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
Oct 6, 2018, 6:30 pm
#9196
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
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Start main itinerary in almost any major C2 airport. Stop - over ( even over Christmas/ New Year) in 1 of 4 C1 cities. In addition, open jaw in C4 ( Atlantic side and Pacific side).
Just fly a 1X from one of 3 airports in Siam, or 1 in SAR or 1 in Kimchi-land or any of 3 airports in Land of Rising Sun.
Just fly a 1X from one of 3 airports in Siam, or 1 in SAR or 1 in Kimchi-land or any of 3 airports in Land of Rising Sun.
Last edited by Pat89339; Oct 7, 2018 at 4:20 am Reason: Rules of posting in Trick It Thread
Oct 8, 2018, 1:20 pm
#9197
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ATL
Programs: AAdvantage, Aeroplan
Posts: 30
There has to be a better 3x!
I have a C1-C2 trip, $0.50 base fare, priced out with a 3x of over $100. There has to be a cheaper 3x out there though to bring the final price down to less than the $232 I'm finding. Am I missing something?
Last edited by FromORF2BDA; Oct 8, 2018 at 9:42 pm
Oct 8, 2018, 8:33 pm
#9198
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: MSP, NYC, or WAS
Programs: AA CO DL
Posts: 717
You can share the C1-C2 so others can benefit....but don't share any 3x's !!!! We leave those out of the conversation or they won't be there soon.
Last edited by airboss; Oct 11, 2018 at 4:25 pm Reason: TMI
Oct 8, 2018, 10:44 pm
#9199
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Oakland, CA
Programs: Silver Level: DL, Non-Elite: AS, UA, AA, WN
Posts: 745
Note: bear with me as I try to use the FT lingo to try to post a helpful fare while also getting help on FD - I have no idea what I'm doing!
I found a *A BF of about $50 from c2 (land of 7 presidents) to c4a via an open jaw, and have been trying to trim the fat but I'm a total n00b and don't know what makes an effective 3rd strike. Found old threads with suggestions, but using pinapple poke, 13 miler, east coast, west coast, our northern neighbor, and other 3xs of all continent combinations (probably 50 in all) codeshares and I can't trim more than 10% (~$700 -> ~$620), despite the huge YQ. I just don't know what to try anymore.
My biggest question is... is it the 3rd strike that makes the difference? the OTA? the fare?
The departure I want to book is Oct 10, and I'm running out of time. Maybe someone can give a hint via PM to help me out?
I found a *A BF of about $50 from c2 (land of 7 presidents) to c4a via an open jaw, and have been trying to trim the fat but I'm a total n00b and don't know what makes an effective 3rd strike. Found old threads with suggestions, but using pinapple poke, 13 miler, east coast, west coast, our northern neighbor, and other 3xs of all continent combinations (probably 50 in all) codeshares and I can't trim more than 10% (~$700 -> ~$620), despite the huge YQ. I just don't know what to try anymore.
My biggest question is... is it the 3rd strike that makes the difference? the OTA? the fare?
The departure I want to book is Oct 10, and I'm running out of time. Maybe someone can give a hint via PM to help me out?
Last edited by Khabibul35; Oct 8, 2018 at 10:50 pm
Oct 9, 2018, 8:27 pm
#9202
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: BWI<MCI< PHL<DEN<SCL<EZE<CHO<PHL<ABE
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Oct 10, 2018, 6:15 pm
#9207
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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
Routing Error deal
Just received ticket confirmation for PRG-SIN for Oct 23 for € 32,78 One Way.
Anybody for drinks at The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel on evening October 24th ?
Anybody for drinks at The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel on evening October 24th ?
Oct 11, 2018, 1:22 am
#9208
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 758
Oct 11, 2018, 8:20 am
#9209
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: C2, BTS, VIE
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I will land in SIN at 18:00, probably different trick than you... PM