Hidden city ticketing is when a passenger purchases a ticket to a less popular and thus cheaper destination that happens to be routed through a more popular, and thus pricier hub destination, and gets off there, skipping the last leg of their journey - provided he or she travels only with hand luggage.
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Airlines are cracking down on a ticketing loophole that can knock thousands of pounds, dollars or euros off the cost of travel – but the fight back is only giving more publicity to the advantages of “hidden city” travel.
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It’s a dodge people have done for years but thanks to renewed publicity – and websites that take the leg work out of finding the best fares – airlines have called in their lawyers.
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Read the whole story on The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/16/hidden-city-travel-discount-loophole-airlines-crack-down-lawsuit-skiplagged
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