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
May 6, 2015, 4:28 am
#1952
Join Date: May 2015
Location: GRO, BCN
Posts: 60
Hello!!
This is my first post and for sure not the last one. I've been into this world for a while, but wasn't using any trick until very recently. Here's what I found for my next flight:
MAD-GIG GRU-MAD, via JFK both times, 850€
MAD-JFK-GIG GRU-JFK-MAD, booked as 4 legs and with a 3 day stopover in NYC on our way back, 530€
Is this fuel dumping or a different trick?
Also, there are very cheap flights BCN-PTY with IB in September, for less than 400€. There's a 265€ YQ. Any idea on how to dump that?
Thank you!!
This is my first post and for sure not the last one. I've been into this world for a while, but wasn't using any trick until very recently. Here's what I found for my next flight:
MAD-GIG GRU-MAD, via JFK both times, 850€
MAD-JFK-GIG GRU-JFK-MAD, booked as 4 legs and with a 3 day stopover in NYC on our way back, 530€
Is this fuel dumping or a different trick?
Also, there are very cheap flights BCN-PTY with IB in September, for less than 400€. There's a 265€ YQ. Any idea on how to dump that?
Thank you!!
May 6, 2015, 5:09 am
#1953
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 354
Hello!!
This is my first post and for sure not the last one. I've been into this world for a while, but wasn't using any trick until very recently. Here's what I found for my next flight:
MAD-GIG GRU-MAD, via JFK both times, 850€
MAD-JFK-GIG GRU-JFK-MAD, booked as 4 legs and with a 3 day stopover in NYC on our way back, 530€
Is this fuel dumping or a different trick?
Also, there are very cheap flights BCN-PTY with IB in September, for less than 400€. There's a 265€ YQ. Any idea on how to dump that?
Thank you!!
This is my first post and for sure not the last one. I've been into this world for a while, but wasn't using any trick until very recently. Here's what I found for my next flight:
MAD-GIG GRU-MAD, via JFK both times, 850€
MAD-JFK-GIG GRU-JFK-MAD, booked as 4 legs and with a 3 day stopover in NYC on our way back, 530€
Is this fuel dumping or a different trick?
Also, there are very cheap flights BCN-PTY with IB in September, for less than 400€. There's a 265€ YQ. Any idea on how to dump that?
Thank you!!
May 6, 2015, 5:24 am
#1954
Join Date: May 2015
Location: GRO, BCN
Posts: 60
Thank you! Anyways I got the MAD tickets a while ago; I think it is a great deal specially considerig the dates. I was wondering if what lowered the price was fuel dumping, as I've read that due to a publication by a popular website fuel dumping ended some years ago.
May 6, 2015, 5:44 am
#1955
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: WN CP, Hyatt Plat, Marriott Gold, Carlson Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 350
Thank you! Anyways I got the MAD tickets a while ago; I think it is a great deal specially considerig the dates. I was wondering if what lowered the price was fuel dumping, as I've read that due to a publication by a popular website fuel dumping ended some years ago.
May 6, 2015, 10:20 am
#1958
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: WN CP, Hyatt Plat, Marriott Gold, Carlson Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 350
May 6, 2015, 10:29 am
#1959
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 10
FD possible from c1n-w/mw for c2?
I am fairly new here, and reading the replies to other people like me here, I haven't earned my wings yet so I will understand if the veterans of this thread choose not to respond but I would try asking the question anyway. Considering the dismal international airline scene we have in c1n-mw, I am wondering if it's possible to FD from here or from c1n-w for c2 flights? I have been trying to find a 3x or OJ in vein for CDG and around in july-august timeframe. Much thanks in advance!
May 6, 2015, 12:49 pm
#1960
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: madam's organ
Posts: 269
I am fairly new here, and reading the replies to other people like me here, I haven't earned my wings yet so I will understand if the veterans of this thread choose not to respond but I would try asking the question anyway. Considering the dismal international airline scene we have in c1n-mw, I am wondering if it's possible to FD from here or from c1n-w for c2 flights? I have been trying to find a 3x or OJ in vein for CDG and around in july-august timeframe. Much thanks in advance!
May 6, 2015, 1:33 pm
#1961
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 10
I was afraid of that. Thank you for taking the time to answer. I will continue to search by expanding the origin down south. That should get me some better options although the cost with positioning flights or drive remains to be seen. Thanks again!
May 6, 2015, 5:09 pm
#1963
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
Update on my first FD post..
The original C2-C3e flights are also still available from £160~ on certain OTAs or £149~ OTA specific with special CC, possibly lower with different OJ + Dessert combinations... Enjoy!!
Last edited by Flying4less; May 17, 2015 at 1:43 am Reason: Reduced the lower price futher.
May 7, 2015, 2:33 pm
#1964
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 640
I am fairly new here, and reading the replies to other people like me here, I haven't earned my wings yet so I will understand if the veterans of this thread choose not to respond but I would try asking the question anyway. Considering the dismal international airline scene we have in c1n-mw, I am wondering if it's possible to FD from here or from c1n-w for c2 flights? I have been trying to find a 3x or OJ in vein for CDG and around in july-august timeframe. Much thanks in advance!
I'm just writing this so you know you can actually start searching for FDs on this route.