Airlines have very strict regulations on luggage weight, and many passengers have tried their best to get a brain-diarrhea loophole. A TikTok user shared a technique of "hiding clothes with a travel pillow", saying that he saved thousands of yuan in the same place, and quickly exploded on the Internet, and was praised by netizens for "genius-level tricks".
TikTok user Nina Edwine recently uploaded a video showing how she opened her empty travel pillow and stuffed her clothes that would have been charged in order to avoid paying a maximum of 50 euros (about NT$1,760).
Although the pillow is not large, she still successfully stuffed 10 pieces of clothing, including bras, tops and dresses. The title of this video is "The Rat Ties to Not Pay 50 Euro Baggage Bonus", and has accumulated more than 2.6 million views on TikTok, attracting nearly 2,000 messages.
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♬ suono originale - BRAINROT-77Many netizens were surprised to say that this method is "genius", "character", and "to learn", but some people are skeptical about this, believing that airlines may also have reasons for countermeasures.
Ground staff revealed potential risks: We will check thatA netizen who claims to work at the airport left a message saying: "I am a boarding staff member. We will pay attention to this and will charge you." Another passenger said that when he was on Ryanair recently, the ground staff asked all passengers to stuff their pillows back to their luggage or abandon them. Some passengers also shared that they used to wear clothes with ordinary pillows and were caught by Ryanair employees in Marrakech, Morocco, and it was completely unworkable.
Other netizens also shared alternative techniques besides leech pillows, such as Uniqlo's cross-back bag, hide it in the jacket, and then cover the strap with a scarf to avoid being discovered.
The Spanish court ruled that hand luggage belongs to basic rightsIt is worth mentioning that the Spanish court made a major judgment last month, ruling that hand luggage belongs to the basic rights of air passengers and no additional charges should be charged.
In this case, the passenger was charged a hand luggage fee for taking Ryanair five times between 2019 and 2024. In the end, the court ruled that the airline must refund the passenger 124 pence (about NT$5,180).
However, some aviation legal experts remind that such a case may prompt low-priced aviation to change its "all-inclusive ticket price" model, building fees into invoice prices, which will lead to an increase in overall ticket prices.