Airline passenger irate over ‘rip-off’ $76 luggage fee exacts swift and hilarious revenge
He was wheely mad.
An alarmed airline passenger slapped with a surprise fee for a piece of barely-oversized luggage was able to save a bundle — and beat the system — by breaking the coasters off of his roller suitcase, much to the amusement of fellow travelers.
The drastic act took place at the airport in Palma, Mallorca, where a man named Daniel was preparing to board a short flight to the Spanish mainland, only to be alerted by a Ryanair agent that he owed an extra $76 for his just-over-the-limit bag, The Sun reported.
Furious over a steep rise in surcharges, Daniel decided to take abrupt action.
“I told Ryanair it cost me 30 Euros ten years ago and I wasn’t going to pay the 70 Euros they were asking me for,” Daniel recounted.
“So I decided to break it…It would have cost me more to check the case in than I spent on the flight,” he pointed out.
To do so in an efficient manner, Daniel recruited the help of pals to knock the offending article down to size. Two held down the suitcase while the other pulled for $76 worth of dear life.
“Imagine it doesn’t fit after this,” the companion joked.
Upon completion, they were given a round of applause by other travelers inside the airport.
Two years ago, a pair of Italian travelers went viral for the same stunt, after EasyJet threatened them with an upcharge over a discrepancy of about 1 inch.
A similar situation of an overfilled suitcase was hilariously depicted by comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, who pretended to unpack a shoe from his imaginary, overweight bag on stage to avoid being charged “an extra eight thousand dollars.”
Meanwhile, one influencer ruffled a few down feathers with the suggestion that passengers take the stuffing out of a travel pillow and use the blank space as luggage.
“I ain’t tryna pay $60 for a carryon,” the cash-conscious Spirit flyer fumed to her followers.
