[Ipg-smz] Travel booking sites

[Tom Henderson]

The site still has hidden city ticketing. Sometimes the airlines don't 
like you, and a recent emblematic international flight incident was 
designed to shock people into not buying hidden city tickets. Going from 
IND to BCN through Paris is cheaper than IND to CDG. Thanks, Delta. I 
book to BCN and get off in Paris. Passport control doesn't care. Delta 
has been known to void any one way ticket or actually attempt to charge 
people for doing this.

Nonetheless, I do it any time it saves me money. I have zero love of the 
airlines, this contempt earned after 2.5million flight miles. None of 
the airlines are your friends in the USA. Southwest might be the most 
egalitarian, but not the least expensive, restrictions also considered.

I can go from Indy to Minneapolis for $390 round trip. Or I can go to 
Bozeman for $105 (on sale) stepping off in Minneapolis, then Minneapolis 
-> Atlanta  arriving in Indyfor $88, therefore each with Indy in the 
middle as one-way tickets. What do you do with the extra $200 you saved? 
Buy stuff for your grandchildren and flip the bird at the MBAs that 
price fares who have special places in the Heironymus Bosch pictures of 
hell.

Tom


On 7/1/19 5:23 AM, Tom Geller wrote:
> Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com 
> <mailto:thenderson at extremelabs.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I used skiplagged.com <http://skiplagged.com>.
>>
> Why?
>
> When I looked into it hidden city/"skip lag" ticketing (from which 
> skiplagged.com <http://skiplagged.com> got its name), there were too 
> many disadvantages.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_booking_ploys#Hidden_city_ticketing
>
> Are the savings worth it to you? Does the site not specialize in that 
> anymore?
>
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