United Airlines, Orbitz sue 22-year-old over airfare savings loophole

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014
VIDEO: United Airlines sues man over airfare savings loophole
United Airlines and travel website orbitz are suing Skiplagged, calling it "unfair competition."

A big airline carrier and a travel website have filed big lawsuit against one very savvy traveler who reveals his money saving airfare secrets online.

Aktarer Zaman, a 22-year-old computer whiz from Brooklyn, created a site called Skiplagged.

The website helps you find cheap flights by using what he calls the "hidden city" method.

While you can't actually buy tickets on his site, or anything at all for that matter, it does divulge the pricing strategies of airlines to help you get the cheapest ticket.

This is creating some unfriendly friction with the aviation industry.

United Airlines and travel website orbitz are suing Skiplagged, calling it "unfair competition."

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