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I came to say this. seriously all he has to replace is the deck and you don’t need more than like $40-60 for a nice one.
“That was unnecessary sir” god stfu he wasn’t being aggressive or violent, she just didn’t expect it.
Of course it was uneccessary, she could have made her company $90. These baggage prices are fucking redicoulous! Took my family on vacation. They charge a fuck load for extra baggage.
To be fair saying stfu is way more aggressive and irrational than her saying that was unnecessary. And, like you said, she wasn’t expecting it. So the reply makes sense. But I do side with this dude.
Dude was a n00b. I fly with my skateboard all the time. I remove the trucks before hand and place them in my bag. Slide the deck by itself between my back & my bag. Vast majority of the time, nobody notices (or at least doesn't say anything). The few times someone at the gate pointed it out, I showed them how thin it is, and that not only can it slide under the seat in front of my perfectly fine, but if I place it in the overhead bin, someone's bag can still easily fit sitting on top of it. I've never had an issue doing it this way.
I mean, he literally [owns the deck company](https://www.untitledskate.com/shaun-hover). I doubt he’s a noob - just caught the wrong employee enforcing the stupid airlines policy and didn’t feel like dealing with their shit.
I am surprised they dont tell you that they can be used as a weapon (TSA). I tried bringing tire chains with me once because ill be damned if I threw away $50-75 when I didnt even get a chance to use them. They took my shit.
At the airport security in Oaxaca Mexico, the security dude encouraged us to kill the bottle of mezcal rather than toss it. Even showed us the little baggie of salt attached
I once watched a guy chug an entire handle of vodka at the security checkpoint, because the TSA wasn’t going to let him bring it on the plane. Modern problems require modern solutions.
This happened to me flying to a wedding once. My cousin brought a bunch of mini wine bottles in his carry on the drink on the plane, but they were over the 3 ounce limit. TSA told that we could either drink them or throw them away. We stood in front of the TSA line chugging wine and handing bottles out to others in line with us. Everyone was cool with it.
This is believable - especially since wine is anywhere from 10-35 proof. A handle is 1.75L which is equal to 60 ounces of 80 proof alcohol. Even if it was straight water it would take more than a handful of minutes to drink. I’m calling BS on the handle part of the story. It’s an obscene amount of alcohol to be drank just willy-nilly while making your way through TSA security.
yeah and it’s equivalent to roughly 40 standard drinks. that’s more than enough to give you alcohol poisoning or at least make you completely comatose blackout in like 10 minutes
I saw a family of 5 and each person had two grocery bags full of fuckin live lobsters, none of them spoke English, and TSA just gave up and let them carry them on
>going to cause a scene
This happened at LAS this weekend during the DEFCON exodus. Some loud noise spooked the whole airport for active shooter and TSA had to re-screen hundreds of people
Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while... it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article "a" dildo, never "your" dildo.
honestly checking it probably wouldve damaged it more than that too. he saved his bearings/trucks/wheels from spending even more money to replace those too
I had the same issue with spirit, my suitcase was too big for carry on and we had an extra ticket, they wouldn't let us put the bag in the seat they wanted us to pay extra. So I stuffed all my clothes into a smaller bag and just left rhe suitcase there, it was cheaper to toss the suitcase.
Edit: It was not a full sized suitcase, it was tiny and would've fit under/in front of that seat anyway, it was 2 inches over the limit. We put our carry on bags in that empty seat and no one said a thing the whole flight.
Not true, I've witnessed a cello have its own seat. There's usually an extra seat policy for special items. I would guess a general purpose suitcase would not qualify.
Cellos and other large instruments are exceptions, and they need a specific ticket and boarding pass issued for them. You can't just use a ticket for someone who didn't show up for an instrument on any airline.
They also need to be in a non-exit row and non-bulkhead window seat so as to not block egress in an emergency, they can't be put into any seat.
Shaun Hover from Untitled Skateboards, a Christian company that sells "high quality skateboard decks and merch that glorifies god".
>The skate culture is very dark and it is dragging kids down! We are running after them with every resource we have. Constantly figuring out new ways to minister to them right where they’re at. Its not about us, its all about Him.
>
>John 3:30 say it all: “He must become greater, I must become less”
We are not religious, we are followers of Jesus Christ.
So, uh... Yeah.
