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发帖数: 11979 | 1 United Airlines wants to clip the wings of a 22-year-old Manhattan computer
whiz who found a loophole that saves travelers big bucks on
airfare.
Aktarer Zaman founded Skiplagged.com, which finds cheap flights by using “
hidden city” ticketing, in which travelers purposely buy
tickets with layovers for a lower fare, using the layover city a&#
8203;s their intended destination, CNNMoney reports, and never
go on to the itinerary’s final destination. He started the
site last year.
United Airlines joined discount travel website Orbitz last moth &#
8203;to file a lawsuit in Chicago federal court against Zaman, calling his
site “unfair competition” and accusing it of promoting “strictly
prohibited” travel.
Among the companies’ complaints is that the final destination bypass
leaves the airlines unable to accurately count passengers, which could lead
to departure delays and affect fuel load calculations, Bloomberg reported.
They are seeking $75,000 in lost revenue from the entrepreneur. | i*****e
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