Why Hidden City Ticketing Won’t Make Your Next Flight Cheaper
Photo Credit: The trick to making airline tickets cheaper is likely not using a trick. Flickr / Marc Lacoste
Skift Take
Hidden ticketing is helpful in fringe cases, but it's not an everyday, hassle-free way to save money on flights.
Hysterics among the ticket booking community have been quick to share a story about Skiplagged, a fare searching site that's being sued by Orbitz and United last week.
The crux of the lawsuit is that Skiplagged facilitates the booking of hidden city tickets, which is in conflict of the airlines' contract of carriage, and for their efforts they should be shut down.
Whether Skiplagged's activity is legal or not is up to the lawyers, though George Hobica from Airfarewatchdog does a good job of explaining how destructive they can be over on LinkedIn. What most people want to know is whether hidden city ticketing can save the
