed by incarcerated style guru Martha Stewart (12 percent)
and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (12 percent).
The survey sampled 239 adults who planned to fly during the holiday season,
with a margin of error of 6 percentage points.
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