Skiplagged review

Skiplagged is the specialist pick for the lowest possible fare. Its US App Store listing calls it the original hidden-city flight booking engine: sometimes a flight that connects through your destination costs less than a flight to it, so you book the longer trip and leave at the layover. It also shows self-transfer trips and round trips built from two one-way tickets, and compares fares from partners including Skyscanner, Kiwi, FlightNetwork and Gotogate. Price Hacker keeps checking after you book and, if the fare drops $15 or more on an eligible flight, modifies the booking and issues the difference as airline credit. Regular flights have no booking fee, but a fee applies to hidden-city flights. Skiplagged itself warns that hidden-city booking may conflict with an airline's contract of carriage. We compared documented features and published information; we did not book test trips.

Who it is for

carry-on-only travelers comfortable with hidden-city fares

Price

Free to search; no booking fee on regular flights, a fee applies on hidden-city flights.

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Key features

• Hidden-city fares that connect through your destination
• Self-transfer and separate-ticket round trips across two airlines
• Price Hacker: a $15 or larger fare drop after booking returns as airline credit
• Compares fares from partners including Skyscanner, Kiwi, FlightNetwork and Gotogate
• Filters for duration, layovers and times, plus fare alerts

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: No booking fee on regular flights
• Strength: Skiplagged says 78 million travelers have searched since 2013
• Strength: Price Hacker runs by default on eligible flights at no extra cost
• Weakness: Skiplagged says hidden-city booking may conflict with an airline's contract of carriage
• Weakness: A Skiplagged fee applies on hidden-city flights
• Weakness: Price Hacker credit is airline credit and only on select flights

Key facts

• Specialty: Hidden-city fares
• Booking fee: None on regular flights; fee on hidden-city
• Price drop credit: Fare drops of $15 or more
• App Store rating: 4.8 from 337K ratings
• Cost: Free to search

Where it ranks

Skiplagged is No. 6 in our Best Flight Search Sites verdict.