Originally Posted by
edsh
The last trick was:
1. ORD to IAD
2. IAD to LHR
3. LHR to ORD
After typing in the above information using the multicity search, select an itinerary that contained transatlantic segments using BMI codeshare flights. Hit the select button. If the trick worked, you would see a red notice at the top of the next screen "A new lower fare has been found". If it didn't work, you'd get the itinerary you selected with the same fare shown on the previous screen. Sometimes, after failing to get the red notice, hitting the "Back" button on your browser and selecting the same itinerary again would mysteriously give you the lower fare where the first time it didn't.
It's a specific combination of codeshare flights and cities that allowed the trick to work. We'll have to wait and hope it comes back again in another form.
Thank you so much. The "tricks" are just a matter of certain cities and airlines rather than doing some fancy clicking on PL then, am I correct? I assumed one had to use the specific flights discussed (the ORD-LHR combination)...so I played around with that. Of course, the trick was dead so it didn't work, but at least I know I was doing the correct thing. I'm in SLC and pretty much used to no wonderful deals coming from this isolated airport
(although, obviously a huge step up from my homeland MQT). But I figure a SW ding could get me to ORD or any of the originating "trick" airports for a decent price.
Now I just need to more deeply understand codeshares, though I'm pretty sure I get the gist of it.
Again, thanks for your time and patience!