Hidden City Ticketing: The Trick That Got a Website Sued by United Airlines
The hack that airlines hate # In 2014, a 22-year-old named Aktarer Zaman launched Skiplagged — a site that found “hidden city” flights and showed them to travelers. United Airlines and Orbitz promptly sued him.
The lawsuit was eventually dropped. Skiplagged is still running. And hidden city ticketing is still technically legal — just contractually prohibited by most airlines.