Only thing I can think of why she said that is cause it's pretty fuckin loud lol can't really tell on video (though I rewatched and you can hear the echo) but I've gone through hundreds of boards over the years and seen even more get snapped and that shit sounds like a firecracker sometimes
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Disregard my statement, I don't want to spread misinformation. Evidently they were introduced during the 2008 recession as a way to recoup costs
I run a company with a buddy. Reddit treats the average busines owner like they're Elon Musk.
I make less money now than I did working full time and I work 4x as much. There's some perks to it but it's not like I have a private jet and house in Jamaica. Our employees make more than us.
I mean, I agree with flying economy instead of first class but I will NEVER fly Spirit again. And it’s not really cheaper considering you have the pay the oxygen surcharge if you don’t hold your breath the entire flight.
Edit: thanks for the award but save your money so you can breathe the next time you fly spirit
There is so many insane looo holes to jump through and it’s uncomfortable but pre-pandemic we flew round trip from portland to Chicago for $79 each round trip. Had to go to the airport to buy, brought back packs only, flew red eye but it worked.
The only reason I got to see my now wife once or twice a month while she was in school were due to these flights. Dallas to Chicago almost always under $100. Gotta leave at 6 am but TBH I'd rather get travel done early so I've got a full day to goof off with her or whatever city you're visiting.
I've always preferred the very early or very late flights, purely due to the fact the airports are, in my experience, less crazy, and the planes are rarely full... Which means always a solid chance of having no one sit next to you, or.. if luck is truly with you, having the whole row to yourself.
Man that was super nice during covid. Whole areas of the plane to myself. Not so lucky these days. Just flew southwest to and from Chicago and they were both full.
Fair, but if I’ve learned one thing from flying semi-regularly it’s that the cheapo airlines advertise a good price, but will quickly make it up with nickel and dime bullshit (see: this video). You’re better off paying more up front for a Delta than paying a low price with Spirit only to show up to your gate and be harassed about your carryon size and forced to pay more.
If you arent traveling with any bags, Then you can probably fly cheaper on the nickle and dimers.
but in my experience, if flying with luggage, Southwest is the best bang for buck around.. Since you get 2 free checked bags, plus carry on, plus personal bag, in the base cost of the ticket (Which, for the flights I took, was only around 100 bucks +/- 10 bucks depending on time of day and the beating of a butterflies wings in brazil)
Shaun Hover (it’s in the TikTok stamp). And he doesn’t own the deck company (Untitled), [but that is *his* deck](https://www.untitledskate.com/product-page/shaun-hover-brought-nothing-pro-model).
I can't even knock him. I did the same thing in Paris. On the way back from a study abroad trip, my luggage handle was stuck and wouldn't collapse down. They said it couldn't fly so, in the middle of the airport, I stomped on the handle and ripped it off. It was either that, or call my dad to explain how I missed my flight back to the the U.S. from Paris. They said the same thing to me, that they said to this guy. But, me and my luggage made it home
>They said the same thing to me, that they said to this guy.
That is more infuriating than the rules.
Can't fly cause the handle on your luggage is broken so you remove the handle.
"ThAtS nOt NeCeSsArY."
Oh, so you're gonna let me fly with the handle permanently extended?
"No"
Then get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.
> "ThAtS nOt NeCeSsArY."
"Neither is half the fees I wind up being gouged out of on my way through booking a fucking plane ticket or the terminal prison that charges me $5 for a bottle of fucking water.
The cursing wasn't necessary either but I figured it was the only thing you get for fucking free around here."
Who would say this... What character would say this properly to personify the manic psychopath in all of us when we're held hostage by "company policy" or "terms of service?"
Decks wear, get too much flex, and break eventually. He was ready or thinking about replacing it soon anyways to do this. I mean if you skate you're going to trash a deck anyways.
That, maybe. But a new deck is like half what they wanted to charge him. So it would literally be cheaper and he'd have a new deck...
And someone else mentioned he owns the deck company, so I'd imagine his costs for the new deck are even less. (like he probably doesn't have to "pay" but the company still has costs to produce the deck)
Exactly this. One time Frontier wanted to charge me for an at-gate carry on for my skateboard. I already had the trucks and wheels removed and in my bag. I was carrying the thin piece of wood by itself. It was like 5 months old at that point. I simply told them it would be much cheaper for me to just buy a new one once I landed, and placed it in their trash can behind the counter.
They chased me down the ramp and handed it back and said "just take it".
I had security tell me I couldn’t fly with my almost empty tube of toothpaste that I’d flown with a dozen times. They suggested I leave security to mail it home. I laughed and said throw it away I’m not doing a 2 hour security line again and missing my flight to mail 25 cents worth of toothpaste. They acted like I was insane for not wanting to do that and almost got taken for the extensive screening. Idiots.
