An airline passenger went to great lengths to avoid paying an extra baggage fee by packing kilos of garments.
Gel Rodriguez of the Philippines decided to wear 2.5 kg of apparel after her carry-on luggage weighed more than seven pounds.
Staff during check-in advised her that she would be charged a weight tax because her suitcase weighed nine pounds.
So, she removed the excess weight and wore it.
Sharing a picture on Facebook of herself in the layers of clothes, she wrote: “When the airline staff at the check in counter said ‘Only seven kilos is allowed in hand luggage’. Me: ‘No problem’.”
After layering up, her baggage weighed just 6.5 kilos.
“I didn’t want to pay the fee for the excess baggage because it was only two kilograms (4.4 lbs),” Gel told VICE.
She does not want to repeat the technique, though, because it was “really hot” under 2.5 kg of clothing.
Her Facebook post received 49,000 likes and thousands of comments from individuals who wished they had thought of the fairly drastic ‘life hack’ when faced with a similar problem.
“Why didn’t I think of this hahaha,” one said.
“I wish I did this, I ended up throwing some of my things in the trash bin. What a pity,” another said.
One said: “Hahaha good idea.”