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
Jan 30, 2018, 12:01 pm
#8828
Moderator: Budget Travel forum & Credit Card Programs, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYJ/YVR and back on Van Isle ....... for now
Programs: UA lifetime MM / *A Gold
Posts: 14,429
Feb 3, 2018, 6:26 pm
#8830
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: NYC
Programs: UA
Posts: 36
I finally figured out how to remove 100% YQ on some C1-C2 routes (and vice versa), but my a/i price is higher than what the experts post despite low BFs on the TATL segments. I will show my work and screenshots of a/i price to any of the experts who are kind enough to share some advice on where I'm going wrong.
I am currently at:
*A C2-C1 nonstop €327 a/i
OW C2-C1 OJ €319 a/i
OW C1-C2 €338 a/i
I am currently at:
*A C2-C1 nonstop €327 a/i
OW C2-C1 OJ €319 a/i
OW C1-C2 €338 a/i
Last edited by maxiet; Feb 3, 2018 at 10:04 pm
Feb 8, 2018, 1:37 pm
#8835
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: MUC
Posts: 162
Long time, no see; simply way too much work. Glad to see seasoned posters are still going strong.
Managed to dump CA 100% w/o a 1x. Unable to replicate with other BFs, however. Nothing too interesting as the BFs are high, but it is one I needed to fly. I am curious to know about the logic behind what caused the dump and will gladly share the itinerary with someone who thinks they either know, or can figure out, and explain the logic behind to me.
Managed to dump CA 100% w/o a 1x. Unable to replicate with other BFs, however. Nothing too interesting as the BFs are high, but it is one I needed to fly. I am curious to know about the logic behind what caused the dump and will gladly share the itinerary with someone who thinks they either know, or can figure out, and explain the logic behind to me.
Got a base fare of 60.-€ C2 to Australia on CA with significant YQ.