Skiplagged Scraper — Hidden-City Fares, Calendars, Hotels

Turn a Skiplagged route, /flights/ URL, or hotel city into structured rows: itineraries (price, airlines, stops, hidden-city flag, booking partners), a flexible-date min/max calendar, or hotel nightly rates. One-way, round-trip, anywhere, or a batch of routes. JSON or CSV out. $1 / 1,000 results.

Why Use This Scraper?

• Search by airport/metro code, a batch of routes, a pasted Skiplagged URL, or destination: anywhere
• Hidden-city and self-transfer itineraries, with include/exclude filters
• Flexible-date calendar (mode: flexible) and Skiplagged hotel rates (mode: hotels)
• Time-of-day, airline allow/deny, price band, nonstop, max stops
• Empty fields are omitted from each row
• Pure HTTP — no browser, no login, proxy optional
• $1 / 1,000 results

Overview

Built for fare monitors, travel agencies, and anyone comparing Skiplagged against Google Flights or Skyscanner.

The dataset is itinerary-shaped. A round-trip search returns outbound and inbound rows, each tagged with legType. Combined Skiplagged totals land on outbound rows as minRoundTripPrice.

Skiplagged prices each leg as its own one-way ticket. That is how hidden-city and self-transfer deals are quoted on the site, and the actor mirrors it.

Supported Inputs

Input	Pattern	Example
Route fields	IATA or metro code + dates	origin: NYC, destination: LON, departDate: 2026-10-11
Round-trip	add returnDate	2026-10-18
Batch routes	mode: byRoutes	[{ "origin": "SFO", "destination": "TYO", "departDate": "2026-10-05" }]
Skiplagged URL	/flights/{ORIG}/{DEST}/{date}[/{return}]	https://skiplagged.com/flights/NYC/LON/2026-10-11/2026-10-18
Anywhere	destination: anywhere or /flights/NYC/anywhere/{date}	popular dests from the origin
Flexible dates	mode: flexible	one calendar row per date (min/max USD)
Hotels	mode: hotels + hotelCity	nightly + stay total, stars, reviews

Metro codes work the same as on skiplagged.com: NYC covers JFK/LGA/EWR, LON covers LHR/LGW/STN/LTN/LCY.

Not supported: account/login URLs, or Skiplagged's official MCP server. This actor reads the public search, flex, and hotel JSON endpoints.

Copy-pasteable startUrls

{
  "mode": "byUrls",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://skiplagged.com/flights/NYC/LON/2026-10-11/2026-10-18",
    "https://skiplagged.com/flights/JFK/LAX/2026-10-11"
  ]
}

Use Cases

Who	What they do with the rows
Fare-alert products	Track a route over time and fire when price drops
Travel agencies	Compare provider quotes across a client batch in one run
Corporate travel	Bulk-check employee itineraries
Price-comparison tools	Feed live Skiplagged fares into another search product
Market research	Airline mix, stop counts, and hidden-city share on a route

How It Works

1. Your input — origin, destination, and dates; a routes array; a Skiplagged /flights/ or /hotels/ URL; anywhere; or hotel city.
2. Public JSON — search.php?format=v3 for itineraries (polled until complete), flex.php for calendars, hotel_search.php for hotels. No browser.
3. Join + flatten — itineraries join to flight segments. Prices (US cents) become USD; durations (seconds) become minutes.
4. Filters — nonstop, stops, price, airline allow/deny, hidden-city, depart/arrive clock, sort, maxItems.
5. Your dataset — one row per itinerary, calendar date, or hotel. Empty fields are dropped.

