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Anybody ever skiplagged a flight?
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:45 pm
If so, did it go well? get caught? repercussions?
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Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:48 pm to Jmcc64
You’re just not going to let us know what “skiplaggging” is?
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:49 pm to Jmcc64
No idea what you’re talking about
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:50 pm to Jmcc64
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Skiplagging, also known as hidden city ticketing, is when an air traveler buys a ticket for a flight with a layover before the final destination and departs at the layover airport.
Because OP sucks.
Yes I've done it before, but there was no term for it. I guess people do it purposefully now.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:51 pm to Jmcc64
Is this even a thing anymore? I feel like airlines have kind of phased it out to where it's not possible.
Skip lagging is when you book a multi leg flight and intentionally miss your connection because the multi leg was cheaper than the flight to the intermediate stop.
Skip lagging is when you book a multi leg flight and intentionally miss your connection because the multi leg was cheaper than the flight to the intermediate stop.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:52 pm to Jmcc64
It’s pretty ridiculous that this is even a thing. Airline ticket prices are fubar.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:52 pm to AllDayEveryDay
I have done it
Needed to fly to DFW. It was $200 cheaper to fly to vegas connecting though DFW so did that.
Apparently the airlines do keep track and will shut you down if you do it multiple times
Needed to fly to DFW. It was $200 cheaper to fly to vegas connecting though DFW so did that.
Apparently the airlines do keep track and will shut you down if you do it multiple times
This post was edited on 8/13/23 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:52 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Say you want to fly from ATL to London for a cost of $1500 but there's a flight from ATL to Munich with a 2 hr layover in LHR for $750. Just get off the plane at LHR. Done.
American Airlines is taking a hard line on this apparently.
American Airlines is taking a hard line on this apparently.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:55 pm to Jmcc64
Can't check bags then I assume. Pretty tough for a vacation type trip.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 2:56 pm to Jmcc64
Kinda ridiculous when you think about it. I didn’t price the flights, they did. It’s like a car company coming after you if you buy one of their cars and don’t drive it enough.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 3:38 pm to Jmcc64
We used to that regularly. Flying on business from Birmingham to DFW we would buy a discounted R/T flight from Birmingham to Austin and get off at DFW. We then had to to purchase a full fare one-way ticket from DFW to Birmingham, but we saved a couple of hundred dollars over what we would have had to pay for a R/T ticket Birmingham-DFW-Birmingham.
We got caught once when our boss tried to check luggage to DFW. He was told he had to puchase a full fare R/T ticket if he wanted to check his luggage to DFW.
We got caught once when our boss tried to check luggage to DFW. He was told he had to puchase a full fare R/T ticket if he wanted to check his luggage to DFW.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 3:48 pm to slackster
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It’s pretty ridiculous that this is even a thing. Airline ticket prices are fubar.
I was looking on Google Flights the other day at flights to Dublin. It was $846 to fly MSY to LHR and take an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin.
I thought "Sweet! Maybe I'll try to convince Mrs. Sheep to go to London instead!"
Same outbound flight, same dates and times from MSY to LHR? $1100.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 6:08 pm to Sao
Who checks bags?
Posted on 8/13/23 at 6:50 pm to ecb
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Who checks bags?
Someone going on a three week trip?
Posted on 8/13/23 at 9:53 pm to Jmcc64
Isn't this highly frowned upon by the airlines which could land you in trouble with them?
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:08 am to Jmcc64
Problem is if your connecting flight gets changed to a different location. Probably works well for typical routes, but I've had plenty changed last minute for euro layovers.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:27 am to Jmcc64
I’ve done it before and didn’t get caught.
I also did something two days ago where it was $200 cheaper to buy two separate tickets, one to Istanbul and one to my final destination, than to buy the same exact flights on one reservation. Even though it was the same flights with the same airline.
I had to carry on my bags. If I checked them, I would have had to go to baggage claim and would have needed a Turkey Visa, which I didnt have
I also did something two days ago where it was $200 cheaper to buy two separate tickets, one to Istanbul and one to my final destination, than to buy the same exact flights on one reservation. Even though it was the same flights with the same airline.
I had to carry on my bags. If I checked them, I would have had to go to baggage claim and would have needed a Turkey Visa, which I didnt have
Posted on 8/14/23 at 7:10 am to Sao
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Can't check bags then I assume.
LHR makes you retrieve your bags and go through security before the next leg. I'm pretty sure there are other countries that do the same. It's not like the bags are stuck with the airline.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 7:12 am to Chucktown_Badger
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Kinda ridiculous when you think about it. I didn’t price the flights, they did.
And if you cancel a leg, they should be able to charge you more for doing so.
If youre on the manifest, its your responsibility to get off of the manifest.
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