Is It OK To Cheat Airlines If It Saves Passengers Money?

Jan. 5, 2015
United, along with online travel agency Orbitz Worldwide, have filed suit seeking an injunction to stop Skiplagged.com, from sending United ticket buyers to Orbitz.com to purchase ‘hidden city’ tickets.

Would you “scam” an airline’s ticketing policy if it saved $25? $70? $400?

A federal lawsuit is bringing public attention to “hidden city” ticketing, the technique of buying an airline ticket between two cities with a connection but ditching the rest of the trip. Say, for example, you want to fly from Boston to San Francisco but notice that a ticket from Boston to Seattle—with a connection in San Francisco—is cheaper. Once your flight lands in San Francisco, you prance out of the airport at your intended destination, pocketing the savings.

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