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
Apr 24, 2019, 11:03 am
#9556
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 53
The real question is whether or not this classic strike is skippable as a 1x. I've used this strike as a 3x for UA and DL, and after skipping the last legs on the UA or DL booking and having the remaining reservation cancelled, the booking for this 3x never actually got cancelled. I could still manage booking and check in on their website. Anyone has experience with this? Or is it better to set the date of the 1x to just a day before the main departure to be safe?
May 4, 2019, 2:10 am
#9558
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 11
I'm researching options for C2-C6. So far i've been able to work down c2-c3 to 281 and continue onwards from there. However, i found low BFs for middle east OW carrier with a lot of fat but i'm not sure if this carrier is workable. If anyone points me into the right direction it would be great! Thank you in advance
May 5, 2019, 1:57 pm
#9560
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
C2-C1 119,45 € RT on Star Alliance. A few € more on OneWorld. In some cases BA and/or AY also
Safe construction. No 1X or 1X/4X.
Canada returns also possible.
Safe construction. No 1X or 1X/4X.
Canada returns also possible.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; May 5, 2019 at 2:04 pm
May 5, 2019, 5:04 pm
#9562
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
May 6, 2019, 4:38 am
#9565
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: FRA Im Herzen von Europa
Programs: M&M, IHG
Posts: 78
May 6, 2019, 4:43 am
#9566
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: PRG, VIE, MUC, TXL
Programs: Miles & More
Posts: 9
Got the fares, however I've only been able to dump it about 100 EUR with AI price about 430 EUR using a simple 3x... trying to figure it out for quite a while but it seems I need to do more extensive research,.. but thanks WWE for confirming that it is possible.. is your price ITAble or OTA specific?
Last edited by KarvinskaSila; May 7, 2019 at 12:11 am
May 6, 2019, 1:56 pm
#9567
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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
C2-C1 sub- < 100 € all-in Round Trip possible again.
Safe construction.
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C1-C2 £127,40 All in R/T Safe Construction
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C1-C2 £127,40 All in R/T Safe Construction
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; May 8, 2019 at 1:41 pm
May 8, 2019, 6:46 am
#9568
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 758
May 8, 2019, 11:01 am
#9569
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: AA, Marriott
Posts: 103