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
Jul 8, 2018, 6:12 am
#9046
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: FRA Im Herzen von Europa
Programs: M&M, IHG
Posts: 78
You are absolutely right.
InlineX was never dead.
It is not only working for this particular deal.
Someone above mentioned old LH gang deals are not longer working.
Maybe it is necessary to think twice.
But that is enough of information for public interest.
InlineX was never dead.
It is not only working for this particular deal.
Someone above mentioned old LH gang deals are not longer working.
Maybe it is necessary to think twice.
But that is enough of information for public interest.
Jul 8, 2018, 6:16 am
#9047
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
A simple 3X can get you 1/3 of that price via deeplink.
Jul 8, 2018, 7:05 am
#9048
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 146
Jul 9, 2018, 1:59 am
#9049
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 758
Jul 9, 2018, 3:59 am
#9050
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 41
For someone like me who is not an expert it's easier to get notified of good / mistake fares by the blogs. I'm sure many people feel the same. For the time I've invested, I would have been better off not trying to learn this stuff at all. OK, I have some dumps that I can use and have some possibility of finding the fares that are coded in this thread but only the easier ones. It's not as easy as understanding the fare rules, it still takes large amounts of time and especially when starting off initially.
Jul 9, 2018, 7:31 am
#9051
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Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
USA NON-STOP to Roma R/T sub 200 €
USA NON-STOP to Roma Bellisima Italia R/T sub 200 €
Other destinations somewhat cheaper. even approaching 125 € .
For UK destinations, it seems that even the dreaded UK Passenger Service Charge is eliminated
The puzzle to solve is:
Main Trip issues :
When
Trip Length
What carrier
3X issues
What carrier
From from where to where.
When.
Overall issue:
What OTA
What deeplink.
ALL elements must be sequenced and timed perfectly otherwise no cigar.
Best of luck looking at blogs. Will never be found there.
Other destinations somewhat cheaper. even approaching 125 € .
For UK destinations, it seems that even the dreaded UK Passenger Service Charge is eliminated
The puzzle to solve is:
Main Trip issues :
When
Trip Length
What carrier
3X issues
What carrier
From from where to where.
When.
Overall issue:
What OTA
What deeplink.
ALL elements must be sequenced and timed perfectly otherwise no cigar.
Best of luck looking at blogs. Will never be found there.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jul 9, 2018 at 7:40 am
Jul 9, 2018, 5:53 pm
#9054
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 146
Jul 9, 2018, 11:10 pm
#9055
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 53
ExpertFlyer's Fare Information Search tool will tell you all the possible routings of a particular fare between city pairs. If there is an in-line X, most of the time it will appear in the list of possible routings. The hard-to-find in-line Xs are usually only found on OTAs or ITA when you force the connecting airports.
Other in-line Xs are due to OTA glitches on certain ticket stocks. They are very hard to find and require deep-linking with precise input and a lot of luck.
Last edited by kchanbeki; Jul 9, 2018 at 11:19 pm
Jul 10, 2018, 8:40 am
#9056
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 146
That was OJ and there existed/exists many OJ. An OJ doesnt need to involve interline carrier at all.
Jul 10, 2018, 9:58 am
#9057
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: VIE, PRG, BUD
Posts: 6
Jul 10, 2018, 3:17 pm
#9058
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 53
Do you really think UA intends to file these sub $100 base fares without YQ?
Take a look at fare basis GLXT5GM7, EWR-HGH in March 2019.
EWR-PEK-HGH/PEK-EWR-YYZ (All on UA flight numbers) - $350 YQ
EWR-HKG-HGH/PEK-EWR-YYZ (UA + KA) - $45.60 YQ
Same fare basis, different routing, and going via HKG is almost $300 cheaper.
Last edited by kchanbeki; Jul 10, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Jul 10, 2018, 3:52 pm
#9059
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Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
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If it was , it would be a "1.5X IN-Line" dump. It is really a double open jaw DOJ and there are other factors at work. Another Asian carrier had similar structure at work before. You may want to delete or it will be on blogs very quickly.
I think I remember this one ( HGH or similar from back in 2014 - 15 ) but did not keep a screenshot , so I can not be sure.
If it is indeed YOUR discovery - I congratulate you.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jul 10, 2018 at 4:06 pm