Savvy budget travelers put on FISH VESTS and fill travel pillows with clothes

Savvy budget travelers have revealed their latest hacks for avoiding extortionate airline baggage fees — by wearing fishing vests and stuffing travel pillows with clothes.

Julie Waters, who is a lawyer, took a Spirit Airlines flight to Dallas and packed entire outfits into a handy fish jacket she bought especially for the plane.

Waters, who has never fished a day in her life, wrote on TikTok, “This fishing vest is a great packing hack! Don’t pay extra baggage fees for your flight. This fisherman’s vest contained clothing for a week.’

The only downside, she said, was that someone might have mistaken her stuffed, puffy khaki vest for an “Unabomber-type” thing.

The only downside, she said, was that someone might have mistaken her stuffed, puffy khaki vest for an “Unabomber-type” thing.

In the clip, she laid a week’s worth of clothes on a bed — including dresses and underwear — to prove she could fit it all into her trusty jacket.

She then showed herself carefully stuffing everything into the large pockets before posing for the camera wearing the vest before her flight.

Waters smiled happily as she pushed her way through airport security with the crafty device. She said no one batted an eye, not even the Spirit Airline staff.

She said WSJ: ‘The clothes on your lower back made it difficult to sit. You couldn’t totally sit back – there’s that puffy thing.

“Nobody batted an eye, but a friend did make a comment that someone could have thought you were some crazy Unabomber type of person, so that would be the biggest downside.”

“What I really want to try is the pillowcase, where instead of a pillow it’s full of clothes.”

Today, some economy flight packages allow customers to pay extra to bring carry-on luggage on the plane – with a higher fee if you want an extra checked bag.

Spirit Airlines baggage fees range from $35 to $150.

For weekend getaways, sometimes just one piece of limited-size carry-on luggage just isn’t enough, so people had to get creative with ways to get around the strict rules.

Peter Barnett, another savvy flier, said he used one of his multi-pocket jackets on a flight in an attempt to boycott the fees some airlines charge for baggage.

In the clip, she laid her clothes on a bed for a week — including dresses and underwear — to prove she could fit it all into her trusty jacket.

The lawyer said she got through security without any problems

She made it to the plane with her vest filled with her clothes

Chelsea, 32, removed the foam from her neck pillow and stuffed it with countless pieces of clothing

He used the fishing jacket to pack his pants, shirt, hat, tie and shoes, as well as his charging cables and his laptop.

Barnett, who said he saved hundreds of dollars with the hack, told WSJ, “I’ll just keep going. They don’t know what’s in it. It allows me to have really cheap vacations.”

Travel expert Chelsea Dickenson, from North London, who runs cheapholidayexpert.com, took to TikTok to reveal her favorite travel tip.

In the clip, Chelsea, 32, removed the foam from her neck pillow and packed it with numerous pieces of clothing.

She captioned the video, which has been viewed more than 1.4 million times: “If this works, it’s going to be a GAMECHANGER! #travelhack #budgettravel #cheaptravel

Chelsea said her hack was more “lower risk” than the one she’s seen on TikTok, where users put clothes in a large pillowcase.

She said, “So I have a lower-risk option that you can try, and it includes this.” Yeah, so recently I noticed it had a zipper so I opened it up, there’s the memory foam – goodbye sunshine!

And instead, here’s my pants, I probably shouldn’t show them, soz about that.

“There’s a pair of tights that I put in there, also my hat, space for leggings and also my T-shirt, so much space honestly.

“Look how chock full it is, I tightened it up, we’re ready to go.”

Chelsea also bought a fishing vest for another flight she took from London to Lisbon.