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 10, 2021, 8:11 pm
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Nice work.
Wonder if that is the Round Trip version of my posting # 10070 above. My one way price was just over 50 Euros.
Edited & Updated April 12 2021:
Now you can fly Non-Stop One Way on American Airlines from C1 to C2 Capitol City.
An expert like You can book it for € 35.48 All-in on Expedia.
With an extra twist you can fly on another airline into either
the City of Marco Polo or Guglielmo Marconi or City of Strauss
or City of Eternity for € 46.84 One Way All-in
Wonder if that is the Round Trip version of my posting # 10070 above. My one way price was just over 50 Euros.
Edited & Updated April 12 2021:
Now you can fly Non-Stop One Way on American Airlines from C1 to C2 Capitol City.
An expert like You can book it for € 35.48 All-in on Expedia.
With an extra twist you can fly on another airline into either
the City of Marco Polo or Guglielmo Marconi or City of Strauss
or City of Eternity for € 46.84 One Way All-in
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Apr 12, 2021 at 6:04 pm
Apr 21, 2021, 5:26 am
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total price can be cut up to half for flights c1-rest of world with c1 carriers by chosing the right POS and no added flights needed
Works on other routes, too, but there the saving is only 10-20%.
edit: not related with the deals above / below this post. Works on almost any c1 carrier for any destination ex c1.
Works on other routes, too, but there the saving is only 10-20%.
edit: not related with the deals above / below this post. Works on almost any c1 carrier for any destination ex c1.
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Apr 21, 2021, 11:03 pm
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I guess I used this one as One Way with slightly different routing from the the sunny South of C1 for a bit of cherry blossom in March 22. Actually planning a RTW for +1 and myself once this "C" thing becomes less and less disastrous. Hope dies last and thus open for any suggestions. Open jaw / or double open jaw C2-C1/C3-C2 highly appreciated.
Above mentioned C1-C3 nicely works until EOS and can be booked directly with the carrier. Picked Sushi metal.
Above mentioned C1-C3 nicely works until EOS and can be booked directly with the carrier. Picked Sushi metal.
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Apr 22, 2021, 6:27 am
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Apr 22, 2021, 7:25 am
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If I dream a bit in Spanish my trip from small airport in Central USA to Asia can be
£ 54.09 ONE-WAY. Using a DeepLink it can be even lower. No 1X Major Carrier.
Star Alliance
£ 54.09 ONE-WAY. Using a DeepLink it can be even lower. No 1X Major Carrier.
Star Alliance
May 14, 2021, 4:26 pm
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Lucky Canadians
can go from big Canadian City to Europe and return to other C1 City for 115.68GBP all-in R/T Bookable on one of the world's largest OTAs - Fly all segments - No waste.
Eternal City just 25 gbp more
Eternal City just 25 gbp more
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May 19, 2021, 6:36 am
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New entrant c1-c2 has fare rules that seem pretty amenable? I don't think all the systems have loaded them up yet so having difficulty even pricing the vanilla flights (not even in ITA yet, but in largest OTA), but the fare rules are in EF for those interested.
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I really appreciate the great input you all come with in this thread. It would be even better if you could also mention the cabin class for those fares. ;-)
May 19, 2021, 7:38 am
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OMAAT already found a victim
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Has anyone flown a tricked fare during these times? I have dump on a route that I need to fly. Deal is not worth mentioning as a.i price is still high. But saves me a few hundred dollars. Not sure because of additional test/entry restrictions if tickets are being scrutinized more and hence not worth the risk. Anyone have personal experience flying a tricked itinerary recently?
Bob
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May 20, 2021, 12:38 pm
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May 20, 2021, 1:30 pm
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Easy but has anyone got a flat bed for under 400 EU r/t?