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
Aug 21, 2017, 4:53 pm
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Aug 22, 2017, 1:27 am
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Aug 22, 2017, 6:29 pm
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Please review the rules of posting in this thread, which can be found here:
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This is not advanced science, so let's not take ourselves too seriously here.
Aug 23, 2017, 3:12 am
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I guess what was completely missed by most was the fact that my post was intended to be humorous, particicularly in response to jorun's ungracious 'no pm because I'm not willing to help noobs' remark.
This is not advanced science, so let's not take ourselves too seriously here.
This is not advanced science, so let's not take ourselves too seriously here.
airline
departure city
destination city
I was also thinking to give you a coffee, a silver plate and a link for the deal but above all share all my tricks because you are an humorist.
Aug 23, 2017, 4:58 pm
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Rtw c2-c3-Stopover -c3-Stopover- c1-Stopover - c2 stop-over - C2 577.20 €
Self Dump. No Risk - No 1X.
Starting at 577.20 € All-in. Up to 65:05 hours total effective In-the-Air flying time, not including stop-overs or connecting times.
In the above example all stop-overs are 7 days, but longer or shorter stop-overs possible, probably with little or no change in all-in price.
Starting at 577.20 € All-in. Up to 65:05 hours total effective In-the-Air flying time, not including stop-overs or connecting times.
In the above example all stop-overs are 7 days, but longer or shorter stop-overs possible, probably with little or no change in all-in price.
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Aug 23, 2017, 6:04 pm
#8455
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Also my post was intended to be humorous, particicularly in response to your need to get:
airline
departure city
destination city
I was also thinking to give you a coffee, a silver plate and a link for the deal but above all share all my tricks because you are an humorist.
airline
departure city
destination city
I was also thinking to give you a coffee, a silver plate and a link for the deal but above all share all my tricks because you are an humorist.
Aug 24, 2017, 10:12 pm
#8456
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 6
Self Dump. No Risk - No 1X.
Starting at 577.20 € All-in. Up to 65:05 hours total effective In-the-Air flying time, not including stop-overs or connecting times.
In the above example all stop-overs are 7 days, but longer or shorter stop-overs possible, probably with little or no change in all-in price.
Starting at 577.20 € All-in. Up to 65:05 hours total effective In-the-Air flying time, not including stop-overs or connecting times.
In the above example all stop-overs are 7 days, but longer or shorter stop-overs possible, probably with little or no change in all-in price.
Aug 25, 2017, 11:03 am
#8457
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TK has cheap BF $<100 C1 to C2, many cities, with ~$400 "YR" fat, EOE permitted within USA. I havent had any luck dumping but I know there are those much much much better than me.
Also for BA is "EOE not permitted. Side trips permitted" worth exploring at all or is this waste of time?
Also for BA is "EOE not permitted. Side trips permitted" worth exploring at all or is this waste of time?
Aug 25, 2017, 11:11 am
#8458
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TK has cheap BF $<100 C1 to C2, many cities, with ~$400 "YR" fat, EOE permitted within USA. I havent had any luck dumping but I know there are those much much much better than me.
Also for BA is "EOE not permitted. Side trips permitted" worth exploring at all or is this waste of time?
Also for BA is "EOE not permitted. Side trips permitted" worth exploring at all or is this waste of time?
And as a side note, anything with EOE Not Permitted, is usually not a good starting point.
Aug 25, 2017, 11:14 am
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Thanks, got one a while ago but noticed it seems to have been dry recently.
Aug 25, 2017, 12:11 pm
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