Airline Passenger Wears All Of Her Clothes To Avoid Paying Excess Baggage Fee

We've all experienced frustration when our luggage is fully packed but still exceeds the weight limit for our flight.

This typically means you'll have to remove some of your belongings before traveling on vacation, which can be annoying when you've planned your wardrobe.

However, one woman appears to have discovered a somewhat odd solution that allowed her to bring much more clothing than usual on board her aircraft.

The social media post first went viral in 2019, but it has recently gained new momentum as Brits hunt for ingenious ways to get around luggage restrictions ahead of the summer vacation.

Gel Rodriguez, a passenger from the Philippines, opted not to load her large 2.5kg of clothing in her carry-on bag.

The airline employees reportedly informed Gel that her bag weighed nine kilograms and that she would be fined for the extra weight because it exceeded the seven kilograms she was permitted to bring on board.

Gel, however, declined to accept the cash.

She explained at the time:

"When the airline staff at the check-in counter said 'Only seven kilos are allowed in hand luggage'. Me: 'No problem'."

By packing a lot of tops, pants, and jackets, Gel reduced her luggage from nine kilograms to just 6.5 kilograms.

The determined traveler piled the stuff into her bag one on top of the other until she reached the maximum weight.

Gel told Vice:

"I didn't want to pay the fee for the excess baggage because it was only two kilograms (4.4 lbs)."

She might not, however, opt to do the same thing again if she thought she was "really hot".

Gel is not the only individual to attempt to cheat their way past weight restrictions.

She proudly displayed a photo of herself on Facebook on October 2 wearing what seemed to be five t-shirts, three sets of jeans, and three jackets.

'From 9kg to 6.5kg baggage,' Gel wrote, adding a laughing emoji, along with the hashtag: #ExcessBaggageChallengeAccepted.

Since then, her funny post has racked up more than thousands of likes and comments

'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.'

Others said that they have done this in the past to avoid having to pay weight fees.