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Old Jan 2, 2010, 12:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Qlique crasher
I stumbled upon this forum via Google while searching for a cheap fare. I am not one to criticise but the little I have read of this thread reminds me of High School were the cool kids create superficial barriers to their clique to keep the others out. This breeds dislike and resentment and what eventually ends up happening is that whatever secrets were closely guarded will be revealed out of resentment. Via simple Google queries it seems to me that the only secrets being kept are exact names of airlines and stops that can be deduced through simple trial and error. The basic tricks have been around for years as described in these really old articles http://www.elliott.org/the-travel-cr...hidden-cities/ and http://www.elliott.org/the-troublesh...icket-illegal/ . The internet is an open forum, if you want to create an exclusive community go right ahead and do it or charge a fee to join, but there is no excuse for not helping newbies on a free forum that is open to everyone. What you are all trying to do is to keep the deals among a small group and with no expiration date. On the other hand if there were more people with the knowledge of how to search for these deals the number of deals available would increase since there would be a much larger group searching for them, that's how the internet works.
Have fun. It's obvious that you don't need us since you can deduce everything by yourself.
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