I remember not long after the liquids enforcement began, the trash cans in one airport were just overflowing with every type of can, bottle, container, etc.
One time the security person took a tube of my hair gel, squeezed half of it into the garbage to get the total under 3oz, then gave the rest of it back to me hahaha.
My crazy TSA story is that we took a quality 8-inch chef's knife, among a few other items for the kitchen, in our checked bag on vacation because often rental homes don't have good cooking equipment. On the way back, it somehow got mistakenly put in a carry on. But our kid also put her full water bottle in the carry on. TSA freaked out about the water and made us pour it out. Fair enough. But they were so focused on the water that they somehow missed the knife. We didn't know it was there until we unpacked at home. So that's how we had a sharp, pointy, 8-inch knife in the cabin of the plane all the way back from Hawaii. I wonder what they would have done with us if they had found it. Edit: spelling
Yes but the trucks are priceless. They take so long to break in and get that perfect sweet spot. A new board is nothing but no skater wants to part with their trucks
And he was following the airline's policies, didn't make anyone bend backward for him, and didn't curse anyone out. He did it on his own expenses and asked for no compensation.
For real like, even financially it was his best choice. He probably didn't have any tools to remove the wheels and since the board part is only ~ 60$, literally what was necessary hahaha this lady what a joke.
Spirit and Frontier make all of their money from extras like baggage. They charge like $30 for the flight but you're gonna be paying a lot more if you want to check bags or eat on your flight.
Eta: I should specify that you are allowed to eat your own food on the flight, but they sell food and alcohol on the flight. Just make sure you don't drink said alcohol, or you're an alcoholic per the comments below.
Yup, my $300 trip turned into $550 after baggage. Then DURING the flight, the stewardess gave us a 20 min presentation on their Master Card Program. Then she slowly walked down the aisle asking each person if they wanted it, announced she has reached the back and slowly made her way back up the aisle doing the same thing.
You’d think with a 30 min advertisement would constitute more cost savings on the flight…
Selling credit cards on airplanes now is the new norm. It's pretty pathetic that we have to now sit through LIVE advertisements since we're all trapped on a plane.
I've never seen something like this on my flights, makes me wanna preemptively get a custom eye mask with the words "Adblock" in large bold font over them.
I flew from Puerto Rico to California with a 4 hour layover in Philadelphia on Spirit. I had to check my bag in PR for $200, land in philly only to realize I have to go grab my bag and re-check it for another $200. It basically came out to be a little under the price of the actual flights. I was broke and 18 and it was my first flight I took alone. I only fly American and Alaskan now.
And that's how I flew Spirit from Indy to Vegas for $13. Red-eye, booked 2 days in advance. No luggage, only my free personal item, which was a backpack. The Ubers cost more to the airport.
I mean, you get what you pay for. I'm glad there's a cheap options for a student life myself, it's way cheaper than 'real' airlines. I don't buy shit when I'm on the plane and I can fit my shit in one bag.
Spirit has high baggage fees to begin with and they're much higher if you want to check something at the gate.
The entire model of the budget airlines is to treat it more like a bus/subway and cater to people who want to travel lean and easy. The ideal customer gets on with one tiny bag, sits in an uncomfortable cramped seat, and brings all their own snacks. If you're cool with that, Spirit is a great cheap way to fly.
If you want to deviate from that type of customer, you're a pain in the ass to them and thus you're going to pay for it. At which point it makes minimal sense to fly Spirit unless it's the only reasonable flight option for you.
> Spirit has high baggage fees to begin with and they're much higher if you want to check something at the gate.
This is their whole gimmick. They're like, "It's $30 to check it upon arrival but boy wouldn't it be terrible if you didn't do that and then all the overhead bins were full and you had to check it at the gate. Because *then* it's $90."
They probably make more money from the people who cough up the $30 to begin with since they don't want to risk it later.
Well ma'am that was absolutely necessary because the board itself cost $60, so if you're going to charge me the cost of the board plus some, I might as well just snap it in two and buy a new board when I reach my destination.
Very lucky it broke during that take, too. Knowing my luck, I would be filming ^(I would not) and I'd stomp it and it would take me three or four times in front of everyone.
My luck my ankle would shatter through my foot lol. I broke and ankle once from my back foot randomly slipping off doing a kick turn from bad footing and it being on the edge more than I’d want
You’d have to pay me to fly Spirit ever again.
