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Flying from Cleveland in Ohio, she had a stopover in Newark in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Yet she opted for a trip to Boston in Massachusetts a few days before to see her husband.<\/p>\n
However, she realised she could save $900 (\u00a3726) by skipping the first leg of her flight from Cleveland to Newark, and instead flying from Boston, where flights were just $60.<\/p>\n
This is called skiplagging, where passengers book a flight with a layover to save money<\/span>, but skip the first part.<\/p>\n But Theresa said this massively backfired – and she ended up having to cancel her trip to Europe.<\/p>\n She explained on Insider: "Once I landed [in Newark], an agent pulled up my itinerary and asked why I wasn't on my flight from Cleveland. <\/p>\n "I didn't get why I had to explain my personal travel arrangements so I said plans had changed and I needed to fly out of Boston instead.<\/p>\n "They told me if I didn't get on my first flight from Cleveland, my entire itinerary would be cancelled and my only option was to rebook my ticket for the (apparently unavoidable) fare difference of $900."<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She said she was left very embarrassed and had to cancel her trip to Spain, instead booking a flight back to Boston to see her partner.<\/p>\n While she was given a flight voucher from United for her cancelled flight – which she said she put towards another holiday – she said the trick is something she would never recommend.<\/p>\n She finished by saying: "I'm now aware that\u00a0skiplagging\u00a0in any form isn't allowed, and can confidently say you'll never catch me intentionally missing a connection again."<\/p>\n Theresa isn't the only person to have been caught out by this.<\/p>\n Teenager Logan Parsons was caught out when trying to skiplag when he booked a flight from Florida to New York, with a layover in North Carolina where he lived.<\/p>\n This meant he would fly to Florida and get off in North Carolina, skipping the flight to New York with the tickets being a much cheaper option.<\/p>\n However, airport staff then detained him after noticing he had a North Carolina ID, and he was forced to buy a new direct ticket.<\/p>\n Airlines have been cracking down on skiplaggers in recent years.<\/p>\n American Airlines announced in January 2021 that they were introducing tools to flag skiplag bookings to agents.<\/p>\n And in 2019, Lufthansa tried to sue a passenger for skiplagging although the case was thrown out.<\/p>\nRead more on travel hacks<\/span><\/h2>\n
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