Travel tips often go viral online for a variety of reasons, from packing hacks to queue-cutting strategies.

TikTok is a hotbed for such travel advice, with one popular hack suggesting that being the last person to board a plane can help secure more space by spotting empty seats. However, Gareth Llewellyn, a travel and luxury golf holiday expert at Chaka Travel, has debunked this theory.

He warned that late boarding could backfire due to two main reasons – limited overhead space and missed…