2008 Trick it / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
#61
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Programs: Delta Gold Medallion, American Advantage, Continental Onepass
Posts: 192
I finally got the deal but not for the days I want, can someone tell me which days work for 309?
#62
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: DFW/SEA
Programs: *A Silver, AA Gold + Miles Scattered Everywhere.
Posts: 2,045
i have been following this trick ever since the WAS-MAD deal. but i have yet to find it. anyone wanna help me? I missed the clue from yesterday i just saw it now.
so here is how i think it's suppose to work.
EX: PHL using Multi-City on PL>
PHL- HUB CITY- EU- and Back
so the hub city to EU is a code shared flight?
if anyone wants to PM me i would appreciate it. I just want to see it work and also see if i can get it to work from other cities around the country.
Thanks
so here is how i think it's suppose to work.
EX: PHL using Multi-City on PL>
PHL- HUB CITY- EU- and Back
so the hub city to EU is a code shared flight?
if anyone wants to PM me i would appreciate it. I just want to see it work and also see if i can get it to work from other cities around the country.
Thanks
#63
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 102
how far east and south does EU go?
Last edited by asyouare405; Oct 23, 2008 at 4:45 pm
#64
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: N/A (kid =! no travel :( )
Posts: 236
Another point of view
Well I have slowly been exploring more of FT and came across this and figured I would throw my 2cents in. I admit I am a long time user of SD and have greatly enjoyed my deals there and will continue to do so. I actually found out about FT through the Club.live game more then flying deals as I am currently a poor grad student who really doesn't fly. But I have started looking around to see what possible deals there could be for the 1 vacation I really get as I figure here would be a good place to start. This is just my background.
Now for the whole hiding thing I can definitely understand the whole deal stealing thing, SD has had problems with other deal sides over the years with the same thing, but still all the sites seem to be doing well. My thing on this is it hurts your incoming user base. I learned a lot just from seeing new deals being posted on SD and have been able to find my own deals that way and post them. If the method is hidden then new users can not really assist and join the community in any helpful way. This in the end hurts a forum I feel but again up to you. As someone who greatly enjoys mind games though I would definitely enjoy riddle setups but again if you attempt to hide everything behind terms that new comers don't know, the new comers wont stay.
Hope this all made some sense, back to work.
Now for the whole hiding thing I can definitely understand the whole deal stealing thing, SD has had problems with other deal sides over the years with the same thing, but still all the sites seem to be doing well. My thing on this is it hurts your incoming user base. I learned a lot just from seeing new deals being posted on SD and have been able to find my own deals that way and post them. If the method is hidden then new users can not really assist and join the community in any helpful way. This in the end hurts a forum I feel but again up to you. As someone who greatly enjoys mind games though I would definitely enjoy riddle setups but again if you attempt to hide everything behind terms that new comers don't know, the new comers wont stay.
Hope this all made some sense, back to work.
#65
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1
Nevermind. Figured it out.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Last edited by j0keboy; Oct 23, 2008 at 2:42 pm
#66
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 7,875
Well I have slowly been exploring more of FT and came across this and figured I would throw my 2cents in. I admit I am a long time user of SD and have greatly enjoyed my deals there and will continue to do so. I actually found out about FT through the Club.live game more then flying deals as I am currently a poor grad student who really doesn't fly. But I have started looking around to see what possible deals there could be for the 1 vacation I really get as I figure here would be a good place to start. This is just my background.
Now for the whole hiding thing I can definitely understand the whole deal stealing thing, SD has had problems with other deal sides over the years with the same thing, but still all the sites seem to be doing well. My thing on this is it hurts your incoming user base. I learned a lot just from seeing new deals being posted on SD and have been able to find my own deals that way and post them. If the method is hidden then new users can not really assist and join the community in any helpful way. This in the end hurts a forum I feel but again up to you. As someone who greatly enjoys mind games though I would definitely enjoy riddle setups but again if you attempt to hide everything behind terms that new comers don't know, the new comers wont stay.
Hope this all made some sense, back to work.
Now for the whole hiding thing I can definitely understand the whole deal stealing thing, SD has had problems with other deal sides over the years with the same thing, but still all the sites seem to be doing well. My thing on this is it hurts your incoming user base. I learned a lot just from seeing new deals being posted on SD and have been able to find my own deals that way and post them. If the method is hidden then new users can not really assist and join the community in any helpful way. This in the end hurts a forum I feel but again up to you. As someone who greatly enjoys mind games though I would definitely enjoy riddle setups but again if you attempt to hide everything behind terms that new comers don't know, the new comers wont stay.
