Nov 20, 2013, 7:48 am
Last edit by: Pat89339
Do not call the airlines under any conditions! This is the fastest way to kill the trick and bring unwanted attention to your itinerary! And do not post precious deals in this thread, this is by far the fastest way to kill the trick!
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This is NOT the right place to ask: "Can you help me with a low fare for AAA-BBB?" This is not the beg-it thread, but the trick-it thread.
This thread deals with unique combinations of routes and booking tricks in order to lower prices on airline fares. Prices that would astound the general public are often achieved by the posters in this thread.
Many people, including airline representatives, monitor this thread. For that reason, it is unorganized, very content heavy, often lacking details, and written in shorthand. It takes patience and effort in order to understand the conversation and be able to participate as an active member.
We encourage you to read the entirety of this thread if you would like to get started and to experiment as soon as you understand the gist of Trick It. Lots of time spent reading, practicing, and learning is the only way to be able to reproduce our tricks and discover new ones yourself. There are many, many people who ask for advice here, so productive members are only able to help those who have shown a concerted effort and progress over a long period of time (months).
If you have no idea what this thread is about, a good place to start are various blogs' posts on the subject. At the very least, read the Rules for posting in this thread. They're also listed in the very first post, below.
Older portions of the thread have been separated into archive thread by year. They are listed below
2008 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2009 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2010 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2011 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2012 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2013 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2014 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
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This is NOT the right place to ask: "Can you help me with a low fare for AAA-BBB?" This is not the beg-it thread, but the trick-it thread.
This thread deals with unique combinations of routes and booking tricks in order to lower prices on airline fares. Prices that would astound the general public are often achieved by the posters in this thread.
Many people, including airline representatives, monitor this thread. For that reason, it is unorganized, very content heavy, often lacking details, and written in shorthand. It takes patience and effort in order to understand the conversation and be able to participate as an active member.
We encourage you to read the entirety of this thread if you would like to get started and to experiment as soon as you understand the gist of Trick It. Lots of time spent reading, practicing, and learning is the only way to be able to reproduce our tricks and discover new ones yourself. There are many, many people who ask for advice here, so productive members are only able to help those who have shown a concerted effort and progress over a long period of time (months).
If you have no idea what this thread is about, a good place to start are various blogs' posts on the subject. At the very least, read the Rules for posting in this thread. They're also listed in the very first post, below.
Older portions of the thread have been separated into archive thread by year. They are listed below
2008 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2009 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2010 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2011 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2012 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2013 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
2014 Trick It / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
Trick it / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
Mar 17, 2020, 12:12 pm
#9856
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: YYZ, SFO
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Platinum, OZ Diamond, AC Prestige25K
Posts: 129
If the airline cancelled your itinerary, chances are they'll rebook you into any positive inventory without charging a change fee or difference in fare. As such, I'm not sure if you care if the YQ is applied or not.
Apr 11, 2020, 6:56 am
#9861
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
MAMA MIA
Out again with a HUGE routing error, which includes a highly desirable stop--over.
Length of Stop-over can be up to 3 months.
Therefore itinerary can essentially be used as 2 One-Ways separated by 90 days.
Bookable everywhere including its own website.
No 1X. Totally safe.
Length of Stop-over can be up to 3 months.
Therefore itinerary can essentially be used as 2 One-Ways separated by 90 days.
Bookable everywhere including its own website.
No 1X. Totally safe.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Apr 11, 2020 at 5:04 pm
Apr 11, 2020, 10:08 am
#9864
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: BNE / LHR
Programs: QF Gold
Posts: 1,601
Apr 11, 2020, 10:33 am
#9865
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
5 continents involved including 1 continent twice for connection.
22 K+ kilometers for 179.50 Ł All-in.
I believe that is a little more than 1/2 around the world
Stop-over not in hub.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Apr 11, 2020 at 4:29 pm
Apr 11, 2020, 11:08 am
#9866
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ±38,000 feet
Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat
Posts: 6,426
Analogous to the EK you mention but not EK IF the EK deal had been PVG-DXB-MXP-DXB-SIN and if MXP would be the stop-over point then it would be more analogous.
5 continents involved including 1 continent twice for connection.
22 K+ kilometers for 179.50 Ł All-in.
I believe that is a little more than 1/2 around the world
Stop-over not in hub.
5 continents involved including 1 continent twice for connection.
22 K+ kilometers for 179.50 Ł All-in.
I believe that is a little more than 1/2 around the world
Stop-over not in hub.
Apr 12, 2020, 7:32 pm
#9867
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL plat
Posts: 316
Some good north atlantic sandwiches on the smallest alliance. J as well. Is this new faring?
Anybody have some experience flying these? Thinking of some tests and how well placed covid cancelations could help
Anybody have some experience flying these? Thinking of some tests and how well placed covid cancelations could help
Apr 12, 2020, 8:29 pm
#9868
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: AA, Marriott
Posts: 103
It's been around for a bit - side trips permitted is what you are looking for. And yes, u should be paying fuel once (but really better is pay none at all, but that's a different story that has to be highly specific to your situation).
Apr 21, 2020, 2:07 pm
#9870
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: HEL
Programs: BA Gold, AY Gold
Posts: 649
Analogous to the EK you mention but it is not EK. IF the EK deal had been PVG-DXB-MXP-DXB-SIN and if MXP would be the stop-over point then it would be more analogous.
5 continents involved including 1 continent twice for connection.
22 K+ kilometers for 179.50 Ł All-in.
I believe that is a little more than 1/2 around the world
Stop-over not in hub.
5 continents involved including 1 continent twice for connection.
22 K+ kilometers for 179.50 Ł All-in.
I believe that is a little more than 1/2 around the world
Stop-over not in hub.