Input Configuration

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search / byRoutes / byUrls / flexible / hotels
origin	string	NYC	Origin IATA or metro code
destination	string	LON	Destination IATA, metro code, or anywhere
departDate	string	6 weeks out	YYYY-MM-DD
returnDate	string	—	YYYY-MM-DD; omit for one-way
routes	array	—	{origin, destination, departDate, returnDate} objects
startUrls	array	—	Skiplagged /flights/ URLs
tripType	string	auto	auto / one-way / round-trip
cabinClass	string	economy	Requested cabin; real fareClass is always on the row
adults / children / infantsLap / infantsSeat	int	1 / 0 / 0 / 0	Passenger mix (see FAQ)
directOnly	bool	false	Nonstop only
maxStops	int	—	Drop itineraries with more stops
minPrice / maxPrice	int	—	USD band
airlines	array	—	IATA allow-list (AA, BA, …)
excludeAirlines	array	—	IATA deny-list
hiddenCityOnly / excludeHiddenCity	bool	false	Keep or drop hidden-city rows
departAfter / departBefore / arriveAfter / arriveBefore	string	—	Local HH:MM clock filters
flexDays	int	—	Also search ±N days (max 7)
hotelCity / rooms	string / int	—	Hotel city (or slug / id) and room count
sortBy	string	price	price / duration / departureTime / stops
maxItems	int	50	Cap across all routes (1–1000)
proxy	object	off	Optional; the public API answers without a proxy

Example: one-way

{
  "mode": "search",
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LAX",
  "departDate": "2026-10-11",
  "directOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: round-trip with a price cap

{
  "mode": "search",
  "origin": "NYC",
  "destination": "LON",
  "departDate": "2026-10-11",
  "returnDate": "2026-10-18",
  "maxPrice": 800,
  "sortBy": "duration"
}

Example: batch routes

{
  "mode": "byRoutes",
  "routes": [
    { "origin": "NYC", "destination": "LON", "departDate": "2026-10-11" },
    { "origin": "SFO", "destination": "TYO", "departDate": "2026-10-05", "returnDate": "2026-10-19" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: hidden-city only, mornings

{
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LAX",
  "departDate": "2026-10-11",
  "hiddenCityOnly": true,
  "departAfter": "06:00",
  "departBefore": "12:00"
}

Example: flexible-date calendar

{
  "mode": "flexible",
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LAX",
  "departDate": "2026-10-23",
  "maxItems": 40
}

Example: anywhere from NYC

{
  "origin": "NYC",
  "destination": "anywhere",
  "departDate": "2026-10-23",
  "maxItems": 40
}

Example: hotels

{
  "mode": "hotels",
  "hotelCity": "New York",
  "departDate": "2026-10-23",
  "returnDate": "2026-10-30",
  "rooms": 1,
  "adults": 2,
  "maxItems": 30
}

Output Overview

recordType is skiplaggedFlight, skiplaggedCalendar, or skiplaggedHotel. Round-trips emit outbound and inbound flight rows. Segments and layovers stay nested; empty fields are omitted.

Prices are USD. Skiplagged's API stores cents; the actor divides by 100.

Output Samples

One-way JFK → LAX (live search, October 2026):

{
  "flightId": "8b83695",
  "recordType": "skiplaggedFlight",
  "legType": "outbound",
  "originAirport": "JFK",
  "originCity": "New York",
  "destinationAirport": "LAX",
  "destinationCity": "Los Angeles",
  "departureTime": "2026-10-11T06:00:00-04:00",
  "arrivalTime": "2026-10-11T09:11:00-07:00",
  "duration": "6h 11m",
  "durationMinutes": 371,
  "stops": 0,
  "direct": true,
  "hiddenCity": false,
  "primaryAirline": "American Airlines",
  "airlineCodes": ["AA"],
  "price": 254,
  "currency": "USD",
  "fareClass": "economy",
  "bookingProviders": ["FAST"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://skiplagged.com/flights/JFK/LAX/2026-10-11"
}

Connecting NYC → LON (2 stops, round-trip quote on the outbound row):

{
  "flightId": "001ada3",
  "legType": "outbound",
  "originAirport": "LGA",
  "destinationAirport": "LHR",
  "stops": 2,
  "direct": false,
  "duration": "29h",
  "primaryAirline": "Air Canada",
  "price": 298,
  "minRoundTripPrice": 706,
  "layovers": [
    { "airport": "YUL", "durationMinutes": 915, "duration": "15h 15m" },
    { "airport": "YOW", "durationMinutes": 297, "duration": "4h 57m" }
  ]
}

Key Output Fields

Route — originAirport, originCity, originState, originCountry, destinationAirport, destinationCity, legType, sourceUrl

