Travelers at airports are playing ‘check-in chicken’ in latest flight-booking trend [Video]

A travel hack has taken over the internet with social media users discussing this risky trick.

“Check-in chicken” consists of flyers waiting until check-in is almost closed until booking a seat.

The gamble is that left-over seats that are more desirable, such as extra legroom or an exit row, will be assigned. 

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One travel influencer who promotes cheap travel hacks posted on TikTok her experience with airlines in relation to “check-in chicken.”

“They pawn off the middle seats or the back of the plane in the hope that you will then pay to change your seat,” the user said in her video.

She says, “If you sit tight and wait, what you will see is they all start to go, and the only ones left are the extra legroom seats and the ones at front of the plane.”

Also known as “check-in-chicken,” said the text added to …