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 31, 2015, 3:26 pm
#3091
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: BRU, AMS
Programs: Miles & More, FlyingBlue, Iberia Plus Gold
Posts: 485
Jul 31, 2015, 9:34 pm
#3092
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 49
Appetiser = Ł98 ~$154 (ITA Friendly)
Dessert = Ł237 ~$370 (Not ITA Friendly)
Appetiser+Dessert = Ł187 ~$292 *Forcing a C1 start "Greedy Dump" due to over eating and being too lazy to travel :P maybe "Forced Dump" might be more politically correct ^
All are bookable through to payment page!
*Appetiser (Ł103) is again certainly not "Unflyable" or "Obscure" having also flown between these two large cities..
*Many people wrongly assume that the two big cities included in this and my previous post are both capital cities yet they are not :P
Dessert = Ł237 ~$370 (Not ITA Friendly)
Appetiser+Dessert = Ł187 ~$292 *Forcing a C1 start "Greedy Dump" due to over eating and being too lazy to travel :P maybe "Forced Dump" might be more politically correct ^
All are bookable through to payment page!
*Appetiser (Ł103) is again certainly not "Unflyable" or "Obscure" having also flown between these two large cities..
*Many people wrongly assume that the two big cities included in this and my previous post are both capital cities yet they are not :P
Aug 1, 2015, 3:00 am
#3094
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
Good work guys!! Always good to see a price reduction 
Hope you enjoyed your RNR too lol
I didn't look much further into this FD due to it being a different airline from the one in my post..
(That dessert also proves effective on several other of that airlines routes)
Its not a codeshare, different routing!
That being said.. I did have a look and i'm at $303 through to payment page! ^
Hope you enjoyed your RNR too lolI didn't look much further into this FD due to it being a different airline from the one in my post..
(That dessert also proves effective on several other of that airlines routes)
Its not a codeshare, different routing!
That being said.. I did have a look and i'm at $303 through to payment page! ^
Last edited by Flying4less; Aug 1, 2015 at 3:54 am
Aug 1, 2015, 3:57 am
#3095
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: FCO
Posts: 498
There's a good deal for C2-C4s (very very south) in fall with ST alliance. The BF is honest for that route but there's also a fat part that could be dumped.
I dumped almost 100€ on ITA but can't find it on OTA
Any hint?
I dumped almost 100€ on ITA but can't find it on OTA
Any hint?
Last edited by Sciamano; Aug 1, 2015 at 9:07 am
Aug 1, 2015, 5:27 am
#3096
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ARN
Programs: Bit of this, bit of that
Posts: 454
Aug 1, 2015, 6:43 am
#3097
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
All good though!Ile have a look into other destinations.. Its still C2.5 yeah?
Thanks Flylonghaul ^
Last edited by Flying4less; Aug 1, 2015 at 7:29 am
Aug 1, 2015, 8:37 am
#3100
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: c2
Posts: 691
Do I assume well this is not the case of the current camel deal ex UK, since APD would ruin this price?
Aug 1, 2015, 8:49 am
#3101
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: c2
Posts: 691
Aug 1, 2015, 9:42 am
#3102
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
Don't think of the UK APD as any different.. There are several methods along with certain OTA's that quite rightly circumvent these exorbitant taxes!!
Aug 1, 2015, 4:26 pm
#3104
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ARN
Programs: Bit of this, bit of that
Posts: 454
~€220 for me just reloading the same date and strike.
The best strike seems to be a little more expensive, but has a better influence on the other taxes and fees.