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How NOT to Avoid Luggage Fees: Man Arrested For Wearing Eight Pants and Ten Shirts
01-17-2018, 03:43 PM
Quote: (01-17-2018 03:11 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
A man was banned from boarding a British Airways flight from Reykjavík to London because he wore eight pairs of trousers and ten shirts. He was later arrested, after trying to board a plane while wearing an excessive amount of clothes to avoid excess luggage fees.
http://www.secretflying.com/posts/video-...-arrested/
If airlines allow fat people to take two seats without paying for both seats, I am not sure why you cannot wear all your clothing (if you do not mind looking foolish and being really hot and uncomfortable). Perhaps trying to circumvent luggage fees by exercising creativity is a breach of airline policy.
If he made it through security with all those layers then I don't see how the airline has a right to deny him. Unless there is a policy that clearly states the allowed numbered of layers he did nothing wrong. I'm guessing he was trying to prove a point and making a scene if he got arrested. I'm sure
Reykjavik is cold but eight pairs of pants cold? I doubt it. He could have worn half of that shit and not drawn attention to himself. Or just acted like an adult and paid an extra 40USD or whatever and checked his bag. Hard to feel sorry for him, seems like an attention whore.
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How NOT to Avoid Luggage Fees: Man Arrested For Wearing Eight Pants and Ten Shirts
01-17-2018, 04:57 PM
Quote: (01-17-2018 03:43 PM)azulsombra Wrote:
Quote: (01-17-2018 03:11 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
A man was banned from boarding a British Airways flight from Reykjavík to London because he wore eight pairs of trousers and ten shirts. He was later arrested, after trying to board a plane while wearing an excessive amount of clothes to avoid excess luggage fees.
http://www.secretflying.com/posts/video-...-arrested/
If airlines allow fat people to take two seats without paying for both seats, I am not sure why you cannot wear all your clothing (if you do not mind looking foolish and being really hot and uncomfortable). Perhaps trying to circumvent luggage fees by exercising creativity is a breach of airline policy.
If he made it through security with all those layers then I don't see how the airline has a right to deny him. Unless there is a policy that clearly states the allowed numbered of layers he did nothing wrong. I'm guessing he was trying to prove a point and making a scene if he got arrested. I'm sure
Reykjavik is cold but eight pairs of pants cold? I doubt it. He could have worn half of that shit and not drawn attention to himself. Or just acted like an adult and paid an extra 40USD or whatever and checked his bag. Hard to feel sorry for him, seems like an attention whore.
I know at least in the US, at the gate they can deny you boarding for not being dressed appropriately. I know this because recently they denied some girls from boarding who were wearing yoga pants.
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How NOT to Avoid Luggage Fees: Man Arrested For Wearing Eight Pants and Ten Shirts
01-17-2018, 05:28 PM
Quote: (01-17-2018 05:21 PM)SlickyBoy Wrote:
Quote: (01-17-2018 04:57 PM)Dragan Wrote:
Quote: (01-17-2018 03:43 PM)azulsombra Wrote:
Quote: (01-17-2018 03:11 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
A man was banned from boarding a British Airways flight from Reykjavík to London because he wore eight pairs of trousers and ten shirts. He was later arrested, after trying to board a plane while wearing an excessive amount of clothes to avoid excess luggage fees.
http://www.secretflying.com/posts/video-...-arrested/
If airlines allow fat people to take two seats without paying for both seats, I am not sure why you cannot wear all your clothing (if you do not mind looking foolish and being really hot and uncomfortable). Perhaps trying to circumvent luggage fees by exercising creativity is a breach of airline policy.
If he made it through security with all those layers then I don't see how the airline has a right to deny him. Unless there is a policy that clearly states the allowed numbered of layers he did nothing wrong. I'm guessing he was trying to prove a point and making a scene if he got arrested. I'm sure
Reykjavik is cold but eight pairs of pants cold? I doubt it. He could have worn half of that shit and not drawn attention to himself. Or just acted like an adult and paid an extra 40USD or whatever and checked his bag. Hard to feel sorry for him, seems like an attention whore.
I know at least in the US, at the gate they can deny you boarding for not being dressed appropriately. I know this because recently they denied some girls from boarding who were wearing yoga pants.
True, but those two were flying on an employee pass - United was stricter with them probably out of some company policy shtick.
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How NOT to Avoid Luggage Fees: Man Arrested For Wearing Eight Pants and Ten Shirts
01-17-2018, 05:35 PM
I actually saw some backpacker in the Reykjavik airport wearing two hats, multiple pants, jackets, etc. Iceland is crazy expensive, the guy probably didnt have $ for baggage after he realized breakfast costs $35.
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How NOT to Avoid Luggage Fees: Man Arrested For Wearing Eight Pants and Ten Shirts
01-17-2018, 05:39 PM
Quote: (01-17-2018 05:35 PM)Shimmy Wrote:
I actually saw some backpacker in the Reykjavik airport wearing two hats, multiple pants, jackets, etc. Iceland is crazy expensive, the guy probably didnt have $ for baggage after he realized breakfast costs $35.
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How NOT to Avoid Luggage Fees: Man Arrested For Wearing Eight Pants and Ten Shirts
01-18-2018, 01:41 AM
I don't even own 8 pairs of pants or that many shirts
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01-18-2018, 01:49 AM
The tragedy is that even with 8 pants and 10 shirts on he was still thinner than Lindy West.
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How NOT to Avoid Luggage Fees: Man Arrested For Wearing Eight Pants and Ten Shirts
01-18-2018, 02:40 AM
The simplest explanation is probably the correct one. My personal guess is that he realised he had too much stuff at the last minute (or fucked up his booking and forgot to add extra luggage) and didn't have enough cash to pay extra on the spot. On the spur of the moment he had two choices. Toss his shit in the bin or rug up.
My bet would be that the trouble started when he got a little agitated at some fag or harpy at the luggage drop, who got on the radio and used their local/company code for "give asshole 3557F a bad day".
Under any other circumstance I doubt the attendants would have given a shit about Mr Stay Puft, unless he was already pretty obese to begin with.
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01-18-2018, 02:51 AM
I did this once in Bangkok. I wore six suits on the airplane. The airline employees were not happy, but they didn't stop me in the end.
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01-18-2018, 02:55 AM
Must've looked totally swole.
Were the bitches all up in your shit?
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01-18-2018, 10:44 AM
This loser obviously doesn't wear well fitting clothes. Just check a bag loser. No sympathy.
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