How To Avoid Airline Baggage Fees — Brilliant! [VIDEO]

If you're travelling this upcoming holiday, here's a way to save some cash on those pesky baggage fees!

Would you be willing to turn your baggage into a mobile advertisement...if it meant you wouldn't have to pay a baggage fee?

Personally, I'd have NO problem doing this!

You've probably seen the hard-shell luggage rolling through the airport...maybe you've even thought "Wow, they must REALLY like the Minions movie, since it's plastered all over their suitcase!".  Well, that very well have been that passenger's "out" of paying a baggage fee!

A company called Orion Travel Tech was founded by a former Continental Airlines flight attendant, Gary German, who says companies are willing to shell out $500 to reach one person; he could do it for $35-$45.

So how does it work?  From Today.com:

Participants get two hard cases, one carry-on and the other for checked baggage, which come wrapped in a company's branding — which you select. Think Colonel Sanders from KFC, the gecko from Geico and even a camouflage style for the U.S. military.

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In return for you toting these advertisements, Orion will cover all round-trip baggage fees by providing you with a $50 gift card that can be recharged. In addition, the program gives you access to airport lounges and an on-site tour guide, and it also equips your bag with a GPS and luggage-tampering alert system so you'll know if someone has broken into your bag. The company will even stock your new $300 suitcases with free goodies like bath oils and car wax.

 

So what's the catch? German said there are no hidden fees. In fact, in order to make sure travelers were getting the best experience possible, he removed the initial $19.99 annual membership fee that was going to be implemented when the program launches at the end of November.

I don't see any DOWN side to this....do you?  And yes, of course I would REQUEST the cool Star Wars one that's shown inside the post below....