[divbzero]

I didn’t know “skiplagging” was a thing, but I actually did it once myself and almost got in trouble for it.

1. I booked roundtrip A → B → C and C → B → A.

2. I skipped B → C because I needed to spend a few days at B.

3. I booked a separate one-way B → C which was cheap because it was a short hop.

What I didn’t realize was that the airline canceled my C → B → A return trip when I skipped B → C. Fortunately, I discovered this early when I spoke to customer service about an unrelated question: the airline kindly explained to me what happened, warned me not to do it again, and rebooked my flight back.

[HeavenFox]

That is actually a different rule: the tickets have to be used in order.

Say you booked round trip A to B back to A and decide to drive from A to B. Tada! Your B to A segment is automatically cancelled as well.

In a way this is even more absurd than airlines banning hidden city ticketing.

[canjobear]

I did this once too, and had to pay a “reinstatement fee” to get on the original trip back.