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Laura Poole, 33, found a £2.59 alternative to paying Ryanair’s £30 luggage fee and others have called her a “genius”
A Ryanair customer found a £2.59 alternative to paying the airlines £30 luggage fee charge. Passenger Laura Poole, 33, decided that rather than paying the budget airline’s baggage fee charge for her flight, she would ship a month’s worth of clothing via InPost to her destination.
On Sunday, February 22, Laura flew from Bristol to Glasgow, paying just £57.48 for her return flights. She was then able to save an additional £27.41 on her trip by deciding to ship her belongings to Glasgow – subsequently avoiding the additional £30 luggage charge required by Ryanair.
Laura, a public speaker and and trainer, from Cardiff, Wales, squeezed the outfits she would need for her month-long trip into a bag and dropped it off at a local Tesco Express locker. She dropped her parcel off on Thursday evening, before her Sunday morning flight, and it arrived in Glasgow not long after she landed.
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Explaining the reasoning for shipping her luggage to Glasgow, Laura said: “I have better things to spend money on. I actually did it before, this is the second time I’ve done it. So I knew it worked.
“I got the idea from Vinted because they’re using InPost lockers for that. I was curious and thought ‘I wonder how much it is?’. If it’s only that much for postage on Vinted it can’t be as much as Royal Mail.
“I’ve always been really frugal and am part of the FIRE community – financial independence and retire early. Lots of people are super frugal and I have better things to spend my money on than really expensive baggage fees.
“I’m here for a month this time as well and I thought I’m going to need more than a backpack, so I got my gym bag, stuffed it with clothes and wrapped it in a Lidl bag and taped it up. People on Vinted send stuff in anything – I thought ‘that’ll do’.”
She added: “I would not post anything that I loved. For example I’ve got a scarf I’ve had for 10 years and my grandad’s t-shirts – who is not around anymore. That stuff goes in my backpack.
“Obviously I don’t want to lose my clothes and there are lots of clothes in there. It’s insured for up to £50. My thought process is if anything goes wrong, or it doesn’t arrive in time, I’ve got time to buy new clothes.
“I do public speaking so I need to look good. Suit jackets, trousers, all sorts I threw it all in, dresses as well. I must have at least five different outfits and then loungewear and stuff as well.”
However sharing her plans on Facebook, Laura has received a mixed reaction to the money-saving idea. She said: “There are always trolls whenever anything goes that big and people are always negative, but overall I’ve never been called a genius so much in my life.”
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