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
Sep 17, 2017, 5:15 am
#8521
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
Sep 18, 2017, 12:10 am
#8523
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 57
Howdy folks,
Can anyone advise efficient way to look up available cheap OW fare(& low taxes) with EOE/ST permitted?
I have been lurking at this thread and reading up for months. I finally found a 3x to cut YQ by 50%/$108. Its not much of saving but at-least having some grasp of tricked fare construction gave some sense of accomplishment
Looking forward to striking some more savings in coming weeks and hopefully start contributing here.
Can anyone advise efficient way to look up available cheap OW fare(& low taxes) with EOE/ST permitted?
I have been lurking at this thread and reading up for months. I finally found a 3x to cut YQ by 50%/$108. Its not much of saving but at-least having some grasp of tricked fare construction gave some sense of accomplishment
Looking forward to striking some more savings in coming weeks and hopefully start contributing here.
Sep 18, 2017, 2:06 am
#8524
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Germany
Posts: 1,244
If I'm searching for a Return flight from TXL to BKK with TK at kayak.com, I get a price of $1192. For the same flight I get a price of of just $789 if I enter the segments in the multi city search (TXL IST BKK / BKK IST TXL) separately, just because of different booking-classes availability. Tax are the same. Wouldn't call this a dump, but maybe someone can use it.
Sep 18, 2017, 7:44 pm
#8526
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SFO, BRU, ADB
Programs: UA Gold, BA Silver, Marriott Titanium, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 702
Sep 19, 2017, 6:04 am
#8527
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: 1W
Posts: 12
What am I missing?
Hi everyone
New to the forum and have done a lot of reading before asking questions so I am hoping this is something I missed, part of learning curve, hence the title
1) On the trick it forum I am unable to scroll to the last page, it is 'stuck' on pg 3070 - have tried a few times - this is the only post so far with this 'feature'. WAIM?
2) I posted a couple of questions, 1 on a MR (admittedly from a non-hub)and 2 on a UL upgrade. I did my research, and posted only after none of the options based on my 'study' worked out successfully. I know it says in the pre-read that you may not always get responses, but if someone can point out the shortcomings in my posts, I can address them (gratefully )
Thank you
New to the forum and have done a lot of reading before asking questions so I am hoping this is something I missed, part of learning curve, hence the title
1) On the trick it forum I am unable to scroll to the last page, it is 'stuck' on pg 3070 - have tried a few times - this is the only post so far with this 'feature'. WAIM?
2) I posted a couple of questions, 1 on a MR (admittedly from a non-hub)and 2 on a UL upgrade. I did my research, and posted only after none of the options based on my 'study' worked out successfully. I know it says in the pre-read that you may not always get responses, but if someone can point out the shortcomings in my posts, I can address them (gratefully
)Thank you
Sep 19, 2017, 8:49 am
#8528
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 57
Hi everyone
New to the forum and have done a lot of reading before asking questions so I am hoping this is something I missed, part of learning curve, hence the title
1) On the trick it forum I am unable to scroll to the last page, it is 'stuck' on pg 3070 - have tried a few times - this is the only post so far with this 'feature'. WAIM?
2) I posted a couple of questions, 1 on a MR (admittedly from a non-hub)and 2 on a UL upgrade. I did my research, and posted only after none of the options based on my 'study' worked out successfully. I know it says in the pre-read that you may not always get responses, but if someone can point out the shortcomings in my posts, I can address them (gratefully )
Thank you
New to the forum and have done a lot of reading before asking questions so I am hoping this is something I missed, part of learning curve, hence the title
1) On the trick it forum I am unable to scroll to the last page, it is 'stuck' on pg 3070 - have tried a few times - this is the only post so far with this 'feature'. WAIM?
2) I posted a couple of questions, 1 on a MR (admittedly from a non-hub)and 2 on a UL upgrade. I did my research, and posted only after none of the options based on my 'study' worked out successfully. I know it says in the pre-read that you may not always get responses, but if someone can point out the shortcomings in my posts, I can address them (gratefully
)Thank you
2) Its unlikely you'd get help for non-trick related question. I am not sure what your question is?
Make sure you read before you post otherwise. you will catch flame here for sure.
Sep 19, 2017, 10:09 am
#8529
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: FLR
Programs: FlyingBlue, Bonus Aeroflot, China Destiny Miles, MilleMiglia
Posts: 158
Very easy (and very easily flyable) structure from Saudi Arabia enables really cheap flights for the few based there.
Examples include €357 to Rio de Janeiro. How much cheaper can the pros get it for?
Again, it is not the amazing prices, but the safety and the convenience of the constructions that is great. Many Asian destinations (PEK, SIN, KUL, BKK) for <€220.
Examples include €357 to Rio de Janeiro. How much cheaper can the pros get it for?
Again, it is not the amazing prices, but the safety and the convenience of the constructions that is great. Many Asian destinations (PEK, SIN, KUL, BKK) for <€220.
Sep 19, 2017, 7:42 pm
#8530
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: 1W
Posts: 12
1) if you have read posts from past few months, you'd know there is glitch (I caught some flame while someone else asked exact same question)...
2) Its unlikely you'd get help for non-trick related question. I am not sure what your question is?
Make sure you read before you post otherwise. you will catch flame here for sure.
2) Its unlikely you'd get help for non-trick related question. I am not sure what your question is?
Make sure you read before you post otherwise. you will catch flame here for sure.
#1 - Thank you for clarifying about the glitch - I honestly missed it
#2 - back to the 'posting in wrong forum part - I meant to ask this in the newbie forum - I had posted the MR question in the MR AA 1 W forum and the UL upgrade question under the UL upgrade thread, but have heard nothing, just crickets so far
Sep 23, 2017, 3:29 pm
#8535
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: CDG, ORY
Posts: 116