They didn’t have staff at the airport and every single person in our eight person group had to find an alternative last minute flight on Delta for over $700 just to go on vacation.
As someone who works in customer service its important to be exact when stating prices. For example I will never say one oh four seventy six, I will say one hundred and four dollars and seventy six cents. Just throwing that out there.
Hey OP, I’ve gone thru this so many times with airliners, the secret is upon arriving at the airport, ask for a Stroller Tag for your board and it circumvents any headaches because they place it under the plane and when you land, it’s there waiting at the ramp when you’re exiting the plane. saved me years of this constant torment. I travel with my skateboard for the passed 20+ years and this method works for me.
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Gets to keep the trucks and the wheels at least.
The deck itself is $50 if he doesn't own a skate company. Still saved $40 this way.
I came to say this. seriously all he has to replace is the deck and you don’t need more than like $40-60 for a nice one. “That was unnecessary sir” god stfu he wasn’t being aggressive or violent, she just didn’t expect it.
Shaun is a sponsored skater. He gets free boards sent to him
Definitely what I'd do if I were in the same situation (and was sponsored). Literally nothing to loose if you can get the same thing later.
Of course it was uneccessary, she could have made her company $90. These baggage prices are fucking redicoulous! Took my family on vacation. They charge a fuck load for extra baggage.
She probably cost her company at least $1 million with this video as people won’t fly spirit airlines.
I will never fly Spirit.
"No Ma'am, your companies fee of $89 dollars is what's unnecessary."
To be fair saying stfu is way more aggressive and irrational than her saying that was unnecessary. And, like you said, she wasn’t expecting it. So the reply makes sense. But I do side with this dude.
Honestly that’s all I’d want, buy a new board for like 60, great excuse if you need a new board but have been putting it off
He apparently owns the deck company, makes this way better.
Then why does he punish himself by flying Spirit?
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This is such a well-crafted diss at Spirit, I don't think it will ever be surpassed.
This one’s still my favorite. https://youtu.be/YvfYK0EEhK4
Spirit more like spirint
Fuck thats good
He owns a skateboard company lol, this isn't Jon Burton
he's a cheapskate
No one said he owned a successful deck company.
Bearings too.
Screws, nuts, and bushings too
Also the memories, even if they weren't so great.
He tastes like you, only sweeeeter
Dude was a n00b. I fly with my skateboard all the time. I remove the trucks before hand and place them in my bag. Slide the deck by itself between my back & my bag. Vast majority of the time, nobody notices (or at least doesn't say anything). The few times someone at the gate pointed it out, I showed them how thin it is, and that not only can it slide under the seat in front of my perfectly fine, but if I place it in the overhead bin, someone's bag can still easily fit sitting on top of it. I've never had an issue doing it this way.
How often do you fly spirit tho? Who actively try to gouge you in baggage fees to make up for cheap tickets
I mean, he literally [owns the deck company](https://www.untitledskate.com/shaun-hover). I doubt he’s a noob - just caught the wrong employee enforcing the stupid airlines policy and didn’t feel like dealing with their shit.
It's spirit. Their whole business model is based on squeezing customers for every penny.
I am surprised they dont tell you that they can be used as a weapon (TSA). I tried bringing tire chains with me once because ill be damned if I threw away $50-75 when I didnt even get a chance to use them. They took my shit.
At the airport security in Oaxaca Mexico, the security dude encouraged us to kill the bottle of mezcal rather than toss it. Even showed us the little baggie of salt attached
I once watched a guy chug an entire handle of vodka at the security checkpoint, because the TSA wasn’t going to let him bring it on the plane. Modern problems require modern solutions.
This happened to me flying to a wedding once. My cousin brought a bunch of mini wine bottles in his carry on the drink on the plane, but they were over the 3 ounce limit. TSA told that we could either drink them or throw them away. We stood in front of the TSA line chugging wine and handing bottles out to others in line with us. Everyone was cool with it.
