‘Skiplagging’ can save you money while traveling…though it comes with a risk
‘Skiplagging’ can save you money while traveling…though it comes with a risk: What is skiplagging, you ask?It is an increasingly popular tactic used by travelers that basically entails booking an airline ticket to a fake destination that includes a transit at your real destination at a price lower than if you’d booked a direct flight to your destination. You then leave the airport at the transit stop (your destination). Airlines are doing all they can to bring an end to this practice, the BBC reports, from putting escorts with transit flyers to make sure they don’t leave the airport, to monitoring travelers’ records with travel agents and even filing lawsuits against travelers. Germany’s Lufthansa, for one, filed charges against a traveler who skipped a leg of a round-trip ticket. However, the practice has become so popular that a dedicated website, skiplagged.com, has emerged to serve travelers seeking to use this hack. Just be aware that if you get caught at the airport, besides facing the threat of a lawsuit, you may have to buy another last-minute ticket at a higher price.