Hope this all made some sense, back to work.
you could always raise the possibility that there is someone out there that found a good deal and is a newbie, but i'm going to say that there is someone out there who can discover how cold fusion works.
#67
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 16
please help!!
Can somebody please, please, please PM me??!!?? Been trying to figure it out for the last few months with no luck. I have every intention of using the tickets and not broadcasting it on other sites.
I moved to Western Australia a year ago with my partner and often visit FT without logging in or posting since I usually fly cheaper foreign airlines that don't garner miles. It would make SUCH a difference to me if I could visit the folks in NYC more often. Qantas (and now Virgin) charges much more for tickets originating from Australia- at least $2300 if I were to buy from Qantas everytime.
Just letting you know why I'm so desperate!!! It's not just a mileage run for me. I would be so grateful if someone could trust a (sort of) newbie.
I moved to Western Australia a year ago with my partner and often visit FT without logging in or posting since I usually fly cheaper foreign airlines that don't garner miles. It would make SUCH a difference to me if I could visit the folks in NYC more often. Qantas (and now Virgin) charges much more for tickets originating from Australia- at least $2300 if I were to buy from Qantas everytime.
Just letting you know why I'm so desperate!!! It's not just a mileage run for me. I would be so grateful if someone could trust a (sort of) newbie.
#68
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 16
desperado
PS: I am in NYC now and looking for a way out. Flew here on a $475 one-way on Kuwait Air last week from KL (a tip for any other budget flyers).
Both the SYD and MAD fares would be great for me. Would like to go to Europe for the first time, and at those prices, I'd fly back to NY for the SYD flight home.
Both the SYD and MAD fares would be great for me. Would like to go to Europe for the first time, and at those prices, I'd fly back to NY for the SYD flight home.
#69
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: 40° 41' 45" N - 74° 10' 18" W
Programs: UALCO Holdings General Member
Posts: 18,784
I like this thread, at least it is a way to keep the deals going on
#70
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Sydney - Australia
Programs: BD, QF, QR/EY/GF & HH Gold/SPG, Hertz#1G
Posts: 11,079
Thanks for setting up/cleaning the MR forum and putting it here.
I don't understand this trick but would like to understand it.
Unfortunately I missed the original info and was in the middle of a deep sleep when the info was pulled.
If anyone is happy to PM me re the process I'd appreciate it! It will be safe with me, too.
I don't understand this trick but would like to understand it.
Unfortunately I missed the original info and was in the middle of a deep sleep when the info was pulled.
If anyone is happy to PM me re the process I'd appreciate it! It will be safe with me, too.
#71
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: EWR
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 519
$415 a/i in May is available but I booked $530 a/i as the schedule was more convenient.
Hours and hours of billiable work wasted: $2,000
Value of 401(k) gone down today: $10,000
Cost of 2 plane tickets to Rome in May: $1,060
The excitement of finally solving the puzzle: Priceless
I dread crossing the GWB and Whitestone bridge on the way to JFK. I decide to stop by Beantown but only for couple of hours. I arrive at Madrid but Rome is calling me so I am off to Rome. After 11 days of cruising the Mediterranean, I miss my home so I decide to come home directly from Rome. :-)
Thanks for all the clues.
Hours and hours of billiable work wasted: $2,000
Value of 401(k) gone down today: $10,000
Cost of 2 plane tickets to Rome in May: $1,060
The excitement of finally solving the puzzle: Priceless
I dread crossing the GWB and Whitestone bridge on the way to JFK. I decide to stop by Beantown but only for couple of hours. I arrive at Madrid but Rome is calling me so I am off to Rome. After 11 days of cruising the Mediterranean, I miss my home so I decide to come home directly from Rome. :-)
Thanks for all the clues.
#72
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Springfield, VA
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, Hilton Diamond, AA EXP, Alaska MVP 75
Posts: 436
I dread crossing the GWB and Whitestone bridge on the way to JFK. I decide to stop by Beantown but only for couple of hours. I arrive at Madrid but Rome is calling me so I am off to Rome. After 11 days of cruising the Mediterranean, I miss my home so I decide to come home directly from Rome. :-)
#74
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: RDU
Programs: AA/Delta/Hilton
Posts: 172
On PL, I click on multi-destination, but only get to add up to 5 flights. How do I increase it to 6 or more?
#75
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 102
is it me or if everone wants to keep this trick working they should be more discrete in what they say (and re examine pasts posts to see if the need editing)