Man Sneaks His Overweight Cat On Board Airplane & Gets Punished By The Airline

Mikhail was traveling back home to Vladivostok after a stay in Riga. However, his trip was disrupted when airline staff refused to allow his cat, Viktor, to fly with him in the cabin.

Mikhail was told that Viktor, weighing in at 22lbs, was 5lbs over the allowed weight limit, and would need to travel in the cargo hold.

Mikhail wasn't going to allow it. He knew from past experience that Viktor didn't cope well in transit, and would be affected badly by the unfamiliar surroundings and changing air pressure.

So he came up with an elaborate, yet very simple plan. Galin posted a request for help on his social media asking people if they could lend him a cat similar to Viktor. Somehow, he managed to find an extremely similar cat who weighs much less than Victor.

Then he swapped the two cats at check-in and returned the borrowed cat to it's rightful owner, before successfully boarding the plane with Viktor in his hands.

Airport surveillance footage confirmed that Galin broke airline rules with his cat-swapping charade.

The airline decided to punish Mikhail by kicking him out of the frequent flyer program and taking away 400,000 miles from his account.

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