This Website Can Find Flights Other Sites Won’t Show You, But There’s A Catch – SlashGear

When you’re booking a flight, you normally choose what airport you’re departing from, where you want to go, and select whatever option meets your needs. But there is another way to do things, and that involves booking a “hidden city” flight. Normally, layovers are something you avoid if possible, but a hidden city flight relies on them. Instead of spending a few hours in the airport and then boarding your connecting flight, you simply leave when your first flight lands.

Why bother doing this? On paper, you’re buying at least a couple of additional flights you don’t intend to use. But weirdly, booking a hidden city flight can actually be significantly cheaper than getting a direct flight to your intended destination. For example, a direct flight from Atlanta to Orlando might cost $350, but if you book a flight from Atlanta to Houston with a layover in Orlando and just get off when your first plane lands in Orlando, it might only cost you something like $120. 

So how do you find hidden city flights? Well, if you know the routes airlines take well, you can pop a couple of destinations into something like Google Flights or Skyscanner and spend some time searching for a bargain. Alternatively, there is a website dedicated to finding hidden city flights and saving you a good chunk of cash.