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Travel firms sue creator of cheap airfare site
- waps 12y agoIf they wanted to make sure everybody and their grandmother starts doing this on a regular basis ... well done !
- geofft 12y agoI assume you mean the airlines? The airlines, in a strict sense, don't care. They'll set whatever prices the market can bear. If the market demands that flights from LAX to JFK are no more expensive than flights from LAX via JFK to Elbonia, they'll just raise prices on LAX to Elbonia, because LAX to JFK is a vastly bigger market. It's the Elbonians who lose, not the airlines.
- tzm 12y agohttps://skiplagged.com/ https://skiplagged.com/
- MichaelApproved 12y agoThe legal goal is almost funded too http://www.gofundme.com/skiplagged http://www.gofundme.com/skiplagged
- CrazedGeek 12y agoDiscussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8813138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8813138
- melling 12y agoA little complicated? Must have to get luggage, which is usually booked all the way through.
- iamben 12y agoAbout 20 lines down the story: "The trick only works with one-way flights. Travellers cannot check in any luggage as that would then travel on to the flight's final destination."
- melling 12y agoChicago to Paris with only carry-on could be tough. Also, better get on early in case the overhead fills up and they "check" your luggage.
- saryant 12y agoGate checked bags aren't checked to your destination, you retrieve the bag plane-side upon landing. Besides, checking bags is rarely necessary. I spent five weeks in India on business with only a carry-on suitcase and a laptop bag.
- hvs 12y agoThere is a section labeled, "No Luggage", and line that says: The trick only works with one-way flights. Travellers cannot check in any luggage as that would then travel on to the flight's final destination.
- saryant 12y agoThis is why most airlines won't let you short-check bags to an intermediate city. Also, in the event of IRROPs, you have no guarantee that the airline will still send you through the same connecting airport. If you're trying this on a ticket with (e.g.) United from Boston to Milwaukee via Chicago, intending only to fly as far as Chicago, you could easily find yourself going through Newark or Cleveland if Chicago is snowed in or that flight has mechanical problems. In that case, connecting in Chicago was essentially an implementation detail, United is free to reroute you through any other hub (even Houston or Denver if that's where they've got open seats). I've certainly had more out-of-the-way reroutes with United. (edit again, just to add more) You could even wind up on a completely different airline. United could stick you on a Delta flight through Detroit. Many ways to screw yourself.