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Anyone use this website? Interesting way to save money on airline tickets.

Zaman's Skiplagged.com uses a little-known secret among frequent fliers to help people find cheaper plane tickets.

The basic idea behind Skiplagged is that it takes advantage of something called "hidden city" fares, where it might be cheaper to book a flight with a connection, and then never actually take the second leg of the trip.

For example, if you want to fly from New York to Chicago, it might be cheaper to book a flight from New York to San Francisco with a layover in Chicago, but never go to San Francisco. Hidden-city travelers can't check bags (they would go to San Francisco), and you can only book a one-way ticket.

The site is wildly popular. Last month the site had over 1 million visitors.

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