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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 Jan 29, 2015, 5:35 am
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Originally Posted by Gsco
On BA i think it can be easy to dump a little. I have working 3x on BA/AA
With all due respect, but we all have those. Those are the first strikes one could find when starting FD. These strikes are spelled out loud on blogs, it's almost a miracle that they are still around .
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 7:07 am
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Sure ! And it doesn't work ?
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 7:09 am
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And every one may start before to be an expert, isn't it ?
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 7:17 am
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The angry face was just about the blogs, that's all. Nothing personal.
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 7:43 am
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I am not sure if this is a candidate, but the BA seems low enough:

ORD-OTP 2/21-3/1
X:TXL over
X:LHR back

$28 BF each way on OW carriers.
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by StrandedinSLC
I am not sure if this is a candidate, but the BA seems low enough:

ORD-OTP 2/21-3/1
X:TXL over
X:LHR back

$28 BF each way on OW carriers.
Due to the marketing carrier suggested by the ITA Matrix, it might be kinda hard dumping this one. But maybe there's some OTA beeing kind to you.
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 12:12 pm
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Is there somewhere on the web on OTA list ? All over the world ?
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 12:55 pm
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Originally Posted by StrandedinSLC
I am not sure if this is a candidate, but the BA seems low enough:

ORD-OTP 2/21-3/1
X:TXL over
X:LHR back

$28 BF each way on OW carriers.
Was able to find €617.80 on an OTA, but due to the long positioning flight I can't imagine it being worth the minimal savings, but it would give you a nice positioning flight down the road
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 1:59 pm
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Is a combination of LX/OS flights dumpable (C2 - C1)?
If so, is it ITA-able?

Thanks :-)
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 3:57 pm
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Looking for a leg to add to NYC-MXP on AZ. 453e YQ. Any direction to look, please?
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 7:20 pm
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CrazyBird, trapped,

Thanks for the input. Appreciated!
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 8:39 pm
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Big ap-ple to BK-K
$655 UA in March

good 20k last MR before devaluation!
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Old Jan 29, 2015, 8:41 pm
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Originally Posted by shermanx
$655 UA in March

good 20k last MR before devaluation!
Devaluation is March 1 so how is this before? Should be able to get this or SIN for under $500 with right 3x
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Old Jan 30, 2015, 1:48 am
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Originally Posted by AaronD23
Is a combination of LX/OS flights dumpable (C2 - C1)?
If so, is it ITA-able?

Thanks :-)
We discussed openly about an OS dump. Just read the previously pages ( look for wwe and my posts)
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Old Jan 30, 2015, 3:10 am
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Originally Posted by AaronD23
Is a combination of LX/OS flights dumpable (C2 - C1)?
If so, is it ITA-able?

Thanks :-)
Originally Posted by jorun
We discussed openly about an OS dump. Just read the previously pages ( look for wwe and my posts)
And to spare you some time, it's very much not ITA-ble. If you take my advice, look for other pastures. Cost me two weeks of work over Christmas.
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