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The Airline Wanted $100 to Check His Bag — He Didn’t Have It, So He Settled In and Made the Airport His Home

An airline wanted $100 to check his bag, and a Danish traveler returning to Spain after a three-month vacation in Mexico didn’t have it — so he settled into Mérida’s airport and effectively made it his home. Trying to reach Havana for a separate ticket to Madrid he says expires January 11, he became a quiet fixture in the terminal until staff started calling him the “Danish Tom Hanks.” Continue reading The Airline Wanted $100 to Check His Bag — …
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View from the Wing broke the news in on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
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