Airport baggage limit hack caught on camera | Photos

If you have ever struggled with airport baggage limits, this clever hack is definitely something to take note of.

Any regular traveller has felt the pain of baggage weight restrictions at the airport. As you line up to check in, your pulse goes up and you start to sweat, because you know that – yet again – you were overly optimistic with your packing, and you’re nudging that weight limit. You’re already wearing 19 layers of clothes in a bid to outsmart the system. You’re super friendly to the airline rep when you get the front of the queue, hoping that your dazzling charm will distract them from your straining suitcase. You put your bag on the scales, attempting to make it look light as a feather, even though you just almost gave yourself a hernia trying to lift it. While most of us would simply offer up a prayer to the travel gods at this stage, the guy in this photo has a better solution. And it’s why this photo has been picked up on hack websites around the world. The key to his clever trick is actually below the counter …

Just your regular check-in.

Hold on … is he doing what it looks like?

… check that out. While maintaining eye contact and conversation with the rep, that sneaky gent has subtly lifted the suitcase with his foot, lightening the load on the scales. He is the David Copperfield of airline travel. The picture is one of many entertaining travel memes doing the rounds at the moment. They are making us yearn for the days when we can bounce around the globe yet again. Until then, cheer yourself up with these memes that will strike a chord with the avid travellers among us …

Good question. We can absolutely relate to this.

Yep. When you realise you’re 40,000 feet away from everyone and their crap.

I thought this man staring at me was a psychopath, but then I realised he had his sunglasses on the back of his head.

The irony is, these days we’d give anything to be on a plane going somewhere, even if it was next to this guy.

When you wake up and the food trolley is four rows behind you.

All the LOLs because this one is painfully true.

Pandemic producing pigeons. One of the lesser known effects of COVID-19.

And both seats on either side of you are empty.

A masterful way of throwing shade at your children for their life choices.

Oh how painfully accurate this meme is right now.

This article originally appeared on Escape and has been republished with permission