Skiplagged is a flight booking site that uses "hidden city fares" to get you great deals. The deals are so good that United Airlines and Orbitz have sued Skiplagged for the curious sum of $75,000.

We discuss what Skiplagged and this lawsuit mean for the future of airlines and for your next flight booking. Should we be afraid of travel hacking?

Then, we ponder why eBags sent us a cease and desist letter and why companies should only "punch up."

Finally, we explore the challenges and advantages of scaling up our blog, Packsmith, by bringing on an editor and writers.

In This Episode

• 01:48 What's up the with the new US passports?


• 04:53 Sued for travel hacking: The Skiplagged Lawsuit


• 10:19 If the airlines worked like tech companies...


• 17:10 Airline innovations: NetJets and Surfair


• 18:11 We got a cease and desist letter from eBags!


• 24:37 Big changes for our blog, Packsmith


• 27:28 What we learned from growing the Tortuga Backpacks and Packsmith teams


• 29:40 The power of standard operating procedures (SOPs)


• 32:32 Hiring from your audience


• 37:36 Word to the Wise

People On This Episode

• Jeremy Michael Cohen


• Fred Perrotta

Links from This Episode

• Skiplagged, a flight-booking site for "hidden city fares"


• Shannon's post on the Skiplagged lawsuit


• Hipmunk, visual flight booking engine


• NetJets, timeshares for jets


• SurfAir, unlimited flights to select destinations


• eBags Mother Lode vs the Tortuga Travel Backpack, We hope eBags likes this new page :)


• Packsmith, the Tortuga Backpacks Blog


• New members of the Packsmith team: Jenn Miller, Jessie Beck, Laura Lopuch, Shannon Whitney, and Shawn Forno


• Tim Ferriss's post searching for a Managing Editor

Word to the Wise

• Jeremy: Outlier Slim Dungarees


• Fred: Text Expander

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