Passenger wears all her clothes to avoid excess baggage charge

A passenger whose baggage exceeded the burden restrict on the airport took an modern method to keep away from paying the hefty extra baggage prices.

Gel Rodriguez from Davao Metropolis within the Philippines determined to put on as lots of her garments as potential, claiming that the multi-layered outfit saved her 2.5kg in treasured weight.

She posted an image of herself, wearing at the very least three seen pairs of trousers and 7 tops, to Fb. It went viral, garnering 20,000 shares and 32,000 reactions.

“When the airline workers on the verify in counter stated: ‘EXCESS NA PO KAYO, 7kg lang po allowed na hand carry.’

“Me: NO PROBLEM! *from 9kg to six.5kg baggage #ExcessBaggageChallengeAccepted.”

Commenters known as the transfer “sensible”, “unique” and “genius”.

Nonetheless, when requested if she would do it once more, Rodriguez advised Vice, “Possibly not. It was actually scorching. I don’t advocate different folks do it.”

Ms Rodriguez is way from the primary flyer to attempt to beat the system.

In 2018, a Ryanair passenger went viral when he received across the airline’s newly launched hand baggage coverage in ingenious, if retro, fashion.

Unwilling to pay extra for a second bag on his flight to Belfast, Lee Cimino, 30, transformed an previous coat right into a wearable suitcase.

He took an previous beige coat to his native tailor and requested them to customize it with pockets and compartments.

The concept was to suit all the contents of a roll-on cabin bag into the liner of the coat. Toiletry luggage have been sewn in, in addition to a number of pairs of pants to offer further storage.

“Safety wasn’t a problem, I simply put it within the tray,” he advised The Unbiased. 

“The concern and the nerves have been one thing else, however I received to the gate and boarded the aircraft with zero points.” 

He added: “There’d be no hesitation in doing it in future or recommending different folks give it a go. It’s not a lot the price even, however you don’t have to attend on your bag to be offloaded on the different finish. It saves money and time.”