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
Mar 22, 2016, 7:59 am
#5551
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 610
Yes, fly AA from somewhere else into C2 and then return to Miami for incredibly cheap price.
Even mid-summer.
All you have to do it to use the technique, blend in at least 1 code share flight. Voila and bitte schön.
Even the Balearic Islands can be worked in as well as a former Moorish city.
Even mid-summer.
All you have to do it to use the technique, blend in at least 1 code share flight. Voila and bitte schön.
Even the Balearic Islands can be worked in as well as a former Moorish city.
Any chance there is something similar ex C2?
EDIT: Found the base fare on ITA, also published on one of the blogs a couple of minutes later. Still figuring out the "technique".
Last edited by klanfa; Mar 22, 2016 at 8:29 am
Mar 22, 2016, 9:34 am
#5552
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: Delta SkyMiles
Posts: 102
Yes, fly AA from somewhere else into C2 and then return to Miami for incredibly cheap price.
Even mid-summer.
All you have to do it to use the technique, blend in at least 1 code share flight. Voila and bitte schön.
Even the Balearic Islands can be worked in as well as a former Moorish city and the city to where all roads lead.
Even mid-summer.
All you have to do it to use the technique, blend in at least 1 code share flight. Voila and bitte schön.
Even the Balearic Islands can be worked in as well as a former Moorish city and the city to where all roads lead.
Mar 22, 2016, 10:57 am
#5553
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
Hardly anything is ITAable anymore.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Mar 22, 2016 at 7:18 pm Reason: C3(se) = BKK Using "Desert Strike"
Mar 22, 2016, 11:26 am
#5554
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 610
Yes, fly AA from somewhere else into C2 and then return to Miami for incredibly cheap price.
Even mid-summer.
All you have to do it to use the technique, blend in at least 1 code share flight. Voila and bitte schön.
Even the Balearic Islands can be worked in as well as a former Moorish city and the city to where all roads lead.
Even mid-summer.
All you have to do it to use the technique, blend in at least 1 code share flight. Voila and bitte schön.
Even the Balearic Islands can be worked in as well as a former Moorish city and the city to where all roads lead.
Mar 22, 2016, 12:27 pm
#5556
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Mar 22, 2016, 2:31 pm
#5557
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: Delta SkyMiles
Posts: 102
Book soon! Many destinations have had their base fares increased, and the others will quickly follow. I strongly suspect this whole deal will be dead by the end of tonight.
Mar 22, 2016, 3:34 pm
#5558
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: Delta SkyMiles
Posts: 102
Perhaps WingedWorldExplorer or another OW specialist would like to investigate a C2-C5 €373.30 (€350 on some OTAs) full fare with €72 base fare that hit the blogs today. I'm afraid OW is my weak spot; I haven't found anything.
Mar 22, 2016, 5:42 pm
#5559
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Great Britain
Programs: Air: QR Silver. BA Silver Emirates, Hotels: CC Gold, IHG Spire AMB, Hilton Diamond.
Posts: 1,488
Mar 22, 2016, 7:13 pm
#5560
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Mar 22, 2016, 11:52 pm
#5563
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 610
Didn't manage to get it that low, $250AI best case.
However, I did manage to get it from and to a range of destinations (all on the same airline), both on arrival to C2 and on departure from C2.
Works as a single OJ, too.
Wonderful find!
However, I did manage to get it from and to a range of destinations (all on the same airline), both on arrival to C2 and on departure from C2.
Works as a single OJ, too.
Wonderful find!
Last edited by klanfa; Mar 23, 2016 at 12:25 am Reason: Rephrasing
Mar 23, 2016, 12:01 am
#5564
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: NYC
Programs: DL ✈️
Posts: 638
whoah. I found some cheap ones, but $304 was my lowest (add $50 for the 3x) – hints?
Mar 23, 2016, 12:09 am
#5565
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 610
$250ish was actually quite limited, found it for only one city.
Didn't look around too much though, that area tends to be quite expensive for positioning for me.