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
Aug 28, 2019, 7:56 am
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C1-C2 C1-C1.5 148.86 All segments flyable No Waste
C1-C2 C1-C1.5 148.86 € All segments flyable. No Waste. Bookable on Expedia
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Aug 29, 2019, 2:27 pm
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Fly JL on the NON-Stop TPAC portions of a C1(e) to Tokyo or Osaka itinerary 356,76 Eu
Fly JL on the TPAC portions of a C1(e) to Tokyo or Osaka on a R/T Round Trip itinerary 356.76 . ALL-in
No 1X
Return from Sapporo Hokkaido or Naha Okinawa with JL just 50 Euros more
No 1X
Return from Sapporo Hokkaido or Naha Okinawa with JL just 50 Euros more
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Aug 31, 2019, 7:15 am
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C2-C1 £ 85,52 All-in RT - Safe
No need to go to Barcelona or Madrid.
Return flight can be routed to rich C2(c) Country for £ 12 more
Bookable on world's largest OTA in Great Britain.
C2- Canada for £ 19 more
Return flight can be routed to rich C2(c) Country for £ 12 more
Bookable on world's largest OTA in Great Britain.
C2- Canada for £ 19 more
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Aug 31, 2019, 9:58 pm
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Sep 3, 2019, 12:35 am
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You need to know, that airlines are not stupid.
They know what is going on.
Don΄t know what C88 wanted to say, but every trick has a limited lifecycle.
Some are working now for a decade, some work only for a few hours.
No trick is made for eternity.
It is possible that a trick worked yesterday and by tomorrow you will be denied. You always need to know that you are cheating the airline(s). And who want to be cheated?
Remind on the old dead cheap c2-c1 dump.
I know from first hand that the involved airlines knew exactly what you did. Sometimes they asked questions during check-in and sometimes they threated to deny boarding.
AFAIK they permitted boarding, but who can guarantee that they will do it in future also?
Also the actually frequently posted c2-c3 deals are a good example.
I know 2 reports from first hand, that people were not able to go on board. Both cases happened on big c2c airports.
Another second hand report is existing with denied boarding in c2e.
Sure, bad things happens. Not frequently, but it happens.
As I said in a previous post, you always need to know that a dumped ticket is risky. Nothing in this world is for free.
It is ALWAYS your decission if you want to bear the risk or not.
They know what is going on.
Don΄t know what C88 wanted to say, but every trick has a limited lifecycle.
Some are working now for a decade, some work only for a few hours.
No trick is made for eternity.
It is possible that a trick worked yesterday and by tomorrow you will be denied. You always need to know that you are cheating the airline(s). And who want to be cheated?
Remind on the old dead cheap c2-c1 dump.
I know from first hand that the involved airlines knew exactly what you did. Sometimes they asked questions during check-in and sometimes they threated to deny boarding.
AFAIK they permitted boarding, but who can guarantee that they will do it in future also?
Also the actually frequently posted c2-c3 deals are a good example.
I know 2 reports from first hand, that people were not able to go on board. Both cases happened on big c2c airports.
Another second hand report is existing with denied boarding in c2e.
Sure, bad things happens. Not frequently, but it happens.
As I said in a previous post, you always need to know that a dumped ticket is risky. Nothing in this world is for free.
It is ALWAYS your decission if you want to bear the risk or not.