Excitement got the better of Martin Nievera, leaving the Concert King with an ordeal he says he will never forget after he accidentally left behind a bag containing nearly US$3,000 in cash, his passport, and all of his credit cards.

The veteran singer said he left his bag on the plane while rushing to catch the final moments of Alex Eala's Wimbledon match on 4 July.

In a social media post, Nievera explained that he had been watching Eala's match on the aircraft's in-flight entertainment system. As the plane began its descent, the screens suddenly went dark.

“The story is upon descending in our flight as Alex Eala was ascending in her amazing play on court. I saw it was 5-3... and it was getting really exciting, right?

“As we were descending and she was ascending, all the television sets on the plane went off. All died.

“So, I’m freaking out, right? So I rushed out of the plane as quick as I can so I can catch the final part of her victory in the airport, and I forgot my bag.

“My bag with money, credit cards, my passport—everything was left on the plane,” he narrated.

Looking back on the incident, Nievera jokingly said, “I’m so glad that you won, Alex, but I just want you to know what I had to go through to get this bag back and this Labubu.

“That’s not even the story. The story is we were so excited, we were so eager to see our champion win that I lost my bag. Thanks, Alex. Congratulations. You are a true hero.”

After realizing what had happened, Nievera immediately reported the missing bag at the airport's baggage counter.

“I had left my bag under the seat in front of me, but they would not let me go back and said, ‘You will have to file a report and hopefully by tomorrow we will call you if we find it.’”

Fortunately, a tracking device placed inside his wallet helped him locate the bag.

“What they don’t know is we put a Tile in my wallet that does exactly what an AirTag does. Later that day we saw my bag had not moved all night.

“But the next morning, we saw it move to a security area in the airport, so we drove back to get it. No one called me to let me know they had it.

“We just took it upon ourselves to go back. So we went back to the airport not even 24 hours later and to that same counter,” he recalled.

After activating the tracker on his cellphone, Nievera said they heard the device ringing from behind the counter, leading to the recovery of his bag.

However, he claimed the contents were no longer intact.

“I really can’t accuse and I won’t, but when I got the bag all my credit cards were taken and all the cash in my wallet too. Under $3,000 cash.

“When I asked why these things were missing, they told me it’s policy to shred all credit cards and take all cash, which will be returned to me in a check later on.

“Why didn’t they tell me this before I checked my bag? They should have told me all of this before I realized my cards and cash were gone because now I am thinking the worst.

“Long story short, to this day... no one has contacted me regarding this check with the amount of cash I had in my wallet that they are supposed to return to me. Nothing.

“And when I went online to see the rules, they shred credit cards and take the cash if you don’t pick up the lost item after 30 days. I was there not even 24 hours,” he said.