To avoid paying a fee for extra baggage, a woman passenger wore 2.5kg of clothes to bring down her suitcase’s weight. Gel Rodriguez of Philippines later uploaded a picture on Facebook that has gone viral.
In her Facebook post, Gel explained that airline staff informed her that her carry-on luggage exceeded the maximum weight of 7 kilograms. It weight 9.5 kilograms.
To avoid the excess baggage fee, Ms Rodriguez wore about 2.5 kilograms of clothes to bring down her bag’s weight to only 6.5 kgs. She also shared a hilarious photo on Facebook which shows her wearing around five pairs of pants and multiple T-shirts and jackets.
“From 9kg to 6.5kg baggage #ExcessBaggageChallengeAccepted,” she wrote.
The pic has gone viral with over 20,000 ‘shares’ and over 33,000 reactions.
Have a look at the post:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2430537840357366&set=a.428321277245709&type=3
