A lawyer has become a trending source of useful travel information after dedicating her TikTok account to the hacks that can be learned from reading the fine print.
Erika Kullberg, who goes by the username @erikakullberg on TikTok, where she has more than 7m followers, frequently uses the platform to share tips and tricks for everything from an “instant Nike discount” to saving $400 at Apple.
However, she has become an internet sensation with her recent travel-focused videos, in which she has shared some of the ways people can be compensated by airlines when things go wrong.
In one video posted in October, Kullberg, a graduate from Georgetown Law, role-played a scenario with United Airlines about a passenger’s luggage being delayed.
In the clip, Kullberg, pretending to talk to a United customer service representative, is told that the airline cannot do anything about her delayed bag, before telling the airline employee that she’s “actually read your terms and I know that if…