 by skipping the first leg of her flight from Cleveland to Newark, and instead flying from Boston, where flights were just $60. This is called skiplagging , where passengers book a flight with a layover to save money , but skip the first part. But Theresa said this massively backfired - and she ended up having to cancel her trip to Europe. She explained on Insider : "Once I landed [in Newark], an agent pulled up my itinerary and asked why I wasn't on my flight from Cleveland. "I didn't get why I had to explain my personal travel arrangements so I said plans had changed and I needed to fly out of Boston instead. "They told me if I didn't get on my first flight from Cleveland, my entire itinerary would be cancelled and my only option was to rebook my ticket for the (apparently unavoidable) fare difference of $900." She said she was left very embarrassed and had to cancel her trip to Spain, instead booking a flight back to Boston to see her partner. While she was given a flight voucher from United for her cancelled flight - which she said she put towards another holiday - she said the trick is something she would never recommend. She finished by saying: "I'm now aware that skiplagging in any form isn't allowed, and can confidently say you'll never catch me intentionally missing a connection again." Theresa isn't the only person to have){kind=link}
A WOMAN who tried a popular money-saving hack when booking flights has revealed how it massively backfired.
Traveller Theresa MicKinney had booked flights from the US to Madrid in Spain.
Flying from Cleveland in Ohio, she had a stopover in Newark in New Jersey.
Yet she opted for a trip to Boston in Massachusetts a few days before to see her husband.
However, she realised she could save $900 (£726) by skipping the first leg of her flight from Cleveland to Newark, and instead flying from Boston, where flights were just $60.