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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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Can I book a flight USA-A-B and get off at A, if I don't have a visa for country B?

You will be denied boarding in the USA. There is almost zero chance you will be allowed to travel to country A. Airlines are legally responsibility for checking your eligibility to enter your destina …
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May I get off in an intermediate city of my route during transfer?

What you're describing is called "Hidden City Ticketing", where Istanbul is the "hidden" city between the others, but is the one that you're actually planning to travel to. Hidden City Ticketing is g …
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Changing baggage final destination - hidden-city ticketing

Put simply, no, you can't do this - for multiple reasons. Firstly lets ignore check luggage for a moment. Any time you fail to board a flight, the airline will almost certainly cancel any subsequent …
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Do you have to take the second leg of a domestic flight?

Be aware that doing this can go wrong very quickly in the event of "irregular operations", such as bad weather, canceled flights, etc. When you book a ticket FLL->ORD->STL the airline is committing t …
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