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
Jul 1, 2015, 12:34 am
#2716
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: c2
Posts: 691
Jul 3, 2015, 10:46 am
#2722
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
If you have not already done so ....
add QF to your list of Self-dumping airlines.
Separately,
A certain QF flight as an X-factor also provides the lowest all-in cost for a TATL itinerary, which does not involve LHR.
168,52 €
Separately,
A certain QF flight as an X-factor also provides the lowest all-in cost for a TATL itinerary, which does not involve LHR.
168,52 €
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jul 3, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Jul 3, 2015, 5:46 pm
#2724
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 106
Does anyone know how to find out booking classes on cheapoair?
Got €350 C2-C1, but I need at least 50% milage. (I'm assuming this earns 75%) Whoever can help me cracking this will receive a link in exchange ;-).
Got €350 C2-C1, but I need at least 50% milage. (I'm assuming this earns 75%) Whoever can help me cracking this will receive a link in exchange ;-).
Last edited by JamesMcGill; Jul 3, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Jul 3, 2015, 9:48 pm
#2725
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: C1 & C2
Programs: Tim Horton's Gold
Posts: 373
See any chance to replicate the price in Expedia, they show the fare class. @:-)
Jul 4, 2015, 12:12 am
#2726
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 106
The main problem is that this flight has 6 segments and most OTAs don't allow that many segments...
But maybe you guys know a way I don't know of yet.
Last edited by JamesMcGill; Jul 4, 2015 at 12:39 am
Jul 4, 2015, 2:23 am
#2727
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Somewhere between if and else
Posts: 142
Do you really have four stopovers within your main flights? Try to "combine" some legs to match the five segments available on expedia. Otherwise you could try to use the european part of orbitz -> ebookers. They usually show the basefare and taxes+surcharges. You maybe will be able to guess the used booking classes. But you can't be sure so. :-( Their UI is made to search for up to four segments, but they are supporting six segments.
My2Cents: You should definitely try to "press" it into five segments!
My2Cents: You should definitely try to "press" it into five segments!
Jul 4, 2015, 9:12 am
#2728
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Da World (GOT usually)
Programs: Oneworld, Hilton, IHG
Posts: 409
Do you really have four stopovers within your main flights? Try to "combine" some legs to match the five segments available on expedia. Otherwise you could try to use the european part of orbitz -> ebookers. They usually show the basefare and taxes+surcharges. You maybe will be able to guess the used booking classes. But you can't be sure so. :-( Their UI is made to search for up to four segments, but they are supporting six segments.
My2Cents: You should definitely try to "press" it into five segments!
My2Cents: You should definitely try to "press" it into five segments!
Jul 4, 2015, 3:42 pm
#2729
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 9
Searching for a specific flight on ITA to "prove" (classes G):
http://i.imgur.com/xOw0rIs.png
Finding it on cheaopoair:
http://i.imgur.com/GvKgeki.png
View source and search for "flightclass":
http://i.imgur.com/WDdRmGj.png
Tada.
Edit: removed inline images and put links instead...
Jul 5, 2015, 7:36 am
#2730
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
Australia to USA from € 296,17 All-in R/T
Australia to USA from € 296,17 All-in R/T.
NEW YORK 73.45 € more.
Special Construction.
NEW YORK 73.45 € more.
Special Construction.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jul 5, 2015 at 8:20 am