4- Get off flights during the connection
“Instead of buying a ticket for A:B, find a cheaper one for A:B:C and get off at B. Savings can be 30-50%. Airlines really hate this, but there’s not much they can do about it.” – Josh R.
If you’re a frequent traveler, then you might have noticed that, for the most part, flights with connections are cheaper than direct ones. Even if the final destination is not where you’re going, the stop might be, so why not just buy that flight and get off during the connection?
Let’s say you want to travel from San Francisco to Paris. The direct flight is 200 dollars, whereas a flight to Italy that makes a stop in Paris for a couple of hours is almost half price. You can just leave the airport and never return and save 100 dollars! However, this only works if you don’t have any checked in luggage, just a carry-on.
It’s actually a loophole, so don’t think of it as stealing. However it ended up on our list of best unethical life hacks to make money. It’s also nice to f an airline in the a if you get the chance, which is not often.
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