What’s a hidden city airline ticket?

This is a trick the airlines hate but you can use to save money, especially on one-way or last-minute airline tickets. Hidden city airline tickets work because of competition between airlines on certain routes. For example, let’s say you need to go from Des Moines to Denver tomorrow. There is only one airline that flies between the 2 cities non-stop, so they have little competition, and can set the fare high. If, however, you buy a ticket from Des Moines to Los Angeles (with a change of planes in Denver), the fare will be much cheaper because there are several airlines competing for business on that route. So buy the ticket to L.A., but just get off the plane in Denver. Make sure you don’t check any luggage…you have to do this with carry-on luggage only.