Australian Woman Wears Nearly 6 KG Of Clothes To Avoid Airline's Baggage Fee, Still Gets Fined

Extra baggage fee is one of the most dreaded things for flight passengers. Almost everywhere around the world, flight operators charge exorbitantly for varying amounts of excess luggage.

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To avoid this steep expenditure, an airline passenger in Australia relied on the viral hack as she wore many of the clothes she had packed to lower her suitcase's weight, New York Post reported.

But her trick wasn't effective, as she still paid a fine to the airline.

Luggage weight surpassed allowed limit

The 19-year-old woman, Adriana Ocampo, was travelling with airline Jetstar from Melbourne to her home in Adelaide, Australia, following a girls' trip with her friend.

When she learnt that her carry-on luggage surpassed the maximum weight limit of seven kilos, she wore all her extra clothes to bypass the additional baggage payment. Even her friend did the same, as her case was also over the limit.

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In a viral video, the teenager amassed nearly six kilos of clothing, including t-shirts, jackets, jumpers, and trousers.

Woman 'looked like a bear' while attempting trick

Talking to South West News Service, Ocampo said she ''looked like a bear'' while attempting to pull off the trick.

''We thought the only way we can take the weight off our bags is if we put it on ourselves, so we started putting on our jackets and coats. As well as layers of jackets and jumpers, I had baggy trousers on and I was stuffing t-shirts and my iPad in them. I had about six layers on and stuff in my pockets,'' she said.

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''Everyone in line was staring at us and laughing at us, it was kind of embarrassing. People were annoyed that we were holding the plane up,'' she added.

Had to pay a fine of $65

After this arduous endeavour, their luggage was still more than 1kg over the limit. The airline informed them they had to pay the $65 fine. Adding to her misery, the woman also had to wear all the clothes on the plane.

In a statement to The Independent, a Jetstar spokesperson said, ''While we certainly see the funny side, we have limits to carry-on to make it fair for everyone. Keeping track of how much baggage passengers bring onboard means everyone has room for their belongings and we're meeting our safety requirements.''

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