A WOMAN has been hailed for her “genius” trick to get extra hand luggage on a flight for just £1.55.
Travel influencer @msgarnagain shared her tip via a video posted to her TikTok channel.
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“Do not pay extra baggage fees, here’s an airport secret they don’t want you to know”, she said.
The travel guru revealed demonstrated her hack whilst visiting a busy UK airport.
She said that she had decided to catch a “super cheap flight” that only came with a personal item luggage allowance.
Many budget airlines such as Ryanair and Wizz Air only allow include one small, under the seat bag in the price of their tickets, and charge customers extra if they want more luggage.
For example, Ryanair charges customers up to £38 each way if they want to bring an extra piece of hand luggage onto their flight.
As she made her way through duty free, the TikToker admitted that she had brought more luggage with her than the amount she had paid for.
She headed over to a stand of water bottles, and picked up the cheapest one that she could find, which was priced at £1.45.
Then, she strolled over to the till and also picked up a 10p carrier bag, so that her purchase came to £1.55.
The content creator then filled the bag right to the top, with all of the extra items that she had brought with her.
She then headed to her gate, and boarded her Ryanair flight without any problems.
“And yes this hack is legal”, she said, showing viewers a sign which said that Ryanair customers are entitled to bring one personal item and one duty free carrier bag onto the flight for free.
“And there you have it, this is how you get extra luggage on low cost airlines”.
This hack only works for hand luggage, as all checked luggage is weighed and placed in the hold before you get to duty free.
The travel vlogger’s hack has likely left many impressed, as it has racked up over a million views on the video sharing platform.
Advice for flying with Ryanair
- All Ryanair passengers can bring a small personal bag on board but this must fit under the seat in front of you, but it must be no bigger than 40cm x 20cm x 25cm
- Any over-sized cabin bags will be refused at the boarding gate and put in the hold for a fee
- Ryanair also charges passengers up to £55 check-in at the airport
- Anyone who loses their card at the airport will have to pay a £20 reissue fee
- Book to sit in the front five rows if you want to head off the plane first
- Extra legroom seats can be found in rows 1 A, B, C or 2 D, E, F as well as row 16 and 17 near the emergency exit
- The worst seat on Ryanair’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft is also 11A because of its lack of window.
TikTok users raced to the video’s comments section to share their thoughts, with many hailing the hack as “genius”.
One person said: “I’ve been doing this for a long time. I save the bag and reuse it.
Another person said: “I do it for 10p, I just buy a bag from duty free!”
A third person said: “What a fabulous idea, this will cost me nothing.
“I have 2 duty free bags from my last holiday and I’m off on holiday this week so this will come in so handy, just brilliant thanks”.
A fourth added: “Genius”.
A fifth chimed in: “I’ve been using the same duty free bag for a year now!
“What a good investment.”
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