United & Orbitz sue 22 year old over website

United Airlines (UAL) and Orbitz (OWW) filed a civil lawsuit last month against 22-year-old Aktarer Zaman, who founded the website Skiplagged.com last year.

The site helps travelers find cheap flights by using a strategy called "hidden city" ticketing.

The idea is that you buy an airline ticket that has a layover at your actual destination. Say you want to fly from New York to San Francisco -- you actually book a flight from New York to Lake Tahoe with a layover in San Francisco and get off there, without bothering to take the last leg of the flight.

A United spokesman said, "This practice violates our fare rules and we are taking action to stop it to help protect the vast majority of customers who buy legitimate tickets."

CORNER BLITZ wrote:http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/29/news/united-orbitz-sue-skiplagged-22/index.html

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Protect customers

Venice wrote:I thought they invalidated your return trip if you skipped the first leg, which you basically do