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An airline booking ploy whereby to travel from A to B a (usually cheaper) ticket is bought from A to C with a connection at B and the traveller ends the journey at B without continuing to C. This tag is for questions about the practice and its advantages and disadvantages.
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Getting off at an international hidden city with checked bags?
1) make sure I can get off in B and not be charged a lot of money/sued
Not really. If you do this you are violating the terms of conditions you agreed to when buying the ticket. The airline can c …
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Can I skip the final segment of my returning layover flight?
Can I leave on my returning layover flight?
Yes and no.
This technique is called "hidden city ticketing" and I recommend reading up on this either on stack exchange or googling it.
In a nut- …
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Skip a leg, forfeit a ticket -- do mistakes happen due to late connections?
It would be very rare and unusual for the airline to void the rest of your ticket on purpose in case of a delay with a "hidden city" argument . They only would do this if they assume you missed the co …
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Hidden city ticketing with stopovers instead of layovers
Is there any reason I shouldn't book this kind of "hidden city w/stopover" ticket over a normal direct ticket?
No. I actually think this is a great idea. People miss flights all the time for all sor …
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Why don't airlines like when one intentionally misses a flight to save money?
Is it only because the ticket price difference,
Yes.
or do airline incur additional fee/charge/expenses/etc. when someone miss their flights, or some other reason?
No.
Airlines want to charge extr …
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Lufthansa bus no-show
The bus seems to follow the same rules as a connecting flights, i.e.
It's booked together with a flight as a single ticket
You need to check in for it
You need to have a valid boarding pass
Your conn …
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Two leg journey (BOS - LHR - DXB) is cheaper than the first leg only (BOS - LHR)?
This is a well known pricing strategy by the airlines. Price is mostly based on "What we think we can get" and not on what it actually costs to operate the flight. Non-stops are more desirable and hav …
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Delta Points Question
Delta (as many other airlines) actively prohibits hidden-city ticketing.
How they will react for any individual case is unpredictable. It can range from doing nothing to cancelling your frequent flier …
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Can I skip the last leg of my domestic return flight?
Yes you can, but you are violating the contract of carriage and the airline could potentially take recourse. Since it's the last leg of your flight, the only punishment they can dish out is to revoke …
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Skiplagging consequences
Can one be denied boarding if the airline staff suspect that the person is skiplagging?
Highly unlikely. Even if they suspect it, they can't be sure. You are not skipping anything until you leave th …
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