Tried those 'secret' flight booking tricks from TikTok and got burned twice

I followed a viral video that said to book a multi-city flight through a random city like Dublin to save money. For my trip from Chicago to Denver, it quoted me $180 less than a direct flight. I booked it, but then realized the layover in Dublin was 14 hours and I had to pay for a hostel. Then on the way back, the second leg got canceled and the airline wouldn't rebook me because it was two separate tickets. I saved maybe $60 total and lost a full day of my vacation. Has anyone actually made one of those hacks work without getting screwed?

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the_oscar5d ago

And yeah that's exactly what happened to me and what got me too, it's always the separate ticket thing that screws you. I saw a hack about booking through a travel portal for extra miles but then you're stuck with their customer service when something goes wrong. @iris574 probably knows the struggle, it's like these hacks are designed by people who never actually fly. My buddy tried the skiplagging thing and got banned from United for a year, so that's a whole other level of headache. You basically have to become an expert in airline contract law just to save a few bucks.

iris5746d ago

Oh man, my coworker tried that Dublin trick for a Denver trip too and ended up sleeping in the airport. She said the airline blamed her because it was booked as two separate tickets basically.