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Cheap Air Fare idea and then......... Appended a news story published here today that may be interesting to many of the readers who are required to travel a lot throughout the year. Please read the story and make your views known to us all,if possible! Quote........"Aktar-er-Zaman, a 22-year-old innovative New Yorker of Bangladeshi origin, is facing rage of professional competition as he launched a website Skiplagged.com to help save on air fares and seemingly disrupting the established business model. The website informs via an algorithm that travelers can fly cheaper by “skipping” the last leg of a purchased flight, reports New York Post. For example: Instead of booking a direct flight to Atlanta, you book a trip to a further destination that uses Atlanta as a “hidden city” layover — and you don’t use the last leg of your ticket. In some cases, this can mean savings of hundreds of dollars. United Airlines and Orbitz are not amused by Zaman’s technique. They are taking him to court, claiming Skiplagged.com is “unfair competition.” They want the site to be shut down and Zaman to be ordered to pay $75,000 in damages. The irony is ironic indeed -- Orbitz, like other discount ticket sellers, became successful using the Internet to identify cheaper flights. In doing so, they all but ended the once-thriving travel-agent business. Zaman just took the idea to the next level. As seen with other tech-savvy disrupters like Uber, when entrenched interests find themselves up against the new competition, they’ll work to end it, by hook, crook — or courts. The good news is that efforts aimed at preventing customers from getting more info and more choices are probably doomed to failure. Within days of his fight with United and Orbitz going public, Zaman — who makes no money from his site — had raised more than $50,000 to help with his legal fees, via the Web site GoFundMe.co."...... UnQuote. Source. The Daily Star. The New York Post. 
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Interesting!! Thanks! I'm going to check it out!
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Mrs. Joe, You are very correct. Dragging this young man to court has apparently made the matter known to many people. It is our right to look for cheap but safe flights. However, the Air Lines also would want to protect thier interests. Thanks for passing by my blog. Take care of yourself always. look.
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Interesting!! Thanks! I'm going to check it out!
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Glad to read you here again, Boogie. I appreciate. Take care and stay well.
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So lets see-- they scam us for years-- and then sue the young man when they are busted!  Sounds to me like he needs to sue them for suing him!
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Looklook, Am here again commenting in my own way about this case of the Cheap Air Fare. Though I do not know this young man but am sorry for him to have got mingled in this sort of thing. I hope he would get out of this problem safely. Kind regards. Lisa.
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Lisa,Dear. I hope and strongly believe that this young man will be able to come out from this problem soon enough.How i wished your presence here soon after the blog was posted for all you to read and ponder upon. Better late than never, dear Lisa. You know it and proved it once again. Thanksand kindest Regards. Looklook.
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