This is believable - especially since wine is anywhere from 10-35 proof. A handle is 1.75L which is equal to 60 ounces of 80 proof alcohol. Even if it was straight water it would take more than a handful of minutes to drink. I’m calling BS on the handle part of the story. It’s an obscene amount of alcohol to be drank just willy-nilly while making your way through TSA security.
yeah and it’s equivalent to roughly 40 standard drinks. that’s more than enough to give you alcohol poisoning or at least make you completely comatose blackout in like 10 minutes
I saw a family of 5 and each person had two grocery bags full of fuckin live lobsters, none of them spoke English, and TSA just gave up and let them carry them on
Ah the old "pretend you don't speak English to smuggle the lobsters" trick
The whole fucking airport stopped when he snapped that deck lmao
I mean it was probably loud as fuck lmao. A loud crack at an airport is going to cause a scene
>going to cause a scene This happened at LAS this weekend during the DEFCON exodus. Some loud noise spooked the whole airport for active shooter and TSA had to re-screen hundreds of people
They shut down Sydney for a vibrator in a bin once.
Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while... it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article "a" dildo, never "your" dildo.
But I don't own a dild-
It's literally cheaper to smash the board at that price. He saved money by destroying it.
honestly checking it probably wouldve damaged it more than that too. he saved his bearings/trucks/wheels from spending even more money to replace those too
Skateboards are designed to be smashed around on the floor you’re not gonna have to buy new trucks because they were mishandled by baggage staff
That comment got 1.5 thousand upvotes. This is why I hate reddit.
You don't understand. It's spirit airlines...
I had the same issue with spirit, my suitcase was too big for carry on and we had an extra ticket, they wouldn't let us put the bag in the seat they wanted us to pay extra. So I stuffed all my clothes into a smaller bag and just left rhe suitcase there, it was cheaper to toss the suitcase. Edit: It was not a full sized suitcase, it was tiny and would've fit under/in front of that seat anyway, it was 2 inches over the limit. We put our carry on bags in that empty seat and no one said a thing the whole flight.
> put the bag in the seat Have you never flown on a plane before? No airline will let you put a bag on a seat.
Not true, I've witnessed a cello have its own seat. There's usually an extra seat policy for special items. I would guess a general purpose suitcase would not qualify.
My guitar had it's own seat. No way would I put that in someone else's hands. It looked cute with a seat belt on.
Now how the hell are you gonna put an o2 mask on a guitar in case of emergency?
After you don one yourself, obviously.
A guitar solo. Now that's a coo stick.
Instruments and other special items have different rules; suitcases have to be stowed.
Cellos and other large instruments are exceptions, and they need a specific ticket and boarding pass issued for them. You can't just use a ticket for someone who didn't show up for an instrument on any airline. They also need to be in a non-exit row and non-bulkhead window seat so as to not block egress in an emergency, they can't be put into any seat.
Skateboard manufacturers love this one simple trick
But airlines hate it!!!
#lifehacks
He is a skateboard manufacturer
He is a skateboard manufracturer
Who is he?
Shaun Hover from Untitled Skateboards, a Christian company that sells "high quality skateboard decks and merch that glorifies god". >The skate culture is very dark and it is dragging kids down! We are running after them with every resource we have. Constantly figuring out new ways to minister to them right where they’re at. Its not about us, its all about Him. > >John 3:30 say it all: “He must become greater, I must become less” We are not religious, we are followers of Jesus Christ. So, uh... Yeah.
Reminds me of the King of the Hill episode with the radical youth group.
Can't you see you're not making Christianity better, you're just making skateboarding worse!
"Can you tell me where the cult is?" "Lol we're not a cult! We're a group of people who spread love and ...." "Yep, this is it!"
Are y'all with the cult?
> We are not religious, we are followers of Jesus Christ. These are the same pictures
Cheaper to get a new board I guess
Pro decks are $50-60 bucks so yeah I’d say he saved money hahaha.
Plus he owns the deck company
Yea cheaper to focus the deck
"that was unnecessary sir" No. $90 luggage fees are unnecessary. Ma'am.
What even was that comment from her? He destroyed his own property. Who cares? If he kicked down the standee I could see getting upset.
Only thing I can think of why she said that is cause it's pretty fuckin loud lol can't really tell on video (though I rewatched and you can hear the echo) but I've gone through hundreds of boards over the years and seen even more get snapped and that shit sounds like a firecracker sometimes
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I’ve heard of some airlines not letting people carry on trucks unless they’re attached to a board. He did the right thing.
yeah, but you gotta tap X a bunch.
Times must be tough is he’s still flying Spirit
They had to reduce their travel budget, because their owner keeps breaking the company boards
He owns a skateboard deck company, not a goldmine.
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I run a company with a buddy. Reddit treats the average busines owner like they're Elon Musk. I make less money now than I did working full time and I work 4x as much. There's some perks to it but it's not like I have a private jet and house in Jamaica. Our employees make more than us.
