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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Maya Yang

American Airlines sues travel website Skiplagged over ticket price ‘loophole’

american airlines planes at an airport
According to American, Skiplagged ‘employs unauthorized and deceptive ticketing practices’. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against Skiplagged, a travel website for cheap flights that shows “hidden-city” ticketing trips.

The lawsuit, which American filed this week in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, accuses Skiplagged of deception, as the website allows travelers to book a connecting flight that is typically cheaper than a non-stop flight and not flying to the route’s final destination.

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