Strange items passengers have tried to check in

FOLLOWING its list of strangest in-flight requests, Vtravelled has published a list of ‘out of the ordinary’ items that passengers wanted to check-in. After speaking to check-in staff at 32 destinations it became clear that strangeness doesn’t just happen on board, it begins inside the airport terminal.  

Cheese, spiders and bath tubs

From a giant wheel of cheese to a car engine, the survey revealed that passengers were willing to try and check in almost anything on their flights, as demonstrated by the lady who had her family carry her unwrapped, unpackaged bath tub to the counter at JFK.

Other items that have turned up at Virgin Atlantic check in desks around the world include:

•    A pet tarantula hidden in a lady’s coat at JFK  
•    A dead cow wrapped in plastic at JFK  
•    A bag of cutlery previously stolen from a Virgin Atlantic flight at Delhi airport
•    A bag of sand and seawater by a couple who fell in love on the island of Grenada and wanted a memento of the place where they met
•    A bag of soil and coconut trees also at Grenada airport

*Have you ever heard of anyone trying to check in strange items or has one of your clients enquired about strange items they wanted to check in on a flight? Let us know by replying to the editor.