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
Nov 19, 2015, 11:23 am
#4397
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Programs: AA EXP BA Gold, TK Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AS 100K, QR PLT, SAS Gold, IHG Spire, AMR
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Nov 19, 2015, 3:35 pm
#4399
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Nov 19, 2015, 4:54 pm
#4401
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MUC
Programs: Compulsory Traveller
Posts: 305
It is possible, but usually only makes sense if the strike is in Y (X BF in J/F is usually higher than YQ you can dump).
Nov 19, 2015, 5:23 pm
#4402
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Germany / Thailand
Programs: M&M/S SPG livetime gold, but not running behind status & points anymore! Now only book value for $
Posts: 3,090
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Nov 19, 2015, 7:31 pm
#4403
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Can you elaborate?
C2 and C5 are not the same obviously. Even if some cities are pretty close.
The base fare of $43 or $50 is still there.
The fact that you can dump C2 to that city in C3 has no relation, or does it?
Nov 19, 2015, 7:39 pm
#4404
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: FRA/HSV
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Nov 20, 2015, 2:13 am
#4405
Join Date: Sep 2002
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* I will sent you a PM
Nov 20, 2015, 3:17 am
#4406
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
Really nice find, good work! 
It can be reduced a bit more my moving the X around i found, I can only see it available on one specific OTA and also only working with certain flights with that one airline as dessert
Sorry for the delay, Just back from Tel Aviv and catching up lol
It can be reduced a bit more my moving the X around i found, I can only see it available on one specific OTA and also only working with certain flights with that one airline as dessertSorry for the delay, Just back from Tel Aviv and catching up lol
Last edited by Flying4less; Nov 20, 2015 at 5:07 am
Nov 20, 2015, 6:27 am
#4408
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
C2 - C4 for £64/€92 RT *A
Fly from C2 to C4 for just £64 round trip next summer, Leaving plenty of time to eat something beforehand!
You dont need any special cards or coupons, OTA specific for this price but available on a very well known OTA for a little more
ITA friendly although as usual it doesn't always comply!
You dont need any special cards or coupons, OTA specific for this price but available on a very well known OTA for a little more
ITA friendly although as usual it doesn't always comply!
Last edited by Flying4less; Nov 20, 2015 at 7:29 am
Nov 20, 2015, 6:41 am
#4409
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 47
Nov 20, 2015, 6:59 am
#4410
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: FCO
Posts: 498
Fly from C2 to C4 for just £64 round trip next summer, Leaving plenty of time to eat something beforehand!
You dont need any special cards or coupons, OTA specific for this price but available on a very well known OTA for a little more
ITA friendly although as usual it doesn't always comply!
You dont need any special cards or coupons, OTA specific for this price but available on a very well known OTA for a little more
ITA friendly although as usual it doesn't always comply!
