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Old Nov 20, 2013, 7:48 am
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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.

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Old Aug 30, 2015, 6:46 pm
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Carnival at its most famous location for 254 EUR.
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Old Aug 30, 2015, 7:24 pm
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Originally Posted by mbglo
Carnival at its most famous location for 254 EUR.
With the price in euro's, I assume from C2, could you clarify since we have no idea where YOU ARE !!!
Thanks.
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 12:56 am
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Originally Posted by mbglo
Carnival at its most famous location for 254 EUR.
Originally Posted by airboss
With the price in euro's, I assume from C2, could you clarify since we have no idea where YOU ARE !!!
Thanks.
Venice, from Rome
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 2:59 am
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Wait what, not Cologne? :O
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 4:02 am
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Originally Posted by mbglo
Carnival at its most famous location for 254 EUR.
even for 215€ with diners
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 8:33 am
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Originally Posted by wntl
even for 215€ with diners
Not only with Diners
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 8:45 am
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C1-Curry $311
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 9:43 am
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Just a short question.

Is IB/BA/AA still dumpable a 100 % with a 3x after they stopped flying their own 3x ?
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by want2fly4less
Just a short question.

Is IB/BA/AA still dumpable a 100 % with a 3x after they stopped flying their own 3x ?
I believe so, yes. But one of the pros might know more...
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 10:37 am
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@:-) The US Curry main dish - the difference between ordering appetizer and dessert is around $80. @:-)
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 11:09 am
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Originally Posted by airboss
With the price in euro's, I assume from C2, could you clarify since we have no idea where YOU ARE !!!
Thanks.
dangerous assumption. the OTA used is in €, but...
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by Deltahater
dangerous assumption. the OTA used is in €, but...
I know, just a touch of sarcasm to make a point.
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 11:34 am
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C1-C3 $333ish.
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by nwa330
C1-C3 $333ish.
I get about 100 less with a 3x near destination.
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 10:15 pm
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Originally Posted by BlueSmurf
I get about 100 less with a 3x near destination.
Must be one some crazy BF to get that strike low. I'll go back to the drawing board.
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