hidden-city

[ hid-n-sit-ee ]

adjective

1. relating to or engaged in the practice of purchasing an air ticket for a flight with a layover at one’s true destination, getting off at the layover point, and skipping the last leg of the flight in order to avoid paying a higher fare for a direct flight to one’s destination: Compare skiplagging ( def ).

   The website helps travelers find hidden-city itineraries.

   Hidden-city ticketing is explicitly banned by some airlines’ terms of use.

   Hidden-city travelers do not disclose their intentions even when booking through a third party.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hidden-city¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

He is writing a book about Cleveland for Knopf entitled The Hidden City.

From The Daily Beast

For myself, I needed no additional proof that here was all that was needful to guide us to the hidden city.

From Project Gutenberg

There ain't any hidden city, or hidden treasure, or hidden d——n anything; it's all a fraud from beginnin' t' end.

From Project Gutenberg

From this entrance, as Pepe informed them, it was fifteen miles to the hidden city of Totatzine.

From Project Gutenberg

She penetrated alone the wildest thickets; the nests of timid birds were known to her; and she traced the bee to his hidden city.

From Project Gutenberg

Meaningless shouts and cries and songs resound from the hidden city.

From Project Gutenberg