The practice of skiplagging returns to Hawaii travel news with this minor caught between a parent and American Airlines.
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The practice of skiplagging returns to Hawaii travel news with this minor caught between a parent and American Airlines.
It’s quite odd how airlines are up in arms about this, yet if they have to bump someone because they “overbook”, which is all too common, they usually throw money at the passengers getting bumped, comp hotels and add miles on traveler accounts if applicable. That would far exceed most of what a skiplagged flight would save one. Besides, they all make it up in great amounts with all the add-on nonsense of today’s flight practices. Seat selection, checked bags, early boarding and on and on. They rape us and expect the flying community to take it on the chin, sorry big air, sometimes we outsmart you.
I think if there’s a seat available and I pay for it, I get to use it how I like. This is part of the free marketplace in the USA. Airlines are still making money on a seat they wouldn’t have otherwise sold, so why be so greedy?
I0t’s strange – it seems that many passengers who skiplag are buying tickets that offer cheaper prices for more distance destinations.
And, the cost of a flight to their intended destination is cheaper than if you simply buy a ticket to the intended destination.
Why are airlines so upset; the weight of the plane for their last segment will be less. Of course, they don’t want their customers saving money. Look at all the extra charges they’ve introduced over the past 15 years.
Airlines are pissed that savvy customers are beating them at their own game. They need to stop whining.
Skiplagged today, other names in prior decades. Anybody remember Tom Parsons at Best Fares?
He was a fed-up business traveler and discovered (not that it was a big secret) throw-away ticketing, also known as back-to-back ticketing.
Super saver fares became common place in the 1980’s, were non-refundable and almost always required a round-trip purchase and a Saturday night stay.
I believe I read some years ago that UAL was attempting to sue a passenger in Illinois state court over hidden-city ticketing. The court threw out the case as they don’t regulate airlines at the local (state) level. For whatever reason, UAL never pursued the case in federal court.
When back-to-back ticketing was popular, travel agencies back in the day would receive debit memos from the airlines revenue accounting departments for their clients bad behavior (usually corporate accounts). That still didn’t stop the practice.
If you are okay with the risks, and are not tied to an airline from a frequent flyer/elite status standpoint, back-to-back ticketing and hidden city ticketing are great ways to save money!
Most airfares today can be purchased on a one-way basis and in today’s current airfare pricing environment, hidden-city ticketing is probably more advantageous.
I look at this way – are Kroger’s, Publix, Hannaford, Safeway, etc. going to come after me because I threw out a half used can of juice, or I purchased a larger size package because that was less expensive than the smaller size and I threw out the remaining portion? Of course not.
Just don’t check any bags!
Happy Skiplagging!
Airlines have become so greedy, it’s surprising they even let passengers leave the planes in “hidden” cities, Presumably to stretch their legs or grab something to eat.