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Questions tagged [hidden-city-ticketing]

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.

Hidden city ticketing is an airline booking ploy in which you want to travel from A to B, so you buy a ticket from A to C with a connection at B, get off the plane at B, and never travel to C at all. This tag is for questions about the practice and its advantages and disadvantages.

There is an article on Wikipedia.

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Do you have to take the second leg of a domestic flight?

Say I want to book a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago. Say the airline also flies to St. Louis from Fort Launderdale but has a connecting flight through Chicago. If I book that flights from FLL->ORD->STL and just get off in Chicago, what…
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Can my proof of onward travel from the US be to a country other than my country of citizenship?

I want to travel to the USA on August 11, and leave again on the 21st to Taiwan. I already booked a round trip from Germany to the USA. My return flight is on October 2, which I plan to miss because I want to take the earlier flight to Taiwan. I…
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Why don't airlines like when one intentionally misses a flight to save money?

I read on https://onemileatatime.com/news/american-airlines-sues-skiplagged/: Airlines don't like when you miss flights to save money. What's the issue for airlines when a passenger misses a flight intentionally to save money? Is it only because…
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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?

We all know how ridiculous airlines prices are. A flight from “A” to “B” could be more expensive than a flight from “A” to “B” to “C” and back. I have no idea why this is happening. It is what it is I guess. Question: I am a U.S. citizen. Based on…
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Can I decline an alternative ticket handed at an airline's check-in counter in case of an emergency?

Often I book a return ticket with a transit, and then ditch only the route from the transit to the destination of the return flight. In other words, I get off at the transit place only in the return flight. However, I have an experience of being…
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How to retrieve checked-through luggage if I don't board a connecting flight?

Assume I have a flight ticket from A->B->C and at A I checked in luggage all the way to C. However after the first flight I don't board the second flight but decide to remain in B. As I understand procedures my luggage will need to be unloaded…
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Skip last leg, but get on different flight in layover city

Disregarding the morals of hidden-city ticketing, I've got a question. Are there any issues from flying and skipping the last leg and hopping onto a different airline's flight to get to my wanted final destination? So, I would go from DFW, layover…
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May I get off in an intermediate city of my route during transfer?

I want to go from Panamá to Turkey. There're direct flights of Turkish Airlines that are expensive. And there're flights Panamá -> Istanbul -> Baku there're cheaper 2 times of the same airline. The transfer in Istanbul takes 6 hours. Will it be a…
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Two leg journey (BOS - LHR - DXB) is cheaper than the first leg only (BOS - LHR)?

I was looking into tickets from BOS > LHR a direct flight costs at least $1,154 via American airways, while British itself costs at least $1,199 (see pic below) now a ticket BOS > LHR > DXB which the first leg includes the previous one costs $560!…
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Skiplagging consequences

Can one be denied boarding if the airline staff suspect that the person is skiplagging? Reasons for suspicion can be: Only cabin baggage. Long layover. Visa for the stopover country. Stopover airport far away from the intended route of the…
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Have any airlines ever banned anyone for exploiting hidden city or throwaway ticketing?

On a related question Jim MacKenzie writes that: If you did this a lot, it's possible an airline might ban you from flying it Likewise another question mentions that: if you ditch they have the right to cancel the rest of the ticket, fine you and…
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Walking away from my connecting flight on a domestic [US] return journey. What are the consequences?

Onward trip: PIT -> PHX -> SLC (AA) Return trip: SLC -> JFK/NYC -> PIT. (Delta) Can I just skip my NYC to PIT flight as I plan to be in NYC for the holidays? I don't care about being refunded for that component of the journey. No checked-in…
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"Hidden city" on a bus?

I suspect there are other examples. Greyhound offers to take me from Gadsden, AL to the Atlanta airport for $21, changing buses after a 4:45 layover at the Atlanta bus station. Or I could buy the ticket directly to the bus station for $22. So I…
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Hidden city ticketing with stopovers instead of layovers

My understanding of terminology: Layover: Typically <12 hour stop, where your checked luggage are automatically transferred between flights Stopover: Typically >12 hour stop, where you must manually re-check your luggage between flights Hidden city…
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Passport check for Hidden City Ticketing where only final destination is international

I'm trying to save some money on a flight, and I found one that's cheaper than the original. Since flights are easily tracked, location names will be changed to "A" "B" and "C". So here's what im trying to do: I'm starting at "A", and the final…
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