London - A holidaymaker avoided paying £46 (about R1 000) for excess baggage on an easyJet flight by unpacking his case in a bar at Gatwick Airport and wearing a week’s worth of winter clothes.
Matt Botten, 32, spent about an hour putting on every item he had packed before checking in for a flight to Iceland after he was told his case was too large to carry as hand luggage.
EasyJet told the TV producer from Cardiff he would have to pay to check in the bag.
He decided instead to wear its contents – six layers on top, four below, three pairs of socks, and one pair of shoes on his feet, another in his pockets.
Although he was questioned for 30 minutes by airport security, he was allowed to fly.
Speaking after landing in Reykjavik, he said: “We got cheap flights but they tried stinging us for £46 a bag. When most stuff is from Primark and collectively worth half that, it seemed ludicrous.”
Daily Mail