Schedule — departureTime, arrivalTime, duration, durationMinutes, stops, direct, segments[], layovers[]

Money — price, currency, minRoundTripPrice, fareClass, requestedCabinClass

Carriers — primaryAirline, airlines[], airlineCodes[], bookingProviders[] (names), bookingProviderCodes[]

Flags — hiddenCity, recordType, flightId, bookingUrl, scrapedAt

Calendar — departDate, returnDate, minPrice, maxPrice

Hotel — hotelId, name, nightlyPrice, price, starRating, reviewScore, photos[]

FAQ

Which Skiplagged URLs are supported?

Flight-search pages: https://skiplagged.com/flights/{ORIG}/{DEST}/{YYYY-MM-DD} (including /anywhere/). Hotel pages: https://skiplagged.com/hotels/{city}/{checkin}/{checkout}. Homepage and account URLs are ignored.

Why does a round-trip return two rows?

Skiplagged prices each leg as its own one-way ticket. Outbound rows carry minRoundTripPrice when Skiplagged quoted a combined total.

What is hiddenCity?

true when the last landing airport is not one of the airports for the destination you asked for — the classic “fly toward X, get off at Y” pattern Skiplagged is known for. Baggage and missed-leg rules still apply; confirm on skiplagged.com before booking.

Why is fareClass still economy when I asked for business?

Skiplagged's public search mostly returns economy inventory. The row always reports the cabin Skiplagged actually sent (fareClass) next to your requestedCabinClass.

Why don't passenger counts change the price?

Passenger counts are sent on the search URL. The logged-out API often still prices 1 adult. Output adults / children / infantsLap / infantsSeat are whatever Skiplagged returned for that itinerary.

What does bookingProviders mean?

Partner names (Fast, Orbitz, Expedia, …) mapped from Skiplagged's source codes. bookingProviderCodes keeps the raw codes (FAST, ORB). bookingUrl is the Skiplagged search or hotel page where you complete the booking — book.php is a POST form, not a GET deep link.

Do I need a proxy?

Locally, usually no. On the Apify platform the actor uses a RESIDENTIAL proxy on its own — Skiplagged 403s datacenter IPs. Override proxy if you want different groups.

How fresh are the prices?

They match what skiplagged.com shows at the moment the run hits the API. Fares move quickly; confirm before booking.

Support

Found a bug or need a field that isn't exposed? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab or reach out via the Apify Store profile. Include your input JSON and the run ID.

Additional Services

Need a custom flight pipeline, a different source, scheduled delivery, or fare-alert wiring? Custom scraping work is available via the Apify Store profile.

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🤖 For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Compact reference for AI agents calling this actor via the Apify MCP server or the Apify API (actor: memo23/skiplagged-scraper).

Purpose: Scrapes Skiplagged — one dataset row per priced itinerary, flexible-date calendar cell, or hotel.

Minimal input:

{
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LAX",
  "departDate": "2026-10-11",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output: recordType=skiplaggedFlight|skiplaggedCalendar|skiplaggedHotel. Flight rows include flightId, legType, airports, times, duration, stops, hiddenCity, primaryAirline, segments, layovers, price, bookingProviders, bookingUrl, sourceUrl.

Behaviors an agent should know:

• Always set maxItems (default 50, max 1000). A busy round-trip or hotel city can return hundreds of rows.
• destination: anywhere expands to popular dests via hint.php (origin metro/airports dropped).
• mode=flexible hits flex.php (min/max per date). mode=hotels hits hotel_search.php.
• mode=byUrls reads /flights/… and /hotels/… paths.
• Round-trip searches emit separate outbound and inbound rows.
• Billing is pay-per-event: actor start + $0.001 per dataset row ($1 / 1,000).
• No login, no browser. Passenger mix is sent on the URL; logged-out pricing is often still 1 adult.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Skiplagged, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

The scraper accesses only publicly available Skiplagged flight-search results — no authenticated endpoints, paid features, or content behind a login wall. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with skiplagged.com's Terms of Service, applicable data-protection law (GDPR, CCPA, etc.), and any contractual obligations of their own organization.

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