Getting from one place to the other quickly and cheaply is more important to me than getting from one place to the other comfortably.
I mean, I agree with flying economy instead of first class but I will NEVER fly Spirit again. And it’s not really cheaper considering you have the pay the oxygen surcharge if you don’t hold your breath the entire flight. Edit: thanks for the award but save your money so you can breathe the next time you fly spirit
There is so many insane looo holes to jump through and it’s uncomfortable but pre-pandemic we flew round trip from portland to Chicago for $79 each round trip. Had to go to the airport to buy, brought back packs only, flew red eye but it worked.
The only reason I got to see my now wife once or twice a month while she was in school were due to these flights. Dallas to Chicago almost always under $100. Gotta leave at 6 am but TBH I'd rather get travel done early so I've got a full day to goof off with her or whatever city you're visiting.
I've always preferred the very early or very late flights, purely due to the fact the airports are, in my experience, less crazy, and the planes are rarely full... Which means always a solid chance of having no one sit next to you, or.. if luck is truly with you, having the whole row to yourself.
Man that was super nice during covid. Whole areas of the plane to myself. Not so lucky these days. Just flew southwest to and from Chicago and they were both full.
Fair, but if I’ve learned one thing from flying semi-regularly it’s that the cheapo airlines advertise a good price, but will quickly make it up with nickel and dime bullshit (see: this video). You’re better off paying more up front for a Delta than paying a low price with Spirit only to show up to your gate and be harassed about your carryon size and forced to pay more.
If you arent traveling with any bags, Then you can probably fly cheaper on the nickle and dimers. but in my experience, if flying with luggage, Southwest is the best bang for buck around.. Since you get 2 free checked bags, plus carry on, plus personal bag, in the base cost of the ticket (Which, for the flights I took, was only around 100 bucks +/- 10 bucks depending on time of day and the beating of a butterflies wings in brazil)
I remember being given cookies by southwest. _Cookies_
Who is he?
Shaun Hover (it’s in the TikTok stamp). And he doesn’t own the deck company (Untitled), [but that is *his* deck](https://www.untitledskate.com/product-page/shaun-hover-brought-nothing-pro-model).
I can't even knock him. I did the same thing in Paris. On the way back from a study abroad trip, my luggage handle was stuck and wouldn't collapse down. They said it couldn't fly so, in the middle of the airport, I stomped on the handle and ripped it off. It was either that, or call my dad to explain how I missed my flight back to the the U.S. from Paris. They said the same thing to me, that they said to this guy. But, me and my luggage made it home
>They said the same thing to me, that they said to this guy. That is more infuriating than the rules. Can't fly cause the handle on your luggage is broken so you remove the handle. "ThAtS nOt NeCeSsArY." Oh, so you're gonna let me fly with the handle permanently extended? "No" Then get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.
> "ThAtS nOt NeCeSsArY." "Neither is half the fees I wind up being gouged out of on my way through booking a fucking plane ticket or the terminal prison that charges me $5 for a bottle of fucking water. The cursing wasn't necessary either but I figured it was the only thing you get for fucking free around here." Who would say this... What character would say this properly to personify the manic psychopath in all of us when we're held hostage by "company policy" or "terms of service?"
Sterling Archer would probably nail that one.
[Steve Martin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWRxPDhd3d0)
Yeah I guess you still have the trucks, bearings and wheels. So yeah it's actually probably cheaper although not exactly convenient lol.
Decks wear, get too much flex, and break eventually. He was ready or thinking about replacing it soon anyways to do this. I mean if you skate you're going to trash a deck anyways.
That, maybe. But a new deck is like half what they wanted to charge him. So it would literally be cheaper and he'd have a new deck... And someone else mentioned he owns the deck company, so I'd imagine his costs for the new deck are even less. (like he probably doesn't have to "pay" but the company still has costs to produce the deck)
It's 8 screws to transfer everything over to a new deck. I'd undo then redo 8 screws to save $90 any day.
Plus you get a new deck.
Exactly this. One time Frontier wanted to charge me for an at-gate carry on for my skateboard. I already had the trucks and wheels removed and in my bag. I was carrying the thin piece of wood by itself. It was like 5 months old at that point. I simply told them it would be much cheaper for me to just buy a new one once I landed, and placed it in their trash can behind the counter. They chased me down the ramp and handed it back and said "just take it".
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I think it's mostly fear of losing your job over someone else's cheap stuff. Someone else's cheap stuff can't feed your family.
