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 30, 2015, 6:47 pm
#1576
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
€ 329.55 Los Angeles to C2 City on Blue River. All-in R/T
Chicago - Warsaw € 219.10 All-in R/T via Paris combination of LOT and other carrier w X- factor.
Boston - Sofia € 228.66 All-in R/T
Boston - Sofia € 228.66 All-in R/T
Mar 31, 2015, 5:23 am
#1583
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: PRG
Programs: BAEC Silver, Accor Platinum, BW Diamond
Posts: 42
This is no hint dude.. 
Mar 31, 2015, 5:29 am
#1584
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 178
That hint whittles down the nearly endless number of global combinations to a manageable handful.
Mar 31, 2015, 6:57 am
#1585
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Gold (OWS)
Posts: 528
Mar 31, 2015, 8:09 am
#1586
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: CGK
Programs: LA Emerald, GA Gold, TK E+
Posts: 19
This is not a contest about a big co*k. It's about being smart or not and as already mentioned there is a final destination and an alliance given. Smart people will find it quick.
Mar 31, 2015, 8:53 am
#1589
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 68
The flights I'm looking at are only available at the ITA price on one particular alliance partner's website - is that sort of specificity fairly normal?
Mar 31, 2015, 8:56 am
#1590
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 68
If you call yourself a noob, chances are high that you haven't messed with the "Point of Sale" (POS) setting in ita. Therefore, ita will take the departure city as your POS. Look for the fare you found on an OTA in the departure country or run your search with the POS set to the country of your preferred OTA. Big OTAs like Expedia, however, tend to have their own inventory of fare classes.