An image of a passenger went viral within minutes. 😭
A passenger arrived at the boarding gate walking strangely, with her legs visibly swollen beneath black leggings. It wasn’t swelling: it was clothing. An entire bag of clothes stuffed in there, camouflaged as if it were part of her body, all to avoid paying the carry-on baggage fee that some airlines charge. The image was posted by the @groldrush account on X.
The best part is that the plan worked. No staff member stopped her, no one asked her for an explanation, and she boarded the plane as if nothing had happened. It’s not the first time this has happened: in 2023, a woman on a Frontier Airlines flight did something almost identical with a backpack under her leggings, and in 2022, another Vueling passenger hid clothes inside an oversized bra. Apparently, when it comes to saving a few dollars, travelers’ creativity knows no bounds.