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Why airlines are cracking down on "skiplagging"

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  1. Octofox
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    So when airlines track and profile users to charge them the maximum amount possible thats fair game but when the users try to understand the system to buy at the minimum price thats suddenly...

    So when airlines track and profile users to charge them the maximum amount possible thats fair game but when the users try to understand the system to buy at the minimum price thats suddenly unethical and wrong?

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  2. nsz
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    Definition: What I really don't understand is airlines are so enraged by this they are willing to spend time and money tracking you down and making sure you finish your trip. What a world we live...

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    "Skiplagging" involves exiting the airport at your transfer city (your true destination) rather than continuing on to the ticketed destination.

    What I really don't understand is airlines are so enraged by this they are willing to spend time and money tracking you down and making sure you finish your trip.

    Indeed, airlines have met passengers at their arriving flight and escorted them on to their next segment.

    What a world we live in, what I'm not allowed to leave a restaurant if I've not finished all the food on my plate? It's practically a hostage situation, there could be any number of reasons you don't want to make a layover flight. Besides just as u/Octofox said, airlines started this min/max game, can't punish consumers for playing just it as they do.

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