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
Jan 27, 2022, 12:10 pm
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Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
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Attractive Summer trip from Eastern Europe to USA
From Eastern Europe to United States of America.
63.95 £ All - in Round Trip
Spring Summer.
No 1X - Safe construction
63.95 £ All - in Round Trip
Spring Summer.
No 1X - Safe construction
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jan 29, 2022 at 5:14 pm Reason: Thanks to FLYINGHOBBY for initial idea. Told by fellow FTer that it may not ticket
Jan 29, 2022, 8:26 pm
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San Francisco to Europe - Last chance
On one of the last days of February 2022 , San Franciscans can fly to Europe for $ 59.45 One Way.
No LCC, NO 1X.
Probably best deal ever from California. Won't last long.
Revenue ticket with extremely low base fares and no YQ.
and not a
1. Mistake fare
2. Tricked award
3. Mileage earning promotion such as mileage bonuses for hotel stays or Products/Services credit card purchases earning promotional Airline bonus Miles.
Situations like those are often presented here in Trick It as "Fuel Dumps" causing confusion and lots of wasted search efforts.
No LCC, NO 1X.
Probably best deal ever from California. Won't last long.
Revenue ticket with extremely low base fares and no YQ.
and not a
1. Mistake fare
2. Tricked award
3. Mileage earning promotion such as mileage bonuses for hotel stays or Products/Services credit card purchases earning promotional Airline bonus Miles.
Situations like those are often presented here in Trick It as "Fuel Dumps" causing confusion and lots of wasted search efforts.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jan 30, 2022 at 6:30 am Reason: Chicago ORD works also for $ 5 less
Jan 30, 2022, 7:16 am
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: QF LTG
Posts: 1,200
zero.
Unless I’m missing something all deals in trick it should be the all in price. If miles are involved the price should include the cost of acquiring those miles (some of the best deals involve incredibly cheap and scaleable mileage acquisition)