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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 Sep 2, 2016, 8:40 am
  #6946  
 
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Originally Posted by want2fly4less
A few OTAS forget quite a bit, if you combine plane and rail in the arrival country after a non stop flight to europe from a desert country...

The o/w is appr. 286 €

Have fun with it.

Ps.: I`m not sure, what the OTAs forget.
Any sample dates?
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Old Sep 2, 2016, 8:45 am
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Originally Posted by B0gdan
Any sample dates?
09.10.2016
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Old Sep 5, 2016, 7:35 pm
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Well, I improved my C1-C5 trip. Now $258.

Who can do better? I am actually going to fly this so it is not just an exercise.
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Old Sep 5, 2016, 7:38 pm
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What month?

Originally Posted by Deltahater
Well, I improved my C1-C5 trip. Now $258.

Who can do better? I am actually going to fly this so it is not just an exercise.
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Old Sep 6, 2016, 7:20 am
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Originally Posted by ti3n1
What month?
Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar
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Old Sep 6, 2016, 2:19 pm
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TAP

What happened to those TAP dumps C1-C2. None of my previous 1X or 3X work anymore.
Anyone else having better luck ?
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Old Sep 6, 2016, 2:34 pm
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Originally Posted by KamikazePilot
What happened to those TAP dumps C1-C2. None of my previous 1X or 3X work anymore.
Anyone else having better luck ?
That's been the case since April. They fixed stuff
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Old Sep 6, 2016, 3:16 pm
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Originally Posted by KamikazePilot
Anyone else having better luck ?
Flyable 1x still works, partially (about 30% YQ present).
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 3:19 am
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Originally Posted by Silberpanda
C2-C3 145 € RT AI
Very good Airline
It is interesting for me
Can you give more info? Please write PM.
THX
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 6:55 am
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Guys! Have you any tips for C2-C3 only one way? 1X 2X It works here?
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 9:06 am
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Originally Posted by gadosp
Guys! Have you any tips for C2-C3 only one way? 1X 2X It works here?
So many its scary. Have you tried a place called ITA Matrix ?
Why bother with 1X. Sweden to Thailand 235 Euros. or Czech Republic to China 255 Euros. or Italy to China < 250 Euros
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 9:15 am
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Originally Posted by klanfa
That's been the case since April. They fixed stuff
Originally Posted by man4business
Flyable 1x still works, partially (about 30% YQ present).

I don't know the Flyable 1x, but the regular 1x still works with the same BF, the only problem here is this fare is not cheap at this moment (used to be $50~75). I'm not an expert reading the rules (hard to understand), but there is only a little difference in the last sentence in the Combinability section
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 9:22 am
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Originally Posted by man4business
Flyable 1x still works, partially (about 30% YQ present).
Man4,

Too bad the rules changed--don't they know people need to fly!

I've tried to find that 1x but thus far it's like a needle in a haystack.
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 10:34 am
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Lightbulb

Challenge for pros: mow-kul RT oct/nov, ~$300 plain fare is the king.
Many carriers, not so many dumps. But can you beat it?
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 11:13 am
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Until exactly 2 days ago (05SEP) this was possible for around 200 EUR with 3x (even cheaper from another city in C2e).
Yesterday a small addition to the fare rules killed again a dump that worked since at least last year...
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