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 11, 2018, 9:15 am
#9211
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I will land in SIN at 18:00, probably different trick than you... PM
Oct 11, 2018, 1:10 pm
#9212
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Mistake fares: New York to Milan to Prague to Tokyo or Bangkok | $130-$177 after taxes!
Your flight is *A if i'm right
Coming in at 17:50?
Oct 12, 2018, 1:30 am
#9213
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 758
This was the 2014 AZ one.
Mistake fares: New York to Milan to Prague to Tokyo or Bangkok $130-$177 after taxes!
Your flight is *A if i'm right Coming in at 17:50?
Mistake fares: New York to Milan to Prague to Tokyo or Bangkok $130-$177 after taxes!
Your flight is *A if i'm right
Coming in at 17:50?It's mandatory to pay Czech Republic Embarkation Tax (CZ) €22.11
There aren't direct flight from PRG to SIN, so you have to add also the tax of the connection airport.
Etc.... etc...
Oct 12, 2018, 2:47 am
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Oct 12, 2018, 2:49 am
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Oct 12, 2018, 3:38 am
#9221
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I'm not talking about this deal
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Oct 12, 2018, 9:52 am
#9222
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BIZ LAX BUE $104.24 One-Way, exploiting algorithmic dysfunction. Special access and personal touch required.
Limited dates.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Oct 13, 2018 at 8:49 am
Oct 15, 2018, 7:21 pm
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Oct 16, 2018, 4:24 am
#9225
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If you make the math on the taxes (assuming that the price € 32,78 isn't on a discounted OTA), there are few routes from PRG to SIN.
It's mandatory to pay Czech Republic Embarkation Tax (CZ) €22.11
There aren't direct flight from PRG to SIN, so you have to add also the tax of the connection airport.
Etc.... etc...
It's mandatory to pay Czech Republic Embarkation Tax (CZ) €22.11
There aren't direct flight from PRG to SIN, so you have to add also the tax of the connection airport.
Etc.... etc...
Yes the 32 quickly eliminated a fair amount of EU transit points that were above 10euro in cost. However apart from playing around with booking links in Powertools, didn't know how to approach when there is no room in price to throw in a strike.