We hope the best for Skiplagged defending themselves from giants.

I once had to route my boss on a stopover in Las Vegas for three hours. He was pissed. Then I told him to leave the airport, have dinner at a hotel, gamble a bit, and then head back. After that, he asked for longer stopovers in Vegas...

That sounds like a nice way to get stuck at the Vegas airport waiting for a seat on the next flight to your destination.

I believe there are still airlines you can do this with—mostly international destinations.

Once upon a time you could do that. I used to travel all over on a ticket that allowed me to check at the counter and tell them I would not be continuing that day, but wanted to continue on to my final destination on the same flight the next day - no problem. Then I would stay an extra day at my destination - no…

I always thought it would be cool to be able to layover at your connecting stop. A lot of the connecting cities would be great to spend a day or night in. Example. you have a connection through Vegas. You leave a day early. Spend the night in Vegas. And get on your connection the next morning. I know you can just…

Extremely, actually. The big complication for airlines is the logistics nightmare around getting planes where they need to be. If you could just magically create an airplane anywhere you needed one, and if airport congestion wasn't a concern, I'd say that pricing scheme would be awesome.

I just copy/pasted the article at the time. Looks like they ninja fixed it after my post so now -I- look like the twit.

Also, "lawsuite"?

How awesome would it be for an airline to adopt a flat, per-mile pricing scheme?

"Airlines also do not approve of this, as witnessed by US Airlines and Orbitz's lawsuite against Skiplagged."