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 4, 2015, 9:47 pm
#1171
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: C1 & C2
Programs: Tim Horton's Gold
Posts: 373
Mar 5, 2015, 5:50 am
#1173
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Mar 5, 2015 at 6:21 am
Mar 5, 2015, 6:07 am
#1174
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FCO
Programs: AZ, BA, TK
Posts: 37
Something has changed or you just recently confirmed that ?
Last edited by liber; Mar 5, 2015 at 8:42 am
Mar 5, 2015, 6:37 am
#1175
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
PM me with your 2 suggested countries and I will confirm if you have the countries I am referring to. For some reason they seem particularly effective in flights from or to your beautiful country and your Forever City.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Mar 5, 2015 at 6:46 am
Mar 5, 2015, 7:42 am
#1176
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: FCO
Posts: 249
Two rapidly growing ( where the color yellow does not appear in the national flags) airlines within two countries with enormously long distances between outer borders are now eligible as cheap but delicious appetizers.
Mar 5, 2015, 12:13 pm
#1178
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 23
Mar 5, 2015, 1:26 pm
#1180
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: C1 & C2
Programs: Tim Horton's Gold
Posts: 373
Mar 5, 2015, 9:17 pm
#1182
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL plat
Posts: 316
I can get in the mid $200s on 3 continents and with 6 different airlines, but for the life of me, I cannot cross the damn Mendoza line. Also possible to get in the $300s on 5 continents with at least 12 airlines so there's something for (almost!) everyone.
Mar 6, 2015, 1:26 pm
#1185
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: C1ne
Programs: AA, DL, UA, VS, TK, etc...
Posts: 44
EDIT: Derp... I mistakenly thought I you wrote UA when I first read your post. UA also has BF's around $50 from C1-DXB RT. Try the tip above with UA, not DL.