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The travel trick that airlines hate - BBC
Why airlines are cracking down on "skiplagging" — the hack that savvy travellers use to fly for less.
There’s a sneaky travel hack out there, right under your nose – but you may not even know it exists. It could save you big money on airfare.
And airlines are doing everything they can to stamp it out once and for all.
It’s called “skiplagging”, and here’s how it works: Say if someone wants to fly from Boston to Houston, but the airfare is too high. So they buy a ticket from Boston to Las Vegas with a layover in Houston, because it is cheaper than the direct Boston-to-Houston fare. The passenger disembarks at Houston, leaving an unused portion of the ticket. So they never actually finish the entire journey they booked – but they’ve saved money doing so.
Why airlines are cracking down on "skiplagging" — the hack that savvy travellers use to fly for less.
There’s a sneaky travel hack out there, right under your nose – but you may not even know it exists. It could save you big money on airfare.
And airlines are doing everything they can to stamp it out once and for all.
It’s called “skiplagging”, and here’s how it works: Say if someone wants to fly from Boston to Houston, but the airfare is too high. So they buy a ticket from Boston to Las Vegas with a layover in Houston, because it is cheaper than the direct Boston-to-Houston fare. The passenger disembarks at Houston, leaving an unused portion of the ticket. So they never actually finish the entire journey they booked – but they’ve saved money doing so.