'Never give up!': Moment determined passenger hammers her cabin luggage into airport bag size checker to avoid £180 charge on flight to London

A determined passenger avoided a £180 fine for oversized baggage on her flight to London by hammering her luggage into a bag size checker.

The woman, named Arina, was flying from Paris on budget Spanish airline Vueling and faced a hefty charge for her apparently oversized bag, before she fit it into the baggage measurer.

She at first struggles with sliding in her bright yellow suitcase but eventually manages to shove it into the measurer, aptly labelled 'does your cabin luggage fit in here'.

The frustrated looking passenger then takes two attempts to pull it out, before marching back to the check in desk.

The video, which has gone viral on TikTok, was posted on 23 July and captioned 'Never give up, at least not for €200 [£180]'.

Arina later claimed her bag had been flagged for size verification and that Vueling employees were 'genuinely shocked' when she fit it in.

'It seemed that they were just suspicious of the size of my bag since it didn't seem like carry-on luggage,' she told Newsweek.

'I was 100 percent sure that it would fit [in the bag checker] as before I bought the luggage, it had the measurements required to do so written in its description, plus I measured it before buying and it fit the standards of the company.'

'She [the airline employee] seemed quite surprised that the suitcase actually fit, and I got the impression she was disappointed there was no reason to charge us extra,' she added.

'She said, with genuine shock, that I must be very strong to have managed to put it in and pull it out—she clearly didn't expect it to fit at all.'

Vueling are the largest airline in Spain and offer a range of cheap short haul flights across Europe.

They allow passenger to take an underseat cabin bag with a maximum size of 40x30x20cm. Those exceeding the limit could be fined €75 (£65).

A number of airlines pay their staff bonuses for catching out passengers who try to sneak on oversized bags.

Last month it was revealed that Ryanair staff can make u to €80 (£75) a month in comission from enforcing the strict rules.

A leaked payslip shows how one former employee earned a 'gate bag bonus' for flagging up bags that broke the airline's famously tight size restrictions.

The ex-worker claimed they pocketed around €1.50 (£1.30) for every oversized bag.

EasyJet staff are believed to receive £1 after tax for 'every gate bag taken', while Wizz Air have admitted boarding staff receive incentives to ensure luggage rules are correctly enforced.