Woman boarded a United flight with ‘too much weight’. Then she says the airline pulled every checked bag off the plane: ‘this is so mind boggling’
Air travel comes with plenty of delays and last-minute changes, but most passengers expect their luggage to travel on the same flight they do. One TikTok creator says a recent United Airlines trip challenged that expectation.
Stories about overbooked flights and travel vouchers have become familiar to many passengers. But this creator says the situation on her flight took a very different turn after not enough people agreed to take a later departure, “this is so mind-boggling.”
The account, shared by TikTok creator @renee.noe, has drawn attention after she claimed every checked bag was removed from the aircraft before her United Airlines flight to New York took off. While she repeatedly says she is not angry about the situation, she questioned how travelers were expected to manage without their luggage.
She says one announcement changed everything
Speaking from her seat on the plane, the creator says the crew announced there was “too much weight” on the aircraft. She says United first asked for volunteers to take a later flight in exchange for travel vouchers worth thousands of dollars.
She says not enough passengers accepted the offer because many still wanted to travel to New York that day. The airline then introduced what she describes as a different solution. “They’re taking everyone’s checked bags off,” she says. “There’s no bags on this plane. They are arriving later.”
Rather than focusing on clothes or toiletries, the creator says her biggest concern was traveling with a baby. She explains that her checked items included a crib, stroller, and car seat, leaving her wondering how she would manage after landing. “I’m not even complaining, really,” she says. “I’m just like, how is this going to work?”
She also questioned how other passengers would retrieve their belongings once they reached New York, particularly those staying in the city without access to a car. “I’m not even thinking about myself,” she says. “I can wear the same thing for four days. I don’t care. My toiletries, I can buy new ones, it’s fine. But, like, the car seat.”
The creator later asked viewers where she could buy a sleep sack and Wildbird pyjamas in New York. She explained that her baby would need them while waiting for the delayed luggage.
The incident is another example of travelers sharing unexpected experiences with United Airlines, including a United Airlines Chicago travel debacle that left passengers stranded and another complaint involving delayed flight vouchers that a traveler said did not work as expected.
Many commenters said they would have accepted the travel voucher instead of flying without their luggage. “I would’ve jumped at that voucher babe,” one viewer wrote. Another added, “I would have taken the $1000 plus a free hotel and gone to get my bag,” while someone else said, “I would’ve run for that voucher omfg.” Another joked, “I never get this lucky. I want a voucher!!!”
“My daughter got 2000.00 from United for waiting for the next flight,” another claimed. Others believed the airline should arrange to deliver the delayed bags directly to passengers.
”The airline should deliver your bags to your destination,” one commenter wrote. “Aren’t they supposed to deliver your bags to you if they don’t arrive on the same flight as you?” another asked.
Some viewers sympathized with the creator’s concerns about traveling with a baby, while others speculated about why the luggage had been removed. One commenter wrote, “This is code for ‘we overbooked this flight.'” However, the creator does not say the flight was overbooked, and United has not publicly commented on the incident shown in the video.
(Featured Image: Screenshot via @renee.noe/TikTok)
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