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 27, 2022, 12:13 am
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Found a “multiple airlines” option while looking for round trip from SE Asia to Europe. It’s a combination of Swiss Airline and Lufthansa. When checking their fare rule, both stated that they do not permit end-on-end construction. Does this mean this construction is non flyable? If not, why is ITA showing options that cannot be combined for flying?
Aug 27, 2022, 10:51 pm
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business class is not that easy, but i have a hard time with a lot of these economy ones, but i just flew in biz for 5k miles for $320 one way, I have another book for next year $340 ow also.
Sep 8, 2022, 5:02 am
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Question: i saw a Biz P class fare UA/LX code share $2,500 rt C1 - C2 via a layover in C2 but with YQ $1,700. Do you think that is alot ? Is this a good candidate for FD ? Not done before, do you think it can be done ? DM if you have any beginners tips …idk i was thinking randomly trying for x3 ? Do i need to know which plane the bulk of the YQ is coming from and target that UA or LX accordingly?
Sep 8, 2022, 6:31 pm
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Maybe I found something. Idk. I didn't do anything. You tell me
From the city named after the Father of his Country C1 to the islands of the descendant of Dionysus C2, you will be sipping on the nectar of the gods during a hot summer day. Be sure to seek the blessing from Athena, the goddess of battle strategy and wisdom so she will bless your journey home and enlighten you must not visit your Father but continue north to 51st.
Total price drop from $2,500 to $2,000
From the city named after the Father of his Country C1 to the islands of the descendant of Dionysus C2, you will be sipping on the nectar of the gods during a hot summer day. Be sure to seek the blessing from Athena, the goddess of battle strategy and wisdom so she will bless your journey home and enlighten you must not visit your Father but continue north to 51st.
Total price drop from $2,500 to $2,000
Sep 8, 2022, 7:11 pm
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Sep 8, 2022, 8:12 pm
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I think what you are missing is a trick that gets it to $1,500ish (there may be some experts out there that may even suck $200 more out) and may get you to your origin aiport....
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Sep 20, 2022, 7:14 am
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New to this. I think i managed to guess the locations with the given clues, not 100% sure of the third location, i have several guesses.
My question is what next ? How do people proceed to find the fare ?
there is no information on which carrier
no fare class
no dates/periods
I dont even know if i will get back home or this is just a one way trip
based on the clues, its probably a very short distance, and fare wont cost alot to begin with.
how much can one dump if the fare is low to begin with. And the potential savings maybe $20 economy ? Is it worth the trouble for $20 ? We dont even know how big is the potential savings ?
Sep 20, 2022, 8:56 am
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Savings are in hundreds of dollars, many hundreds
Sep 21, 2022, 1:27 am
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