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 1, 2016, 3:45 pm
#6301
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Jun 1, 2016, 4:16 pm
#6302
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 83
Ok.. So I found another itinerary that allows E-O-E
On the first point does it mean my 3X has to be in US? E.g. EWR-JFK ?
And on the 2nd one, my 3X has to be on TK if it is outside US?
END-ON-END
END-ON-END COMBINATIONS PERMITTED WITH FARES WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES. VALIDATE ALL FARE COMPONENTS. SIDE TRIPS
PERMITTED.
END-ON-END COMBINATIONS PERMITTED WITH TK DOMESTIC/
INTERNATIONAL FARES. VALIDATE ALL FARE COMPONENTS. SIDE
TRIPS PERMITTED.
END-ON-END COMBINATIONS PERMITTED WITH FARES WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES. VALIDATE ALL FARE COMPONENTS. SIDE TRIPS
PERMITTED.
END-ON-END COMBINATIONS PERMITTED WITH TK DOMESTIC/
INTERNATIONAL FARES. VALIDATE ALL FARE COMPONENTS. SIDE
TRIPS PERMITTED.
And on the 2nd one, my 3X has to be on TK if it is outside US?
Jun 1, 2016, 7:17 pm
#6304
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Location: Here and there.
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You will not find success with that airline. Others may, you will not. Eventually you will grow too frustrated and leave this thread behind. Other parts of the world will be more receptive to your advances.
Jun 2, 2016, 3:39 pm
#6308
Join Date: Jul 2013
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I'm going to be flying C2-C1 this summer, returning to C2 this fall. Straight-up RT prices are...not as low as last year, but still pretty low, $650-700 range. There is still fat to be cut, though. My question is more of a survey I guess... at what point do you all say "eh, that's pretty low, not really worth the trouble/risk"? (This is assuming travelling alone without time pressure)
My point: finding it just to find it is one thing, but flying it just to fly it, especially if it's a matter of maaaaybe $300? Do you all find it worth it or not?
My point: finding it just to find it is one thing, but flying it just to fly it, especially if it's a matter of maaaaybe $300? Do you all find it worth it or not?
Jun 2, 2016, 6:47 pm
#6309
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Jun 3, 2016, 2:58 am
#6310
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Stop-Over is in addition to open jaw at trans-oceanic destination.
I will give my best European friends a couple of days to book this one. After that I will post the entire itinerary on FT including effective travel dates.
Fully ITA-able. Bloggers appear not to have found this gem of a deal, at least as far as I know.
I will give my best European friends a couple of days to book this one. After that I will post the entire itinerary on FT including effective travel dates.
Fully ITA-able. Bloggers appear not to have found this gem of a deal, at least as far as I know.
cant wait for that one ....when will you release it?
Jun 3, 2016, 4:44 am
#6311
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Bitte Schön - enjoy.
MOMONDO.com
October 4 VCE-GIG
October 10 GRU- CMN
October 17 CMN-ORY
Needles to say there is a wonderful vacation opportunity in Venezia prior to departure and in Paris upon arrival back to Europe.
MOMONDO.com
October 4 VCE-GIG
October 10 GRU- CMN
October 17 CMN-ORY
Needles to say there is a wonderful vacation opportunity in Venezia prior to departure and in Paris upon arrival back to Europe.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jun 3, 2016 at 5:25 am