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TIFU by wearing my armor cosplay to dodge a checked bag fee

This happened about three hours ago and I am still at my gate

I cosplay as a knight (it’s a thing... a full set of 31 pieces that took me two years to build) and I am flying out to a convention this weekend and the checked bag fee was everywhere from skyscanner to rift flights, I checked everywhere and it was $40 each way(yeah i aint paying that)

The armor does not fit in a carry on so at 4 pm I decided that I would WEAR it through the airport.

I put on the chest piece, greaves, gauntlets and pauldrons and carried the helmet under my arm. At security the tsa officer looked me up and down and said "I am going to need you to take that off"

But it was held together by 18 buckles and four straps that run behind my back and I can’t reach them so I needed help.

So two tsa agents and a very patient man in a hawaiian shirt took me apart piece by piece into gray bins. The foam sword set off the scanner anyway and i felt bad for the 30 people in line who had to wait

At the gate a little kid asked for a photo and it was so cute and Istg guys the gate agent announced over the speaker "We would like to invite our knight to board first”

I was in my seat with the helmet in my lap and the flight attendant had asked me twice if I’m okay.

Only regret is that i did not record it and upload it on youtube(damn sure this could have gone viral)

Total saved: $40 ,Total time lost:25 mins My dignity: maybe recoverable

Thank you for reading and have a great night 😘

TL;DR: I wore my full knight armor through the airport to avoid a bag fee, needed two TSA agents and a stranger to unbuckle me and then got invited to board first.

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