A HOLIDAYMAKER has divided opinion after she bragged about skipping long airport queues by pretending she had a broken foot.
Charlotte Rees slipped a protective boot on to hoodwink staff that she couldn’t stand in line.
The 32-year-old – who jetted to Majorca with her fiance Paul Brown, 33, for 10 days – then dumped it in the toilets.
The small business owner bragged about how she got past the three hour long check-in and security queues at Manchester Airport.
Cheeky Charlotte whizzed through in just five minutes with her inconsiderate ruse.
She posted a video of how she did it on TikTok and raked up over 142,000 views.
But some fellow holidaymakers blasted her for the con branding it “disgusting”, while others said it was genius.
Defiant Charlotte said today: “I just couldn’t stand the thought of having to stand in the queues.
“I was very surprised it worked.”
She added: “I did feel bad for the other people waiting.
“But if they thought smart they could of jumped the queue too.
“I just thought of many different ways I could have jumped the queue, choose the boot idea in the hope it pulled off and it did.”
Charlotte, of Manchester said on her TikTok video: “How to get through airport security in five minutes from start to finish.
“When there is a three hour queue.”
In the 20-second video it showed her posing with husband-to-be Paul, 33, in the car park with the medical boot on her right foot.
She documented them going through security, then revealed how they got ‘priority assistance’ because she lied about her injury.
The couple quickly got themselves to the departure lounge and she then took the boot off and left it by a bin in the ladies’ loos.
Charlotte then filmed herself walking unaided in her white flip flops as she headed on holiday to celebrate her birthday.
The pair then gave a thumbs up as they sat down for a meal before getting on their flight to Palma.
Yet Aimee O’Connor fumed: “Damn right disgusting.”
However Charlotte hit back and replied: “Have a day off will ya.”
But another – called Olivia – said: ‘Have a day off’, do you think it’s fair that people who are disabled have to live with a condition day in and day out?
“Whilst you just get to pick and choose when to abuse this facility when you have no genuine reason.”
A third echoed this and said: “And block it up for people who actually need it, how selfish.”
Defiant Charlotte said: “Your opinion is about as important as you, do one.”
A fourth said: “Yeah, really something to brag about.”
Another added: “She looks the sort to think she’s more important than anyone else around her.”
Charlotte replied: “Have a day off Karen.”
Katie Sims joked: “Comments didn’t go quite the way you wanted them to, did they.
“Unlucky.”
Yet, Isobel said: “Sneaky, but clever. I like it.”
Another flyer added: “Oh my God. Genius.”
Charlotte – who got the boot from a friend – added today/yesterday (Tues): “Not everybody has seen the funny side of it.
“I did receive a small amount of negative comments from all the ‘Karens’.
“But I didn’t take up anybody’s space I just simply used my brain and got through the queue a lot faster.”
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