Definition:
When a passenger books an itinerary that is further than his/her destination in order to get a lower fare.
The passenger then ends travel by getting off the plane, and not connecting to the city that ensured the lower fare.
Let's say that there is a seat sale between Chicago and San Francisco, but you want to travel to Denver and there is no seat sale that is as low as the one to San Francisco. If you booked the ticket Chicago to San Francisco with a connection in Denver, and got off in Denver, you would be practicing the `hidden cities' process (which the airlines consider illegal).
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