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
May 11, 2017, 2:36 am
#8209
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: C2
Posts: 651
Useless 3x?
After two months of obsessive searching, I'm finally doing some progress.
The other day I focused on a specific carrier and was able to find two 3x's on ITA.
However, this one is a 75% FD, but good enough to be interesting for me. The problem is it seems to be un-OTAble. Very few, maybe only one ota finds the routing. When proceeding it says something like "sorry, not available anymore".
Should I consider my 3x useless? Or might it become useful on an another time and place? What is your experience with un-OTAble 3x's?
The other day I focused on a specific carrier and was able to find two 3x's on ITA.
However, this one is a 75% FD, but good enough to be interesting for me. The problem is it seems to be un-OTAble. Very few, maybe only one ota finds the routing. When proceeding it says something like "sorry, not available anymore".
Should I consider my 3x useless? Or might it become useful on an another time and place? What is your experience with un-OTAble 3x's?
May 11, 2017, 3:40 am
#8210
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: LON, PDX
Programs: DL PM, AS MVP 75K, HH/SPG/MR Gold, Amex Plat, PRG, CSR
Posts: 2,064
After two months of obsessive searching, I'm finally doing some progress.
The other day I focused on a specific carrier and was able to find two 3x's on ITA.
However, this one is a 75% FD, but good enough to be interesting for me. The problem is it seems to be un-OTAble. Very few, maybe only one ota finds the routing. When proceeding it says something like "sorry, not available anymore".
Should I consider my 3x useless? Or might it become useful on an another time and place? What is your experience with un-OTAble 3x's?
The other day I focused on a specific carrier and was able to find two 3x's on ITA.
However, this one is a 75% FD, but good enough to be interesting for me. The problem is it seems to be un-OTAble. Very few, maybe only one ota finds the routing. When proceeding it says something like "sorry, not available anymore".
Should I consider my 3x useless? Or might it become useful on an another time and place? What is your experience with un-OTAble 3x's?
May 11, 2017, 8:04 am
#8211
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: C2
Posts: 651
I did search manually on several country portals of momondo. If found an another OTA showing the desired route and price, but when clicking on it , it suddenly disappeared. What's up with "ghost" fares that actually are ITAble and possible to find on OTAs, but disappears when trying to book.
May 14, 2017, 3:52 am
#8212
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: GOT
Posts: 16
May 14, 2017, 4:27 am
#8213
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 83
Unfortunately this is only an OTA glitch, at the end you will fly in economy!
May 15, 2017, 6:50 am
#8214
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
C2- Cambodia with Free Stop-over in connecting city €178.33 All-in R/T
C2- Cambodia with Free Stop-over in connecting city €178.33 All-in R/T
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; May 15, 2017 at 12:26 pm
May 15, 2017, 2:52 pm
#8216
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1
hi guys, having followed this topic for a longer while i finally want to show up and ask first question. can someone give a hint about SPL1 FPL1 PPL1 RPL1 or where to search for it most efficently?
May 15, 2017, 5:55 pm
#8217
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: C2
Posts: 651
May 16, 2017, 12:58 pm
#8219
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