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kbooks66 Dec 29, 2023 10:52 am


Originally Posted by IluvJetAirways (Post 35858150)
Wouldn't the easiest way to decrease their sales be to monitor the blog and (upon release) just openly publish the FD for free somewhere else and draw attention to that? do this a couple times and people would opt for the free option over paying them (and hopefully dissuade SF in the process of hunting down/selling tricks).If SF is using some form of cloud compute (i.e. AWS) to search for dumps/strikes at scale, then they are relying on the sales from the ebook to offset their compute costs (which can accrue fairly quickly). So in that regard a few rounds of this without people buying the ebook would hurt their bottom line to a degree. Or maybe this is just a zillennial thought and they're more likely just getting everything from this thread as you all suggest.

Yes it will still probably kill the trick, but IMO a better solution than calling the airline? at least consumer wins as opposed to corporate.

This would make the most sense. Either way the deal dies, but this way you hopefully subvert the blog. The question is can you do it in a way to get enough attention and traffic to make it not worth the effort for the blog. Probably the only effective way to do this is to have another major blogger on board as that would be the best way to generate enough traffic to undercut the blog.

DragonSlayer Dec 29, 2023 5:24 pm

Think with brain
 
I just cannot stand the unwise-ness anymore and feel compelled to speak.
The idea of revealing trick proactively will thwart SF’s greed is simply naive.
The thing that has never come to some’s minds here is that you do not have the moral high ground over SF.
To airlines you are equally damaging as SF if not more. Actually more damaging since airlines can just follow SF and kill as SF posts, but cannot easily detect secret tricks causing them loss along the way.
SF mostly copies from other bloggers. They have 0 costs and have no guilt of killing tricks.
Unless you can make every blogger's mouth shut, it's only a matter of time that SF finds out and copies and kills.

tarman121 Jan 5, 2024 12:16 am

nice bf on J C1-C2

abcx Jan 5, 2024 12:33 am


Originally Posted by tarman121 (Post 35877893)
nice bf on J C1-C2

The fare from C1E to the city of tiles with the other golden gate bridge? Fare rules say END-ON-END NOT PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS NOT PERMITTED. Still trickable? Or some other fare?

tarman121 Jan 5, 2024 1:43 am


Originally Posted by abcx (Post 35877918)
The fare from C1E to the city of tiles with the other golden gate bridge? Fare rules say END-ON-END NOT PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS NOT PERMITTED. Still trickable? Or some other fare?

youre right, the super low bf doesnt seem to be.
the dump im achieving is with a more expensive bf.

still, the dump works and shaves around 40% off with little effort.
nothing to call home about though

fridgy Jan 10, 2024 1:11 am

the new J fare from europe to africa is dumpable to 717 euros. Who can get lower? :p

unusualtravelblog Jan 10, 2024 9:02 am


Originally Posted by fridgy (Post 35894750)
the new J fare from europe to africa is dumpable to 717 euros. Who can get lower? :p

Mind sharing if its *A/ST/OW/Non-alliance?

cruser1 Jan 10, 2024 12:22 pm


Originally Posted by unusualtravelblog (Post 35895722)
Mind sharing if its *A/ST/OW/Non-alliance?


oneworld, but the fare is gone now.

skunker Jan 10, 2024 3:29 pm


Originally Posted by jorun (Post 35896563)
......

I saw this before you edited it, but haven't found it yet. Still looking...

jorun Jan 10, 2024 3:49 pm


Originally Posted by skunker (Post 35896958)
I saw this before you edited it, but haven't found it yet. Still looking...

luckily for you. if it will die , I will tell you

cruser1 Jan 10, 2024 5:36 pm


Originally Posted by skunker (Post 35896958)
I saw this before you edited it, but haven't found it yet. Still looking...

This one is gone - https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mile...-business.html

jorun Jan 10, 2024 5:38 pm


Originally Posted by cruser1 (Post 35897350)

is it OW?

cruser1 Jan 10, 2024 6:05 pm


Originally Posted by jorun (Post 35897354)
is it OW?

Yes

jorun Jan 10, 2024 6:15 pm


Originally Posted by cruser1 (Post 35897418)
Yes

1038 USD LOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

I will not waste time. Those who were able to read my post know the price.

Have a nice hunt.

skunker Jan 10, 2024 6:29 pm


Originally Posted by cruser1 (Post 35897350)

That's not what was posted.


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