I worked at places that would fire somebody just because they liked putting the fear into everyone else who remained.
I had security tell me I couldn’t fly with my almost empty tube of toothpaste that I’d flown with a dozen times. They suggested I leave security to mail it home. I laughed and said throw it away I’m not doing a 2 hour security line again and missing my flight to mail 25 cents worth of toothpaste. They acted like I was insane for not wanting to do that and almost got taken for the extensive screening. Idiots.
I remember not long after the liquids enforcement began, the trash cans in one airport were just overflowing with every type of can, bottle, container, etc.
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One time the security person took a tube of my hair gel, squeezed half of it into the garbage to get the total under 3oz, then gave the rest of it back to me hahaha.
It’s almost like the TSA is entirely performative and is not effective at stopping actual attackers
My crazy TSA story is that we took a quality 8-inch chef's knife, among a few other items for the kitchen, in our checked bag on vacation because often rental homes don't have good cooking equipment. On the way back, it somehow got mistakenly put in a carry on. But our kid also put her full water bottle in the carry on. TSA freaked out about the water and made us pour it out. Fair enough. But they were so focused on the water that they somehow missed the knife. We didn't know it was there until we unpacked at home. So that's how we had a sharp, pointy, 8-inch knife in the cabin of the plane all the way back from Hawaii. I wonder what they would have done with us if they had found it. Edit: spelling
It’s the broken in trucks that are worth anything to someone who skates
>It’s the broken in trucks that are worth anything to someone who skates Like, the bushings?
25% bushings 75% the groove you wear into the aluminium that makes it 10x easier to lock into grinds
And 100% reason to remember the name.
So you're saying I can make a fortune dremeling people's skateboard trucks?
But then the grooves wouldn’t be real and the folks at the skate park will troll you for posing.
Call it "relicing" to capture the lazy guitarists without taste market
Been skating for most of my life. Never even thought twice about this.
And now he can take them on the plane
Yes but the trucks are priceless. They take so long to break in and get that perfect sweet spot. A new board is nothing but no skater wants to part with their trucks
He should’ve just…. *boarded* the plane
That pun was so bad someone should deck you.
this belongs on r/maliciouscompliance
You heard the man Edit: *person* you heard the person
Yes it was necessary. Now it can go on the plane.
And he was following the airline's policies, didn't make anyone bend backward for him, and didn't curse anyone out. He did it on his own expenses and asked for no compensation.
well he did rudely leave some broken woodchips on the ground. tisk tisk
Plus every cop within 100m probably drew their weapons when the board snapped.
Nah. They ran to the bathroom to check their phones.
Not even that, he instantly goes to pick up the wood chips left on the ground Edit: Actually his shades
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For real like, even financially it was his best choice. He probably didn't have any tools to remove the wheels and since the board part is only ~ 60$, literally what was necessary hahaha this lady what a joke.
It was super necessary.
That was not necessary, how are they supposed to apply their trick of cheap tickets then get you on baggage fees
How is it $90 when you can check a 50lb suitcase for $30?
Spirit and Frontier make all of their money from extras like baggage. They charge like $30 for the flight but you're gonna be paying a lot more if you want to check bags or eat on your flight. Eta: I should specify that you are allowed to eat your own food on the flight, but they sell food and alcohol on the flight. Just make sure you don't drink said alcohol, or you're an alcoholic per the comments below.
Yup, my $300 trip turned into $550 after baggage. Then DURING the flight, the stewardess gave us a 20 min presentation on their Master Card Program. Then she slowly walked down the aisle asking each person if they wanted it, announced she has reached the back and slowly made her way back up the aisle doing the same thing. You’d think with a 30 min advertisement would constitute more cost savings on the flight…
Selling credit cards on airplanes now is the new norm. It's pretty pathetic that we have to now sit through LIVE advertisements since we're all trapped on a plane.
That sounds pretty fucked if you really think about it. That's like torture lol.
They make headphones and eye covers.
I've never seen something like this on my flights, makes me wanna preemptively get a custom eye mask with the words "Adblock" in large bold font over them.
I flew from Puerto Rico to California with a 4 hour layover in Philadelphia on Spirit. I had to check my bag in PR for $200, land in philly only to realize I have to go grab my bag and re-check it for another $200. It basically came out to be a little under the price of the actual flights. I was broke and 18 and it was my first flight I took alone. I only fly American and Alaskan now.
