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
Sep 18, 2016, 2:11 pm
#7021
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 68
You guys should do more analysis and crunch the numbers before you make encompassing statements.
Fly4fly's statement rings true here. Cheaper just to buy an undumped ticket.
Sep 19, 2016, 3:50 am
#7024
Join Date: May 2016
Programs: AAdvantage, Flying Blue, Etihad Guest, Delta SkyMiles
Posts: 39
Found a dumpable ticket a few days ago based on a post in a different thread on FT (about low CPM with a certain carrier). The run described just screams that it is dumpable, although it mainly results in a low CPM. The posted itinerary was from C2W, but can be found for C2E too (about €270 after a quick search).
Sep 19, 2016, 6:58 am
#7025
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: London
Programs: VS, B.A
Posts: 31
mad - pvg
seeing a fare that looks highly dumpable with Lh for £2 plus tax from mad and bcn searching the 14th of april but seems available till the end of may
only issue is the taxes are nearly 400 euros
its K class 3 month max stay 7 day min
any ideas how to trim the fat from this one?
edit theres also a fare with OS again k class on the same dates out of BRU of £1 plus tax (again over 400 euros)
as you can tell im trying to get a good fare to china, any help would be appreciated
only issue is the taxes are nearly 400 euros
its K class 3 month max stay 7 day min
any ideas how to trim the fat from this one?
edit theres also a fare with OS again k class on the same dates out of BRU of £1 plus tax (again over 400 euros)
as you can tell im trying to get a good fare to china, any help would be appreciated
Last edited by uktraveller58; Sep 19, 2016 at 7:36 am
Sep 19, 2016, 11:38 am
#7028
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: AA, Marriott
Posts: 103
SAR and Japan stops / routing... I see the 400 USD YQ indeed, on an airline that was once described as the "rolls royce" of airlines. A 50% cut can be indeed in the works - but the base fares for this airline aren't always the most attractive. The routing can be stretched a bit indeed, which a lot of other fares don't quite allow.
Sep 19, 2016, 12:27 pm
#7029
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Hamburg
Posts: 484
Interesting check in
I'm now waiting for the boarding of my flight .
But the check in was an adventure...
Somehow the ticket and reservation were out of sync and they took over an hour to issue the boarding passes.
It was certainly an adventure...
Let's hope that the transfer will work.
But the check in was an adventure...
Somehow the ticket and reservation were out of sync and they took over an hour to issue the boarding passes.
It was certainly an adventure...
Let's hope that the transfer will work.
