NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The airfare wiz kid who got sued by United Airlines and Orbitz is not alone in his fight.
More than 1,600 donors have contributed $33,000 on GoFundMe by Wednesday morning to pay the legal expenses of 22-year-old Aktarer Zaman, founder of the airfare advice site Skiplagged.com.
Zaman said he appreciates the financial support and "all the positive things everyone has been saying about what I'm doing."
A computer scientist at a New York technology start-up, Zaman has become famous after media coverage of a lawsuit filed against his site by United Airlines (UAL) and its travel agency partner Orbitz (OWW).
The two travel companies say he's providing "unfair competition" and promoting "strictly prohibited" travel.
The airfare wiz kid who got sued by United Airlines and Orbitz is not alone in his fight.
More than 1,600 donors have contributed $33,000 on GoFundMe by Wednesday morning to pay the legal expenses of 22-year-old Aktarer Zaman, founder of the airfare advice site Skiplagged.com.
Zaman said he appreciates the financial support and "all the positive things everyone has been saying about what I'm doing."
A computer scientist at a New York technology start-up, Zaman has become famous after media coverage of a lawsuit filed against his site by United Airlines (UAL) and its travel agency partner Orbitz (OWW).
The two travel companies say he's providing "unfair competition" and promoting "strictly prohibited" travel.