Teenager detained at Florida airport and accused of ‘skiplagging’ travel hack - eviltoast
Skiplagging isn’t illegal, but that doesn’t mean it’s without risks

“It’s not illegal, but we’re gonna detain a teenager and treat him like a security threat, anyway.”

  • AA (probably)
  • just_browsing@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    It’s also about repositioning of the aircraft fleet. Sometimes there’ll be flights from one airport to another not because it’s profitable but because they need to reposition an aircraft to cover a profitable route, or because they need to do scheduled maintenance and such and such airport is a primary repair site or has a free hangar.