They’re making a baggage claim that may actually save travelers some money.
Shelling out an additional $40 or more to examine an overstuffed suitcase on the airport could be a real pain within the pocket.
But this cash-conscious hack is alleged to “work like a dream” for trippers with a penchant for overpacking but an aversion to overpaying.
“Travel tip,” fashion influencer Faith Woodhall wrote within the closed caption of her trending how-to. “Bring a second plastic bag stuffed with stuff and buy a boots/duty-free bag on the airport so that they think you’ve just bought stuff on the airport.”
Within the clip, the brunette, a rising reality TV star from the UK, shared visuals of herself and a friend hiding their belongings in tote bags from a duty-free shop — airport stores that sell tax-exempt merchandise — to avoid luggage fees.
Woodhall went on to inform her over 309,000 TikTok viewers, “[This hack] at all times works [like] a dream — never been charged for a second bag.”
And it seems Woodhall and lots of other thrifty vacationers have enjoyed similar success because of her duty-free flimflam.
“That is genius,” cheered a commenter beneath the content creator’s post.
“Been doing this for years,” said one other. “Works each time! Never had an issue.”
“I did this for Ibiza last week!!” a separate supporter chimed.
“Please don’t expose our secrets like that,” joked a cheeky jet-setter.
“That is ULTIMATE girl math,” one other added, to which a giddy Woodhall wrote: “YESSSSS.”
It’s certainly one of the numerous fast-ones frequent flyers try pulling in an effort to maintain costs low.
Nonetheless, these silly saving stunts can sometimes backfire.
A penny-pinching guy recently attempted to bypass baggage fees by jamming his clothes inside a pillowcase. Apparently, he’d hoped to pass the sack off as a pillow, however the tightwad trickster was caught and ultimately banned from a Frontier Airlines flight out of Orlando International Airport.
Dylan Springer, 23, knowledgeable dancer, shimmied into his excess clothes on the airport, transforming himself right into a human suitcase to sidestep the $60 demand an airline was leveling against passengers hauling large luggage.
“I put my Birkenstock sandals in my socks and my jeans excessive,” he said in an announcement. “I put two books in each of the little side pockets I had on my legs which one way or the other perfectly slot in there.
“Then I had some snacks which I just put inside certainly one of my pockets, and I had a conveyable charger inside my hood. I tied a shirt around my waist, too.”
Luckily for the professional performer, his layering hustle did the trick.
“I just walked straight through [security],” Springer bragged.
