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skiplagger

skiplagger noun: a traveller who disembarks at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination; one who practices skiplagging.

Noun

skiplagger (plural skiplaggers)

  1. A traveller who disembarks at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination; one who practices skiplagging.
    • Typically, a skiplagger books a less expensive flight that has two or more legs rather than buy the more costly direct flight. But it’s a connecting city – not the final city of the flight – that has been the skiplagger's covert destination all along.2023 November 24, “Skiplagging: Why some flyers love it and why airlines hate it”, in CNN

Forms of skiplagger

pluralskiplaggers

Questions about skiplagger

What does skiplagger mean?
Skiplagger means a traveller who disembarks at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination; one who practices skiplagging.
What part of speech is skiplagger?
Skiplagger is a noun.
What is the plural of skiplagger?
The plural of skiplagger is skiplaggers.

Words near skiplagger in the dictionary

  1. skipjack tuna
  2. skipjack tunas
  3. skipjacks
  4. skiplag
  5. skiplagged
  6. skiplagger
  7. skiplaggers
  8. skiplagging
  9. skiplane
  10. skiplanes
  11. skipless

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