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 29, 2017, 1:35 am
#8371
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
OMG cheap BA F is gone
Just checked and BA finally updated RBD2 for LA A fares. It took those idiots 3 years to update this.
Who is a bigger idiot is a question though, could be that BA billed LA proper dollars for all these bugs
But then a big question why LA waited 3 years
Similar story (but much shorter) was with IB when they switched their A from first to economy cabin. In addition to RBD2 those idiots forgot to update A mapping on TATL codeshares which booked to F cabin on BA and AA codeshares even after the fare became economy.
Its a history now. Anyone to share experiences?
Who is a bigger idiot is a question though, could be that BA billed LA proper dollars for all these bugs
But then a big question why LA waited 3 yearsSimilar story (but much shorter) was with IB when they switched their A from first to economy cabin. In addition to RBD2 those idiots forgot to update A mapping on TATL codeshares which booked to F cabin on BA and AA codeshares even after the fare became economy.
Its a history now. Anyone to share experiences?
Jul 9, 2017, 10:55 pm
#8377
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA EXP, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinium
Posts: 1,334
Join Date: Jul 7, 17
Referrals: 0
Wow, there are only 3 thousands on this thread, who you were able to do it in 2 days? I thing you missed the WiKi and the BF rules...
Jul 9, 2017, 11:45 pm
#8378
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: NYC
Programs: DL ✈️
Posts: 638
b) start by googling old now-defunct 3x, and trying to figure out what they all have in common
c) read the fare rules on ITA. most times it has clues.
d) have fun. try to also dump other fares, we trade 1x/3x via PM.
Jul 12, 2017, 2:15 am
#8382
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Yes, many good experiences. But not in terms of dumping fuel, if this really is what you're trying to get at. Welcome to the forum and if you haven't done so, please read this thread's very informative Wiki
Jul 12, 2017, 7:56 am
#8383
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 145
Is it possible to trim fat on SK?
I have found that most SK fares have a decent YQ.
However almost always, the rules would state E2E (only) allowed with WF. However I have experienced in past rules can say one thing but there will be OTAs and sometimes Matrix to interpret it differently.
Has anyone been able perform liposuction on SK in recent times. If yes, can that be performed on ITA as well? That would be a music to ears..if it is true.
Thanks.
However almost always, the rules would state E2E (only) allowed with WF. However I have experienced in past rules can say one thing but there will be OTAs and sometimes Matrix to interpret it differently.
Has anyone been able perform liposuction on SK in recent times. If yes, can that be performed on ITA as well? That would be a music to ears..if it is true.
Thanks.
Jul 15, 2017, 4:57 pm
#8385
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 8