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 29, 2018, 2:15 pm
#9271
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: MHG
Posts: 168
(it is flyable though).
Oct 29, 2018, 5:09 pm
#9272
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: YYZ
Programs: NEXUS; *A Gold
Posts: 990
Sure, the main route I tested had a very small base fare and huge YQ surcharge along with end-on-end and side trips allowed. Then I set a bunch of airports where (according to the fare rules) the main route can be combined with. And performed a search. I don't think it's totally random search, the room has some lights but not as bright as I'd like to see 
Suffice it to say its not as simple as finding a base fare with high YQ and EoE permitted and then randomly adding potential 3x's
Oct 30, 2018, 4:02 pm
#9275
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
That's called Breach of Contract and you can sue for Damages.
When confronted with actual legal action, LX's legal counsel will settle because they know that they will be loosing at Trial. I had actual experience with this in 2016.. and my 1X was not flown.
100 % of my damages recovered including cost of filing of lawsuit.
Hit the Gnomes where it hurts - wallet. Settlement offer was received in 10 days
Another route is Complaint with DOT or CTA or similar agency. Problem is slow process.
When confronted with actual legal action, LX's legal counsel will settle because they know that they will be loosing at Trial. I had actual experience with this in 2016.. and my 1X was not flown.
100 % of my damages recovered including cost of filing of lawsuit.
Hit the Gnomes where it hurts - wallet. Settlement offer was received in 10 days
Another route is Complaint with DOT or CTA or similar agency. Problem is slow process.
Oct 30, 2018, 4:40 pm
#9277
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: KRK
Programs: MM
Posts: 4
Around 100 euro is not so bad to try, I very curious what happend whit this, I don't hear anythings good about this carrier when you fly whit 1x
I was find 124 but beginning of year i have busy and no chance to use this :/
I was find 124 but beginning of year i have busy and no chance to use this :/
Oct 31, 2018, 7:21 am
#9281
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: BNE / LHR
Programs: QF Gold
Posts: 1,601
If one airline is militant in tracking down and denying travel consistently then easy to avoid them. Plenty of other airlines where they might not be as vigilant.
Nov 6, 2018, 10:02 am
#9285
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 57