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
May 13, 2019, 12:55 am
#9576
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: FRA Im Herzen von Europa
Programs: M&M, IHG
Posts: 78
Very nice that you quote a DEAD man in conjunction with DEAD dumps.
Some people would prefer to make a pact with the devil before admitting that too much publicity will kill the dump.
May 13, 2019, 11:25 am
#9578
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
Erst denken-
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; May 13, 2019 at 5:39 pm Reason: In
May 13, 2019, 3:24 pm
#9579
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: AA, Marriott
Posts: 103
May 14, 2019, 12:33 am
#9580
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: FRA Im Herzen von Europa
Programs: M&M, IHG
Posts: 78
Erst denken-
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
do you really think I had the intention to give a hint to the city Casablanca as I mentioned Casablanca (Wasn´t Ingrid Bergman an actor in this movie named Casablanca)?
I am quite sure that you know that the (unfortunately well known) DL dumps are dead. No matter if there is a new/other way to dump some fares on a few citypairs. You as Expert should know that the technology behind is different as before, but maybe you don’t care about details. And I am also sure that you know that a valuable dump working from nearly everywhere in C2 is lost. Therefore I can´t understand why you are saying that everything is fine or don´t care it is still working?
For many users here it is really a loss.
My meaningful contribution in this thread is, to give from time to time warnings to stop posting the same deals again and again and again and again and….
And yes, for me it is the same deal if airline and construction is the same and only the citypair is different. But everybody is free in his mind and can have a different opinion about that. Beginners in this hobby will say I am stupid, maybe they stick on your lips and are happy about every single of your posts. Hey, this is ok. But with more experience they will probably change their point of view.
Nothing teach us better (and change behavior) than lost dumps.
TK and DL dumps were posted here day by day and then they are gone. How many times did we saw here a battle for the lowest price?
First post 98 €
Second post 97,85 €
Third post 97,49 €
Forth post 97,23 €
Does any user here care if the price is 98 € or 97 €? I don’t think so.
Much more valuable as only fighting for cents are the goodies that airlines give for free. Yes, this is a hint that there is much more possible as only dumping.
I leave it at that.
May 14, 2019, 6:02 am
#9582
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: CDG, ORY
Posts: 116
Erst denken-
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
Big loose for C2 guys ....
May 14, 2019, 6:45 am
#9583
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NY
Programs: The local deli gives me 1 free sandwich after I buy 10
Posts: 4,026
Erst denken-
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
dann reden
Kid is Ingrid Bergman, who is from Scandinavia. A trick pronounced "Dead" works from Scandinavia. I actually booked it on Saturday 102€ after booking fee.
€ 98 before booking fee. Non Euro, Non USA OTA. Works from PAR also.
That is a meaningful contribution.
And That was essence of posting but blabbing before thinking rather than making meaningful contribution seems to have priority. Casablanca had absolutely nothing to do with posting and anyway, what softdrink is related to that city ?
Can someone point me to a posting number where this commentator has made any meaningful contribution ?
This thread is useful when all contributions are considered; experienced or not. This is how we learn.
Maybe not so much in the past, when airlines had a harder time locating and closing mistakes or abused fare structures, but in 2019 the idea that too much or too little is posted is petty (a long standing complaint on FT). Fare structures change constantly and we all know these deals/dumps are like a revolving door. Some are found quickly and get closed and some are soon thereafter opened. They just need to be found and shared. If you don't want to share then keep it to yourself and it may last a day longer than if you had not.
I expect to get slammed; Reality is hard to swallow
May 14, 2019, 7:10 am
#9584
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL plat
Posts: 318
I stopped posting here a long time ago because I learned how you can't control the information leak. Occassionally I'll reach out by PM to someone if I see something I might be interested in, but I don't post my own findings here. Do I lose more than I gain by doing that? Maybe. But in the 4 months I've been using my current dump, nobody has posted it here. Too bad too because it's one of my best personal finds considering its amazing versatility. But I know that once it gets out, it'll die very quick.
Alternatively, the c4-c2.5 posted in the premium fare portal has about $800 in fat on a $2k ticket. I can't dump it, but I bet it is out there for the enterprising mind
Alternatively, the c4-c2.5 posted in the premium fare portal has about $800 in fat on a $2k ticket. I can't dump it, but I bet it is out there for the enterprising mind