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Old Nov 20, 2013, 7:48 am
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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.

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Old Jul 12, 2019, 9:16 am
  #9631  
 
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C2-C5 €270

C2-C5 (island destination) for €270. Safe construction.
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Old Jul 13, 2019, 8:03 am
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Originally Posted by Away from YYZ
*A? (or that's too much of a giveaway?)
not *A, but 305€ especially for you
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Old Jul 15, 2019, 2:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Away from YYZ
*A? (or that's too much of a giveaway?)
you can do *A for similar price; no orange juice needed.
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Old Jul 17, 2019, 12:22 pm
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C2-C3

C2-C3 *A for 231€
I know the price could be lower, but this is at least safe
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Old Jul 17, 2019, 12:31 pm
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But you probably know that flights like AMS-NYC *A are for as low as 162 euro / rt with no dumps, tricks whatsoever...
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Old Jul 19, 2019, 4:38 pm
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Are there any working 4x for hamad ex c1?
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Old Jul 20, 2019, 8:42 pm
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C2-C6
€195/Ł176 BF
A 2x helped marginally but I have yet to get past first base with this one.
Any willing helpers?

edit: one of the posh carriers is fairly easy to find but the other is elusive so far

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Old Jul 22, 2019, 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by 15cats
Are there any working 4x for hamad ex c1?
Yes. Try eating kosher.
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 10:23 am
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Originally Posted by Timidocvl
Yes. Try eating kosher.
Price?
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 10:46 am
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Originally Posted by Flyinghobby
Price?
The strike can cost you 10% of the fuel
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 10:54 am
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Tlv-nyc - $377

Routing is everything. I really wished we could go back to the old days where $1 base fare on this route could be achieved.
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 11:33 am
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C2-C3, 88 Euros RT,
Again, classic airline + classic strike, easy to find + ITAable
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 2:14 pm
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C1-JNB 335 usd

Not the cheapest that we have seen in this forum for sure, but recent base fares have not helped at all.
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Old Jul 24, 2019, 5:37 pm
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Originally Posted by matio_svk
C2-C3, 88 Euros RT,
Again, classic airline + classic strike, easy to find + ITAable
Do you have some hint for strike flight? I cannot find any classic ones...
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Old Jul 24, 2019, 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by matio_svk
C2-C3, 88 Euros RT,
Again, classic airline + classic strike, easy to find + ITAable
Is there any hint for that? Please PM me
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