‘Plus-sized’ woman is criticized for sharing her travel tips on how to snag plane seats for free
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Kirsty Leanne is a 30-year-old woman based in the U.K., who regularly shares videos about her travel experiences as a “plus-sized person,” as she refers to herself — and has over 4.6 million likes on her account.
She recently shared tips on getting a second plane seat for free with her nearly 130,000 TikTok followers.
Leanne advised others to ask a flight attendant at the gate if there are “any seats where there’s two seats next to each other free.”
In another video, Leanne shared a video of herself spread out across all three plane seats.
She also noted that “airlines make it so hard to book a second seat, and so, over the years, I’ve had to find ways to increase my chances of getting an empty seat next to me.”
“It costs a lot (especially if you have to pay to allocate your seat) and not everyone can afford to do this,” she said.
TikTok users took to the comments section of one of her most viral travel videos — which has over 6.6 million views.
Another said, “How is this not a wake-up call?”
“Other customers deserve to be comfortable, too,” another user wrote.
Leanne’s online blog is called Plus Size Travel Too — which shares her experiences of traveling across the world as a larger-sized woman.
Fox News Digital reached out to her for further comment.
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