Airlines have caught on to the skiplagging trend, and reportedly strip travelers of their status if they discover they’re ditching the second leg of their itinerary.
A round-trip flight to the capital of the Netherlands from June 1-5 started at $1,171 for a nonstop flight on Google Flights.
All the travelers would have to do is ditch the second-leg flight on the itinerary that continued on from Amsterdam to Milan.After all, airports tag bags to arrive at a traveler’s “final destination.”NurPhoto via Getty Imagesthat cost-saving strategies are “perfectly legal,” but advises travelers “some things to be aware of” as airlines have started catching onto — and implementing punishments associated with — skiplagging.
Airlines have been known to strip travelers with hidden-city tickets of their status perks or their mileage account altogether,The outlet even cited instances where American Airlines passengers who skiplagged their trip were sent a bill from the airline. The cost-saving hunt comes as flight prices continue to outpace 40-year-high inflation, despite the airline industry receiving more than $50 billion in pandemic relief money throughout the past two years.
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