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
Jun 2, 2015, 12:22 am
#2236
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I have an upgrade instrument for this carrier I would like to redeem.
Jun 2, 2015, 4:38 am
#2237
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Jun 2, 2015, 5:18 am
#2239
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I'm just come back to the game from several months without opening FT forum.
Now i'm in fire
Jun 2, 2015, 5:29 am
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Jun 2, 2015, 5:31 am
#2241
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Jun 2, 2015, 5:38 am
#2243
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There are more than 3 carriers you can dump on that route
Last edited by fuyao; Jun 2, 2015 at 5:45 am
Jun 2, 2015, 6:34 am
#2244
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Jun 2, 2015, 9:15 am
#2246
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Virtually every one I tried dropped the price, with varying reductions. Sadly, I can only get around $218 on 2 different 1x's.
Best 3x I was able to work was $428.
Can I assume the sub $200 prices were 1x'd? Looks like my 3x's are maxed (or min'd?) out at a 50% reduction.
I'll keep playing with it, just curious.
Best 3x I was able to work was $428.
Can I assume the sub $200 prices were 1x'd? Looks like my 3x's are maxed (or min'd?) out at a 50% reduction.
I'll keep playing with it, just curious.
Jun 2, 2015, 10:33 am
#2247
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Posts: 116
More questions
I've struggled mightily to find a FD flight that does anything other than convert the TATL legs of this trip from O fares to K fares.
Edit: Keitherson made me see the light of codeshares. A W fare looks much less restrictive. Still no luck in trimming the fat, but maybe getting closer.
Last edited by Mrpinkca; Jun 2, 2015 at 12:21 pm
Jun 2, 2015, 11:08 am
#2248
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One of the fare restrictions for this flight is "no stopovers permitted." If I add a 1x or a 3x does that make any stay in txl qualify as a stopover? Does that mean this flight is only useful as a MR?
I've struggled mightily to find a FD flight that does anything other than convert the TATL legs of this trip from O fares to K fares.
I've struggled mightily to find a FD flight that does anything other than convert the TATL legs of this trip from O fares to K fares.
edit: nevermind. codeshares
Jun 2, 2015, 1:56 pm
#2249
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One of the fare restrictions for this flight is "no stopovers permitted." If I add a 1x or a 3x does that make any stay in txl qualify as a stopover? Does that mean this flight is only useful as a MR?
I've struggled mightily to find a FD flight that does anything other than convert the TATL legs of this trip from O fares to K fares.
Edit: Keitherson made me see the light of codeshares. A W fare looks much less restrictive. Still no luck in trimming the fat, but maybe getting closer.
I've struggled mightily to find a FD flight that does anything other than convert the TATL legs of this trip from O fares to K fares.
Edit: Keitherson made me see the light of codeshares. A W fare looks much less restrictive. Still no luck in trimming the fat, but maybe getting closer.
Jun 2, 2015, 2:41 pm
#2250
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 79
Virtually every one I tried dropped the price, with varying reductions. Sadly, I can only get around $218 on 2 different 1x's.
Best 3x I was able to work was $428.
Can I assume the sub $200 prices were 1x'd? Looks like my 3x's are maxed (or min'd?) out at a 50% reduction.
I'll keep playing with it, just curious.
Best 3x I was able to work was $428.
Can I assume the sub $200 prices were 1x'd? Looks like my 3x's are maxed (or min'd?) out at a 50% reduction.
I'll keep playing with it, just curious.