Amazon's £5 travel gadget with 4,000 ratings saving easyJet, Ryanair and TUI passengers hundreds on luggage fees
30.04.2024 - 20:35
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Rising airline fees have seen many travellers caught out with a hefty fine at the airport whether it's mixing up the free carry-on sizes or paying for an accidently overweight case. Now shoppers are rushing to Amazon for one of its recent best-sellers, a £4 gadget users say is a 'must for ditching airport baggage fees'.
At just £4.95 one of Amazon's most popular handy tools is the Pjp Electronics Digital Luggage Weighing Scales, a hand-held gadget that'll weigh your cases at home before you pop them on the sometimes bill-rising airport ones. Costing less than a cuppa at most UK airports, shoppers say 'everyone who flies should have one of these'.
Originally more than £7 the simple 'travel staple' product is soaring in popularity, with more than 3,000 Amazon shoppers snapping it up in the past month. Unlike the usual dump on top of the airport carousel scale, this handheld device works by wrapping around the handle of a suitcase or any under-the-seat bag, giving you a precise weight as you lift it up.
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No more weighing yourself before and while attempting to hold up a heavy suitcase, this affordable scale will help travellers avoid being caught out in hefty airport fees. As the Amazon description explains how it'll 'eliminate the panic of not knowing how much your luggage costs'.
Under-seat bags, which don't come with an added fee on the likes of Ryanair, easyJet, British Airways, and Jet2 have become popular must-have buys for holidaymakers. Bags for as little as £30,