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
Aug 26, 2017, 4:40 am
#8461
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Europe
Posts: 71
Found a double decker C2-C3-C2 + 1x on ITA. While I have no troubles booking the 1x + one r/t C2-C3 (different OTAs) and also no troubles booking twice r/t C2-C3 itinerary without the 1x (website of the main airline), I didn't manage to pull up the complete 1x + twice r/t C2-C3 itinerary anywhere.
Any tips on where to book this? The number of OTAs allowing to specify at least 5 flights is obviously very limited and I am not aware of any of them which allows limiting the search to at least two different airlines.
Any tips on where to book this? The number of OTAs allowing to specify at least 5 flights is obviously very limited and I am not aware of any of them which allows limiting the search to at least two different airlines.
Aug 26, 2017, 6:53 pm
#8463
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 173
Aug 27, 2017, 8:19 am
#8464
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 149
I have been able to dump all the fat with unflyable 1x on both c1c2.5 and c1c3 itineraries on QR, but like you with only negligible trimming using 3x.
Aug 27, 2017, 11:59 am
#8465
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: BUE
Programs: OW
Posts: 7
The same happens to me when I want to dump EK from C4-Cx.
AC now apparently eliminates the YQ from C4-C1,C2 and C3. Hope this is temporary and not definitive. It was an error , now YQ it's back.
AC now apparently eliminates the YQ from C4-C1,C2 and C3. Hope this is temporary and not definitive. It was an error , now YQ it's back.
Last edited by Argenboy; Aug 27, 2017 at 12:39 pm
Aug 27, 2017, 12:49 pm
#8466
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: PVD, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,664
Looking to get some advice on a trick.
Without being too specific, I'm looking at a PY fare (on airline A) for around $1,800. Adding a 3x reduces the YQ, bringing the fare to around $1,500. Not a huge savings, but decent. The 3x is unflyable (5k-10k miles away on airline B), so it'd be a throwaway.
How much risk is there with this? It's not a MR, but I'd want to earn miles from it (FF program with airline C). I wouldn't try to get a refund on the unflown segment, of course.
Just trying to figure out if the risk is worth the modest savings.
Without being too specific, I'm looking at a PY fare (on airline A) for around $1,800. Adding a 3x reduces the YQ, bringing the fare to around $1,500. Not a huge savings, but decent. The 3x is unflyable (5k-10k miles away on airline B), so it'd be a throwaway.
How much risk is there with this? It's not a MR, but I'd want to earn miles from it (FF program with airline C). I wouldn't try to get a refund on the unflown segment, of course.
Just trying to figure out if the risk is worth the modest savings.
Aug 28, 2017, 8:04 am
#8467
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 88
About EK, I'm not being able to dump more than 50% from C4.
Aug 28, 2017, 1:56 pm
#8468
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 173
Looking to get some advice on a trick.
Without being too specific, I'm looking at a PY fare (on airline A) for around $1,800. Adding a 3x reduces the YQ, bringing the fare to around $1,500. Not a huge savings, but decent. The 3x is unflyable (5k-10k miles away on airline B), so it'd be a throwaway.
How much risk is there with this? It's not a MR, but I'd want to earn miles from it (FF program with airline C). I wouldn't try to get a refund on the unflown segment, of course.
Just trying to figure out if the risk is worth the modest savings.
Without being too specific, I'm looking at a PY fare (on airline A) for around $1,800. Adding a 3x reduces the YQ, bringing the fare to around $1,500. Not a huge savings, but decent. The 3x is unflyable (5k-10k miles away on airline B), so it'd be a throwaway.
How much risk is there with this? It's not a MR, but I'd want to earn miles from it (FF program with airline C). I wouldn't try to get a refund on the unflown segment, of course.
Just trying to figure out if the risk is worth the modest savings.
And keep in mind that people have had success (and not) when associating their FF #s to their tricked itins...
"How much risk is there with this?"...best answer is ymmv...
Aug 28, 2017, 2:28 pm
#8469
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: PVD, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,664
The risk is having your FF acct shutdown and losing your miles. How important are those to you?
And keep in mind that people have had success (and not) when associating their FF #s to their tricked itins...
"How much risk is there with this?"...best answer is ymmv...
And keep in mind that people have had success (and not) when associating their FF #s to their tricked itins...
"How much risk is there with this?"...best answer is ymmv...
Aug 28, 2017, 2:57 pm
#8470
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 173
In the context of your situation and flying all segments, risk, IMO, is low.
Aug 29, 2017, 11:00 am
#8471
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 3
Probablemente sea x newbie pero se me hace imposible FD a EK o QR para un C4-C3 ... algo de grasa se va con OJ pero sigue por las nubes...
Sleeping while AC episode occured ... still crying
Aug 31, 2017, 12:01 pm
#8474
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
JFK to India/Pakistan/Iran/Saudi Arabia / Bangladesh/Sri Lanka or Oman from 189.05 Euros
all-in R/T with an X factor starting in Amsterdam or Zurich. Appears to be bookable on Expedia.com only.
all-in R/T with an X factor starting in Amsterdam or Zurich. Appears to be bookable on Expedia.com only.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Aug 31, 2017 at 3:05 pm
Aug 31, 2017, 2:31 pm
#8475
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 47