Flight Attendant’s ‘Top Travel Safety’ Tip Goes Viral

A video of a flight attendant’s advice how to avoid “giving your information to everyone” on your travels has gone viral on TikTok.
The tip was revealed in a video posted by flight attendant Ally Case (@allycase1) and has garnered over 614,000 views since it was shared on July 18.
Pointing to a luggage label on a suitcase, the flight attendant says in the clip “I don’t know why more people don’t do this. Always, always, always flip your information on your luggage card backwards.”
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The flight attendant says in the clip “I cannot tell you how many people I see, on a daily basis, with their information displayed for anyone to see—their name, their phone number, their home address.”
Total passenger demand in April was reported to be up 11 percent, compared with April 2023, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported in May. Back in November 2023, globally total air traffic was reported to be at 99.1 percent of November 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels, according to an IATA report in January.
Flight attendant employment is expected to grow 11 percent from 2022 to 2032, “much faster than the average for all occupations,” says the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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“About 16,600 openings for flight attendants are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire,” according to the BLS.
A caption shared with the aforementioned viral post reads: “One of my top travel safety tips. I don’t even like strangers to know my name—no chance am I going to have my phone number and home address on display!!”
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She advises “What you can do instead is fill out the information [on the luggage label] and flip it backwards. That way when you’re on the train, on the plane, you’re not giving your information to everyone.”
By doing this “if your bag is actually lost, someone can flip this over and get your information,” she explained, adding that “you can also write ‘flip over’ or something like that as well.”
TikTok users praised the flight attendant’s advice in the viral clip.
Danidaneheart said “This is actually the one of the best travel tips I’ve ever heard about putting the word flip on the card.”
NAS said it was “So smart” and another user wrote:”Oh wow thank you. I will start doing this.”
“That’s a great idea. I used to use my work address and phone. Also mom and dad taught me to be sure to put that same info in the suitcase just in case the tag got ripped off,” said nannydawg.
“OMG. Did this a few years ago and couldn’t believe I never saw anybody else doing the same,” noted bizibee3.
Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok and email. This video has not been independently verified.
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