Skiplagging tools show you the saving. This one shows you the bill if it goes wrong. Paste the two fares you have been quoted and find out whether it is worth it.
Airlines price flights by market, not by distance. New York to London is a route with heavy competition and business travellers who will pay. New York to Dublin via London is a route where the airline has to fight for connecting traffic. So the longer ticket can be the cheaper one.
Hidden-city ticketing means booking the longer ticket and walking out of the airport at the connection. It works. It also breaks the contract you agreed to, and the airline's response is not a fine. It is your remaining flights, your bag, and sometimes your frequent flyer account.
This calculator does not find fares. It takes the two prices you already have and tells you what the trick is actually worth once the downside is priced in. Sometimes the answer is don't.
No. It is not a crime anywhere we know of. It does breach the contract you agreed to when you bought the ticket, which is why airlines answer with cancelled itineraries, closed frequent flyer accounts and, in a few cases, lawsuits.
Airlines price by market, not by distance. A seat from New York to London on a route with four competitors costs more than the same seat sold as New York to Dublin via London, where the airline is fighting for connecting traffic. You are paying for the market, not the miles.
No. Miss one flight and the airline cancels every coupon after it, including your flight home. Hidden-city works on one-way tickets only.
It goes to the destination printed on the ticket, not to the airport where you get off. There is no way to short-check it to a connection point on the same ticket. Carry-on only.
One skipped leg on a ticket with no frequent flyer number attached usually passes without comment. A pattern of them, tied to an account, is exactly what airlines look for.
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