It all starts with an *extended* layover. But, hear us out! Before you picture yourself racing to get through the airport in 50 minutes, dragging your carry-on through another security checkpoint, talking yourself out of some $26 fancy chocolates, and wondering if drinking in this foreign airport “counts” as having visited the country (sorry, it doesn’t), you just ... leave. You hail a cab. You book a hotel. And for no extra cost, you kill a day or three or seven in a new city before returning for your connecting flight. This isn’t skiplagging, it’s called a stopover. No, it’s not illegal and in fact many airlines offer deals that make it possible. For example, qatarairways, and icelandair give travelers anywhere from 24 hours to a week for stopovers at their respective hubs in Hong Kong, Doha, and Reykjavik. Meanwhile, some national airlines will sweeten the pot with deals on travel packages in their home cities, like turkishairlines which offers tour packages for Istanbul. Would yo...