Video: Woman Goes Viral After Checking Pool Noodle On Flight

MADRID, SPAIN – JULY 09: A child collects a bag at the luggage claim area as safety distance marking are glued to the ground at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport on July 09, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. Adolfo Suarez-Madrid Barajas Airport has implemented new measures for passengers to control health risks during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The measure include thermographic cameras, spot infrared thermometers, safety marking, sanitiser dispensers, protective screens for workers and a Passenger Location Card. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Sydney Fowls is going viral right now and it’s all thanks to a $20 bet.
Fowls and her cousins were planning a girls’ trip from Columbus, Ohio to Tampa when they offered her $20 to see if she could get away with checking a pool noodle on their Southwest Airlines flight. The airline allows your first two bags to fly free, but it appears noodles also count.
@sydneyfowls05My pool noodle traveled from Ohio —-> Florida
Fowls managed to get a video of everything from her handing it to the check-in desk, to the ramp guys loading it onto the plane, and the noodle cruising around baggage claim until she picked it up.