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 19, 2015, 1:19 pm
#2056
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As usual I am wrecking my brain about you mean. Is this a double deck by any chance ? American Airlines ? Can it be used from Europe ?
I saw that you included and then quickly deleted reference to San Antonio Texas SAT as a possible airport. I have family there so I am of course very interested. Also as you say .dirty word. of miles. I need EXPLT re qualify
I saw that you included and then quickly deleted reference to San Antonio Texas SAT as a possible airport. I have family there so I am of course very interested. Also as you say .dirty word. of miles. I need EXPLT re qualify
2X2 continents involved. I would rather describe it as a
"Long-Legged Wrap-Around".
Uuuh. Just writing this got me all excited.
May 19, 2015, 1:40 pm
#2057
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Hi
Hi all,
i finally decided to start to write here.
Apart from the basics i know compressed, "special construction" and another couple of well known (??) tricks without a public name.
I am particularly interested in hotels tricks and fd tools.
I'll begin to share some clues soon and i hope to create some good collaboration.
I take this opportunity to thank cockpitvisit and steppo for sharing their works i used a lot these years and of course any of you who have shared prices and hints on this thread.
i finally decided to start to write here.
Apart from the basics i know compressed, "special construction" and another couple of well known (??) tricks without a public name.
I am particularly interested in hotels tricks and fd tools.
I'll begin to share some clues soon and i hope to create some good collaboration.
I take this opportunity to thank cockpitvisit and steppo for sharing their works i used a lot these years and of course any of you who have shared prices and hints on this thread.
May 19, 2015, 3:15 pm
#2058
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Hi all,
i finally decided to start to write here.
Apart from the basics i know compressed, "special construction" and another couple of well known (??) tricks without a public name.
I am particularly interested in hotels tricks and fd tools.
I'll begin to share some clues soon and i hope to create some good collaboration.
I take this opportunity to thank cockpitvisit and steppo for sharing their works i used a lot these years and of course any of you who have shared prices and hints on this thread.
i finally decided to start to write here.
Apart from the basics i know compressed, "special construction" and another couple of well known (??) tricks without a public name.
I am particularly interested in hotels tricks and fd tools.
I'll begin to share some clues soon and i hope to create some good collaboration.
I take this opportunity to thank cockpitvisit and steppo for sharing their works i used a lot these years and of course any of you who have shared prices and hints on this thread.
Dear Mr/Mrs/Mrs ......
How about an introduction telling us alot about yourself, followed by a comprehensive FT Profile ( location/e-mail/sex etc).
and under SEX please do not answer: YES
Welcome.
May 19, 2015, 5:00 pm
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aren't you tired to post always the same thing
?Long-legged wrap-around-missle-universe-strike-full-non-sense-word-but-amazing bla bla bla
let me to post something new:
C3-c2 RT J class 330€.
where is the best part? Find the deal and add another continent
May 19, 2015, 5:11 pm
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And if, YOU, for some reason do not appreciate the pearls put before you, then you are perfectly entitled to ignore them. Or better, put my postings on
Block
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; May 19, 2015 at 5:37 pm
May 19, 2015, 5:12 pm
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May 19, 2015, 5:49 pm
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The people who actually travel and actually need this AA deal have already done their bookings and in some cases applied their vouchers for further price reduction and SWUs for additional comfort.
May 19, 2015, 5:59 pm
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well said WWE. no need to dump when it's already this low and you can safely use SWUs.. but I will spend the next few bit trying to figure out how you did it
May 19, 2015, 6:16 pm
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Assumptions are nice but not necessarily correct. Not sure what deal you refer to, but by my conversion calculation 83,72 € does not equal $ 142.00. I do not have immediate return but 7 day minimum stay.
May 19, 2015, 6:24 pm
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May 19, 2015, 6:27 pm
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No min stay here, no dump. Just a good old-fashioned 1.7 cpm fare then.
May 19, 2015, 8:23 pm
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