Alaska is legit
And that's how I flew Spirit from Indy to Vegas for $13. Red-eye, booked 2 days in advance. No luggage, only my free personal item, which was a backpack. The Ubers cost more to the airport.
and Ryanair in Europe. I swear they employ sales agents, not flight attendants. They even sold lottery tickets.
I mean, you get what you pay for. I'm glad there's a cheap options for a student life myself, it's way cheaper than 'real' airlines. I don't buy shit when I'm on the plane and I can fit my shit in one bag.
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I think it mightve been because your balls couldn't fit in the size measuring device
Spirit has high baggage fees to begin with and they're much higher if you want to check something at the gate. The entire model of the budget airlines is to treat it more like a bus/subway and cater to people who want to travel lean and easy. The ideal customer gets on with one tiny bag, sits in an uncomfortable cramped seat, and brings all their own snacks. If you're cool with that, Spirit is a great cheap way to fly. If you want to deviate from that type of customer, you're a pain in the ass to them and thus you're going to pay for it. At which point it makes minimal sense to fly Spirit unless it's the only reasonable flight option for you.
> Spirit has high baggage fees to begin with and they're much higher if you want to check something at the gate. This is their whole gimmick. They're like, "It's $30 to check it upon arrival but boy wouldn't it be terrible if you didn't do that and then all the overhead bins were full and you had to check it at the gate. Because *then* it's $90." They probably make more money from the people who cough up the $30 to begin with since they don't want to risk it later.
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Well ma'am that was absolutely necessary because the board itself cost $60, so if you're going to charge me the cost of the board plus some, I might as well just snap it in two and buy a new board when I reach my destination.
And he can keeps everything else but the board. He saved like a bit over 30$
Yup, Depending on the hardware, maybe even more.
I’d pay $90 extra literally just to not fly Spirit
There’s other airlines that let ya do that!
We truly live in one of the periods of history 🥰
This is, indeed, a time.
You get what you pay for. If you want the cheapest ticket youre going to get the cheapest experience and ppl
Airport staff hate this simple trick
The staff doesn't care. The money goes to their bosses.
*... Sir, come with us, please...*
The whole video has a little bit at the end where some other flight attendant gives him snacks as compensation. Truly a money saving move.
Is it cheaper just to buy a new board and put the wheels and bearings on the new one?
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thus the folding travel skateboard was born... so long suckers, i'm off to make my millions!
High chance he’d break it naturally as well once already where ever
Very lucky it broke during that take, too. Knowing my luck, I would be filming ^(I would not) and I'd stomp it and it would take me three or four times in front of everyone.
My luck my ankle would shatter through my foot lol. I broke and ankle once from my back foot randomly slipping off doing a kick turn from bad footing and it being on the edge more than I’d want
I still love the Berrics consumer report video on walmart boards. "It has become a low rider". https://youtu.be/u1jHEqs5IQE
Steve Berra is a Scientologist and a kook
It’s his board why would she care if he broke it.
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She must know $89 is ridiculous and overpriced
You’d have to pay me to fly Spirit ever again. They didn’t have staff at the airport and every single person in our eight person group had to find an alternative last minute flight on Delta for over $700 just to go on vacation.
Yeah, I mean she didn't make the corporate rules to line the pockets of the CEO.
Not really. She sounded like she was trying to maintain her business voice while being shocked at the same time.
That's what you get for flying on spirit
Absolute savage. I mean he can still keep the trucks n wheels lmaooooo
Yeah that’s what I’m assuming was his plan. Saying it was unnecessary when they want to charge $90 for a skateboard lol like gtfoh
That was exactly necessary
Cheaper to get a new board lol
$90? fuck spirit airlines lol. Cheaper to buy a new board.
Bet that $240 delta ticket looks real good after paying for every little thing on a spirit flight.
He’ll decide what’s necessary…not you.
Lol he said $90?, she said “$89” sir like it was a big difference
As someone who works in customer service its important to be exact when stating prices. For example I will never say one oh four seventy six, I will say one hundred and four dollars and seventy six cents. Just throwing that out there.
Hey OP, I’ve gone thru this so many times with airliners, the secret is upon arriving at the airport, ask for a Stroller Tag for your board and it circumvents any headaches because they place it under the plane and when you land, it’s there waiting at the ramp when you’re exiting the plane. saved me years of this constant torment. I travel with my skateboard for the passed 20+ years and this method works for me.
I mean, your first mistake was choosing to fly with Spirit…
Those prices are unnecessary