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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Chris Wilson

Teenager fined by airline after attempting baggage ‘hack’ of wearing six layers of clothes

Kennedy News & Media

Baggage woes are a seemingly never-ending problem for travellers, with passengers often trying new hacks to avoid paying airlines’ excess luggage fees.

But they don’t always go to plan. In the latest attempt, a teenager in Australia was fined by low-cost carrier Jetstar after trying to get around the rules by wearing 13lbs of clothes.

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