Flight Leg Skip Explained: A Traveler’s Guide to Value

Most advice on flight leg skip starts from the airline's moral frame. It tells you the traveler is gaming the system, breaking the spirit of the ticket, and inviting punishment. That framing misses the actual cause. A flight leg skip exists because airlines built a pricing system that often charges more for the flight people plainly want and less for the longer itinerary they don't. Travelers didn't invent that...