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 3, 2023, 1:46 pm
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Apr 5, 2023, 4:22 pm
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I wonder if someone can confirm the price of the strike for this one. As far as I can see, the price of the strike itself (150-200$)doesnt make this dump any attractive..in addition to the extra risk.. unless someone wants to fly the strike anyways.
Apr 6, 2023, 7:14 pm
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One of the the AF dump factors is much cheaper but that is really irrelevant since it has to be flown AFAIK.
Good news is that I can fly it because of very cheap positioning flight on AA $ 95.77 from New York JFK.
Good news is that I can fly it because of very cheap positioning flight on AA $ 95.77 from New York JFK.
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Apr 7, 2023, 9:41 am
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Don't know where you are heading out of JFK for $95.77 US on AA to catch AF dump factor because everything in antilles or C4 is higher than this price. At least $115 US to PLS, BDA, Quito, Grand Cayman, Nassau. Even Puerto Rico is at least $112 US for a one way.. Thanks for the hint but I don't understand where is this Airport. Unless the X factor is in USA mainland...
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Don't know where you are heading out of JFK for $95.77 US on AA to catch AF dump factor because everything in antilles or C4 is higher than this price. At least $115 US to PLS, BDA, Quito, Grand Cayman, Nassau. Even Puerto Rico is at least $112 US for a one way.. Thanks for the hint but I don't understand where is this Airport. Unless the X factor is in USA mainland...
Personally this search reminds me of a childhood series that I really enjoyed - Les Mystérieuses City's D'or - where there are many clues in the search for gold.
Apr 8, 2023, 6:25 pm
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I have been devouring the thread content to get up to speed and noticed the AT fare as well on sf website but could not lower the price. I have tried various trimming combinations in c1 as mentioned in cat10FR, in c5n, c2w, c4e & c3se. As a practice run, maybe someone is willing to share some pointers via pm as of how to improve my FR reading skills and move from random app/desserts to targeted ones. Much appreciated folks
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