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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 2:23 pm
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jkearns
 
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Originally Posted by aktchi

As far as I can tell, the lucrative Mileage Run deals posted by Raffles longhaul and trick/dump threads are the only mysteries here. For the time being, don't waste your time on these. Everything else is pretty clear.

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"Mysterious" is a downright understatement. The "fuel dump", "kung-fu", and "orbiting the earth" references are driving me crazy.

If "Orbiting" is referencing the Orbitz flexible search function, that looks like a commercial version of the ITA QPX. And, I've gotten pretty good with that. But I can't come close to the fares he finds...What's he doing? Is he using QPX language inside of Orbitz?

I see that most of the fuels dump stuff seemed to be using non AA fares...until yesterday. I was willing to chalk it up to a nice to have but I fly AA so I can't have it and I'll just live without it. But now....arrrgggghhhh!

He's a magician. And, I'm just jealous.




Jim


Would I be correct in assuming that the "Third Strike" reference is, in fact, not a baseball reference? I'm thinking of ITA language and that maybe it's more "Turkey" related...

Last edited by jkearns; Apr 25, 2009 at 2:30 pm Reason: Added "3rd Strike" question
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