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
Dec 5, 2022, 8:00 pm
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Not the same trick. Far more valuable than whatever you read in a blog
Dec 6, 2022, 8:09 am
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I would add further detail if it is indeed a different trick.
Dec 6, 2022, 2:24 pm
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Not really, I mean you posted C1-C3 for $300 which was widely shared on blogs the same day you posted and has been posted several times a year for several years on blogs. zoqfotpik has had valuable contributions for this thread for years, it is a fair assumption that you are posting the fare which travels through Calgary. I don't think he/she was wrong to mention it.
I would add further detail if it is indeed a different trick.
I would add further detail if it is indeed a different trick.
I’m confident my trick is known to few and will remain that way. You have to know what to look for, especially if you want to find all the free segments and stopovers
Dec 6, 2022, 4:01 pm
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Bought my first tricked ticket yesterday. Received instant confirmation on this fully automated OTA.
Interestingly, half of the flights can be operated by an airline that I thought (because of an old friend of the thread’s username) was not trickable until recently.
Code correctly and you too can fly: C1-C3 RT starting at $300
Don't think this one has been talked about on here yet
Interestingly, half of the flights can be operated by an airline that I thought (because of an old friend of the thread’s username) was not trickable until recently.
Code correctly and you too can fly: C1-C3 RT starting at $300
Don't think this one has been talked about on here yet
C3 is a BIG place.
Let the people who claim otherwise, just PM you with an indication of what they hypothesize is the main carrier.
That will prove your point.
Dec 7, 2022, 4:38 pm
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With CC companies giving away so many points for free with no annual fee, its difficult to pursue a hobby where one needs to spend hours for very little ROI.
Dec 7, 2022, 4:53 pm
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I am C2 based as you can see, there are no practically CC cards giving miles (status or premium) in my country. Thanks to that I think we can still enjoy Lufthansa (M&M) lounges even though being only Silver and flying deeply discounted economy. Contrary to what we can see in the US, where the lounge market and in general, the idea of the premium status, has been devastated by the CC. Soon you will not enter any lounge (if flying economy class) even being top-tier elite.
Dec 7, 2022, 5:00 pm
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I dont think the premium status has been devalued due to CC .Getting into EK first class lounge via CC benefit is STILL not possible.
I was just responding to Andy's post and appreciate everyone's effort in keeping this hobby alive !!!
I was just responding to Andy's post and appreciate everyone's effort in keeping this hobby alive !!!
Dec 7, 2022, 5:10 pm
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Oh yes, it did. I mean, basic privileges e.g. lounge access when flying economy. I thought of matching from *A to DL but if I cannot have lounge access it makes no sense for me (again, based in C2). On the contrary, Amex Plat holders can access the lounge when flying in any class. But ok, this is off-topic, influencing a bit my choice of FD-ed routes.
Dec 8, 2022, 5:08 am
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Dec 8, 2022, 6:13 pm
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Left now is to stretch and maximize value of those new points ( 60 % - 80% discounts) via "in program " routing and coding error tricks ( non X factor) like the big one involving program partner EK or the famous LM which worked on several partner airlines.
How many times has this been posted ?.
Your screenname gives it away, so unless you talk about a non C1 carrier, your posting is totally redundant. Please post something You have figured out instead of re- posting something that a FTer offered to you
in a gesture of kindness.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Dec 8, 2022 at 6:56 pm
Dec 8, 2022, 6:56 pm
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Point well taken if you are in C1 where these CC offers are plentiful.
Left now is to stretch and maximize value of those new points via "in program " routing and coding error tricks ( non X factor) like the big one involving program partner EK or the famous LM which worked on several partner airlines.
How many times has this been posted ?.
Your screenname gives it away, so unless you talk about a non C1 carrier, your posting is totally redundant. Please post something You have figured out instead of re- posting something that a FTer offered to you
in a gesture of kindness.
Left now is to stretch and maximize value of those new points via "in program " routing and coding error tricks ( non X factor) like the big one involving program partner EK or the famous LM which worked on several partner airlines.
How many times has this been posted ?.
Your screenname gives it away, so unless you talk about a non C1 carrier, your posting is totally redundant. Please post something You have figured out instead of re- posting something that a FTer offered to you
in a gesture of kindness.
Last edited by kiwibirdft; Dec 8, 2022 at 8:56 pm