DALLAS — American Airlines is takinglegalactionagainst a travel site that offers tickets that let individuals conserve cash by makinguseof a peculiarity in airlinecompany rates.
American tooklegalactionagainst Skiplagged Inc. in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, this week, implicating the site of deceptiveness. It threatened to cancel every ticket that Skiplagged hasactually offered.
In a practice called skiplagging and hidden-city ticketing, tourists book a flight that consistsof at least one stop, however they leave the airplane throughout a stopover. Generally skiplagging is not prohibited, however airlinecompanies claim that it breaks their policies.
Last month, American booted a 17-year-old from a flight and prohibited him for 3 years when he attempted to usage the method to fly from Gainesville, Florida, to Charlotte, North Carolina, on a ticket that noted New York City as his location. For the teen, that was moreaffordable than reservation a flight straight to Charlotte.
In the claim, American implicated Skiplagged of fooling customers into thinking they can tap “some kind of trick ‘l