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
.. im glad Ive flown it last year on similar 3x.
Dec 26, 2023, 10:12 am
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Dec 26, 2023, 2:37 pm
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I am not surprised at all. Once the airlines / OTA (Expedia I guess) realized the revenue losses, all they needed to do was filter out these kinds of bookings. Once again: my congratulations to all eBook buyers who felt like experts in fuel dumping.
Dec 27, 2023, 3:10 pm
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If he/she knew about the 3x, which she stated she flew it before as a 3x, there would be very little reason to book the 1x. As the 1x strike flight is the most realistic to actually fly, especially because the difference was less than $100 between the 1x and 3x.
Dec 27, 2023, 3:16 pm
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Dec 28, 2023, 1:01 am
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Normally, they advise people that they will share a new dump a few days before to ensure that most people are ready to waste money.
When I noticed that they were going to sell this dump, I thought "It could be a wise idea to notify the airline via the social network of the dump to prevent the blogs from continuing this shameful conduct". In the end, I didn't do it.
Next time, I'm not sure what I will do when they will going to announce the sale of a new "valuable" dump. Probably, it's time that the FD experts of this thread will join together to take the appropriate action.
Imho, the action to kill a dump preventing a blog from selling it and shrinking its popularity, should be considered.
Dec 28, 2023, 4:06 am
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It's just a matter of time. Sooner or later the eBook will contain more complicated FDs because the main point is to get money without letting anyone fly.
Normally, they advise people that they will share a new dump a few days before to ensure that most people are ready to waste money.
When I noticed that they were going to sell this dump, I thought "It could be a wise idea to notify the airline via the social network of the dump to prevent the blogs from continuing this shameful conduct". In the end, I didn't do it.
Next time, I'm not sure what I will do when they will going to announce the sale of a new "valuable" dump. Probably, it's time that the FD experts of this thread will join together to take the appropriate action.
Imho, the action to kill a dump preventing a blog from selling it and shrinking its popularity, should be considered.
Normally, they advise people that they will share a new dump a few days before to ensure that most people are ready to waste money.
When I noticed that they were going to sell this dump, I thought "It could be a wise idea to notify the airline via the social network of the dump to prevent the blogs from continuing this shameful conduct". In the end, I didn't do it.
Next time, I'm not sure what I will do when they will going to announce the sale of a new "valuable" dump. Probably, it's time that the FD experts of this thread will join together to take the appropriate action.
Imho, the action to kill a dump preventing a blog from selling it and shrinking its popularity, should be considered.
not every eBook has killed the dump
Anyone that is alerting an airline about SF's dumps is just as bad as them.
real backwards thinking IMO
Dec 28, 2023, 11:05 am
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as for the poster making threats to call the airlines to expose ebook learner the moderator 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!
amazing how posters on this thread turn against people while the would not buy ebooks if they shared information daily
amazing how posters on this thread turn against people while the would not buy ebooks if they shared information daily
Assuming that I booked one month ago the c1-c2 RT in J for 120€ and a few days ago someone sold and shared the trick forcing the airline to change the fare rules and the OTA/airline to cancel the tickets, why can't I notify the airline before the blog starts the mass selling helping me and other experts to fly and leaving the blog with the dry mouth and a possible legal problem with customers who paid for an ebook that doesn't work?
It seems a win-win situation to me.
I'm listening...