What is 'skiplagging' and how can it save money or cause trouble? | USA TODAY
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as posted by the channel"Skiplagging" can save you airline ticket money or land you in some trouble. What is this controversial "hacker fare?"
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Would you break a rule for a cheaper airline ticket? Susan Stevens did when she booked a hacker fare from Vienna to Frankfurt. A round-trip ticket costs hundreds of dollars less than a one-way ticket. So she bought a round-trip fare.
"After I landed, I threw the return ticket away," said Stevens, a retired publicist from Philadelphia. What rule did she break? Airlines claim throwaway ticketing is illegal, and they sometimes prosecute customers they catch, confiscate loyalty points, suspend their frequent-flyer program memberships or even sue them.
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