Aussie discovers ‘game-changing' flight tip for travellers
Olivia Rogers was home-bound to Melbourne when she learnt travellers can access their journey's details by sending their flight number in a text message.
The South Australian turned Melbourne local shared a demo on TikTok using her flight details, after a friend let her in on the feature.
'A friend of mine recently told me a really helpful travel hack, so I'm going to share it with you,' she said.
'All you need is your flight number so it doesn't matter what airline you are flying with or what country you're flying in.
'You're just going to type your flight number in a text message to a friend or family member who is picking you up, or you can send it to yourself.'
After sending the flight number on her iPhone, a hyperlink appears with a button option labelled 'preview flight' which reveals a host of details about her upcoming flight.
Travellers can see a live map of where the plane is situated on the globe, the estimated duration of the flight, the departure time and expected arrival time, aswell as the baggage carousel number.
Ms Rogers hailed the feature as a convenient way to share and access travel information without opening separate browsers.
'It literally tells you everything you need to know and it updates live, even while you're mid-flight,' she continued. Olivia Roger's flight details appeared after sending her flight number in a text message. Credit: oliviamollyrogers
'It will even tell you what carousel to go to, it is a game-changer.'
Ms Rogers' advice caused some divide in the comments section.
'Influencer discovers basic function a lot of people know yet posts like she's re-invented the wheel. 'There's never been a generation that's recorded themselves so often doing nothing of note,' one person wrote.
'What hack??? Every traveller knows it,' another said.
Other travellers were quick to defend Ms Rogers, thanking her for pointing out the useful information.
'So many smarty pants in the comments haha congrats I guess? I travel a lot and I didn't know this so thank you,' one said.
Another added: :Keyboard warriors in the comments section. Thanks for this, super helpful for lots of us that didn't know.'
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