Chinese consumption has been downgraded and flying must be frugal too! Many young people from the mainland have shared tips on Xiaohongshu on how to save money when traveling abroad, that is, try to carry all your luggage on your body to reduce the cost of checked baggage. The most exaggerated case is that some people use 40 kilograms (20 kilograms) of luggage as a t-shirt. If you plan to take the Hong Kong Express, you may refer to it!
If you want to save money when flying, Xiaohongshu has a strange trick: wear 40 kilos of luggage on your body! (Xiaohongshu)
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The fishing vest is the “artifact of low-cost airlines”
Although mainland China has not seen a retaliatory economic recovery after the lockdown, people still cannot suppress their undisciplined spirit and want to travel everywhere. Recently, everyone has heard that tourists visiting Hong Kong only intend to spend 100 yuan, and these mainland tourists taking flights are no exception, because Panchuan is limited, everything must be economized. Because many low-cost airlines on the continent impose strict baggage restrictions, they can typically only carry small bags weighing no more than seven kilograms. To avoid being overweight, many young passengers simply wear baggage items as close to their body as possible and write in the little red book Share their unique fashionable looks at the airport.
The fishing vest is praised by Xiaohongshu netizens as an indispensable item for low-cost airlines. They say it has many pockets and can hold phone cards, passports, loose documents, refillable urine bags and even tablets and computers layer on the back The fabric can be removed, leaving a cooler mesh layer. Some netizens wore this dress on Ryanair and said that after zipping it up, “No one knows how much luggage you have hidden on your chest, I just think you are a fat person”!
The smallest red book fishing vest is praised by netizens as an indispensable item for low-cost airlines. “I just think you’re a fat person.” (Xiaohongshu: I am an old city walker)
A Chinese tourist who traveled to Russia demonstrated how to successfully fly with Nordwind Airlines while wearing 20 kilograms of clothes. (Little red book: So and so)
Someone records the weight of each item of clothing before departure. When traveling, the weight of your luggage will determine how much you wear. (Little Red Book: Xiaoju)
Netizens: Wearing 40 kilos of clothes, he looks like a homeless person
A young girl who traveled to Russia demonstrated how to wear 40 pounds (20 kilograms) of clothing and successfully passed the test while flying with Nordwind Airlines. However, she was kicked out by her staff when she moved all of her military uniform items to Smartavia, and eventually discarded them on the spot. Some netizens disagreed: There were a lot of clothes and sundries buried on her body, which made him feel like a homeless person at the airport.
Additionally, some people record the weight of each item of clothing before leaving. During the trip, they decide how much to wear based on the weight of their luggage. To save three to two hundred yuan, young people come to the mainland to match their wits.
Besides China, young people from other countries are also showing off their creativity Two 19-year-old Australian girls, Adriana Ocampo and Emily Altamura, took a Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Adelaide last year to avoid weighing more than 7kg maximum luggage limit, they wore a lot of clothes, including a lot of coats and sweaters, they even stuffed t-shirts and even iPads in their pants, which was ridiculous. In the end, they were fined $40 for being overweight with nearly 6 kilograms of clothing.
Ryanair, a low-cost airline, sells lottery tickets
Business in aviation is tough. Although business picked up after the epidemic, the entire industry only achieved a profit margin of 2.6% last year. It would be a shame to abandon it, however, in this difficult time industry, the airline has outperformed the market, according to Macrotrends According to data, the profit margin of the Irish Ryanair amounted to 16% last year, far exceeding that of most traditional airlines American Spirit Airlines on the other side of the Atlantic is strong; with a profit margin of 15% in the third quarter of 2023. No wonder Hong Kong’s historic Cathay Pacific has also been busy developing the Hong Kong Express low-cost airline business.
These low-cost airlines have mastered the art of generating revenue and reducing costs, such as not printing boarding passes, paying for seat selection and checked baggage, etc., and there are no free services on board: There are also airlines that are getting creative, like Ryanair in most European lottery tickets are being sold on flights to create alternative revenue.
Low-cost airlines have many offers and Ryanair sells lottery tickets on some European flights. (Nicolas Economou/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images via Getty Images)
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