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 1, 2017, 7:24 am
#7801
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Germany / Thailand
Programs: M&M/S SPG livetime gold, but not running behind status & points anymore! Now only book value for $
Posts: 3,090
X1 AAA-BBB
EK JFK-DXB-BKK final destination or point of turnaround
EK BKK - DXB stopover
EK DXB-MXP stopover
EK MXP-JFK
As Iam asuming your X1 doen't start @ JFK, it is now a double OJ
BBB-JFK
JFK-AAA
But if you change the return to RGN as you mentioned, it changes to a triple OJ
BBB-JFK
BKK-RGN
JFK-AAA
If you can price that on an OTA ( with 2 stopovers ) you need @ least 5 search segments
1.) AAA-BBB
2.) JFK-BKK
3.) RGN-DXB
4.) DXB-MXP
5.) MXP-JFK
I would be happy, you p.m. me this OTA, i would like to issue some similar itins ex x2.
Mar 1, 2017, 12:24 pm
#7802
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
Bruxelles - Rio de Janeiro - New York 185,65 € all-in
Bruxelles - Rio de Janeiro - New York 185,65 € all-in.
Stay in Rio for as long or short as you like ( up to 6 months).
Stay in Rio for as long or short as you like ( up to 6 months).
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Mar 1, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Mar 2, 2017, 3:31 am
#7805
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 412
Why BRU? MXP (or FCO ro VCE) is cheaper (ITA says €146.41) and one may exit in NYC or go back to Europe. A lot of free transfers within C1 possible if one knows how to play with ITA. A few months ago it was even better (stopovers permitted, since January only layovers)...
Mar 2, 2017, 7:48 am
#7808
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: SIN/BRU
Programs: A3 Silver, BA BLUE, IHG Gold, Hertz President's circle, AY plat
Posts: 233
A big C3 carrier that's milked out in this topic will integrate all fuel surcharges in the basefare from 28MAR 
Another carrier that has been milked out even more here had a final CAT12 Q explosion in its fares from here 3 days ago
Maybe don't (over)post the few gems that still exist? @:-)
Some people still want to fly these later in 2018, and it would be a pity if more would get killed in the next months!
Another carrier that has been milked out even more here had a final CAT12 Q explosion in its fares from here 3 days ago
Maybe don't (over)post the few gems that still exist? @:-)
Some people still want to fly these later in 2018, and it would be a pity if more would get killed in the next months!
Mar 2, 2017, 7:54 am
#7809
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ARN
Programs: Bit of this, bit of that
Posts: 454
A big C3 carrier that's milked out in this topic will integrate all fuel surcharges in the basefare from 28MAR
Another carrier that has been milked out even more here had a final CAT12 Q explosion in its fares from here 3 days ago
Maybe don't (over)post the few gems that still exist? @:-)
Some people still want to fly these later in 2018, and it would be a pity if more would get killed in the next months!
Another carrier that has been milked out even more here had a final CAT12 Q explosion in its fares from here 3 days ago
Maybe don't (over)post the few gems that still exist? @:-)
Some people still want to fly these later in 2018, and it would be a pity if more would get killed in the next months!
It is a massive shame that this option is now going to be gone.
A dead horse can only be flogged for so long.
Mar 2, 2017, 8:30 am
#7810
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Germany
Programs: AV,ST,OW Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 209
Mar 2, 2017, 8:37 am
#7812
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 63
Tip for other beginners like me: do not forget to select the appropriate sales city on ITA, it could make such a big difference.
Mar 2, 2017, 12:49 pm
#7813
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ARN
Programs: Bit of this, bit of that
Posts: 454
Mar 2, 2017, 7:00 pm
#7815
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
Anyone had a crack at dropping YQ from Travel Service, A.S. ?
Seeing PRG-HRG for £7.90 e/w with QS YQ surcharge (YQ) £73.60
Got any clues ?
Seeing PRG-HRG for £7.90 e/w with QS YQ surcharge (YQ) £73.60
Got any clues ?