From mass flight cancellations to skyrocketing ticket prices,
many passengers are fed up with airlines.
But some savvy travelers are finding ways to get cheaper
flights through airlines.
Though airlines warn they may come with big consequences,
Meg Hilling explains it's the growing travel trend dividing airlines
and their customers.
Skip lagging Let's talk about this Fed up with skyrocketing
ticket prices and limited flight options,
travelers are tapping into this hack,
also known as hidden. Pretty ticketing that allows them to
get to their final destination for cheaper rather than Booker
Pricey direct flight travelers are using platforms like skiplagged.com to
find less expensive travel paths with layovers at their intended
final destination.
Here's how it works. Say you're in LA and want
to get to Saint Louis.
Rather than pay for an expensive direct flight,
you could burger cheaper flight from LA to New York
that has a layover in Saint Louis.
Then instead of getting on to that connecting flight to
New York,
you simply stay put in Saint Louis.
Travelers should be able to purchase Point A to point
B tickets and use it as they see fit.
Dan Gellert is the chief operating officer at skipflag.com.
He says since its launch in 2013,
the platform has rapidly grown in popularity,
especially post COVID as more Americans look to travel over
the past couple of years as airfares have continued to
get higher and higher,
with the airlines blaming on everything from shortages of workers
to inflation.
To to now, whatever they're saying now that both of
those things are gone,
but airfares are still, you know,
ridiculously high and skip lag has become even more in
demand for people that are looking for different ways in
which they can find cheap airfares,
whether that's hidden city ticketing or just other discounted fares
from the airlines.
For many travelers, the skip lacking hack seems almost too
good to be true.
There's nothing, nothing illegal about it whatsoever.
But just because the trend isn't illegal,
that doesn't mean. Getting to your destination will be a
smooth flight.
In July, American Airlines prevented a teenager from boarding a
flight in Gainesville,
FL that was bound for New York City after determining
he was trying to skip lag and get off at
the connection in Charlotte,
NC The family of the teen reportedly say he's been
banned from flying with American Airlines for three years now.
In a statement to Queen City News regarding the incident,
American Airlines says purchasing a ticket without intending to fly
all flights to gain lower fares.
Hidden city ticketing is a violation of American Airlines.
Terms and conditions and as outlined in our Conditions of
Carriage online and so airlines are actually saying that you
can't do this and when you buy a ticket with
that airline, you do agree to their contract of Carriage
and often practices like skip lagging are a violation of
the.