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
Mar 31, 2015, 8:57 am
#1591
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: SAT
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This is no hint dude.. 
Not the way to get help on here.
If you really don't get the value of the hint, then this is not for you.
Mar 31, 2015, 10:43 am
#1592
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Mar 31, 2015, 2:04 pm
#1599
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA EXP, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinium
Posts: 1,334
Just you let you know, I'm still looking for the famous 1x or some 3x that may work with OW, no luck yet but I don't know what is wrong with you... if you don't want to spend more time, just keep checking MR or any blog.
Mar 31, 2015, 4:42 pm
#1600
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Toronto
Posts: 57
yyz-c3e, oj, departing in the fall...
flights found on ita with BF = $310 and YQ = $240, total $660 USD
not the best candidate fare, but am able to trim some fat and get the total down to $550
doesn't really compare to these $200-300 TATL flights you guys find though, *sigh*
flights found on ita with BF = $310 and YQ = $240, total $660 USD
not the best candidate fare, but am able to trim some fat and get the total down to $550
doesn't really compare to these $200-300 TATL flights you guys find though, *sigh*
Mar 31, 2015, 8:48 pm
#1601
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: YYZ
Programs: NEXUS; *A Gold
Posts: 990
yyz-c3e, oj, departing in the fall...
flights found on ita with BF = $310 and YQ = $240, total $660 USD
not the best candidate fare, but am able to trim some fat and get the total down to $550
doesn't really compare to these $200-300 TATL flights you guys find though, *sigh*
flights found on ita with BF = $310 and YQ = $240, total $660 USD
not the best candidate fare, but am able to trim some fat and get the total down to $550
doesn't really compare to these $200-300 TATL flights you guys find though, *sigh*
Mar 31, 2015, 11:12 pm
#1602
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NYC
Posts: 59
I'm trying to perform my first fuel dump. I decided to give it a try but like every newbie I will need some pointers. As suggested by many of you I looked at the fare rules under "END-TO-END". Is only the "END-TO-END" section where I get the hints on whether:
1- the flight is dupable
2- which regions/airlines the strike will be with
1- the flight is dupable
2- which regions/airlines the strike will be with
Apr 1, 2015, 4:29 am
#1603
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
I'm trying to perform my first fuel dump. I decided to give it a try but like every newbie I will need some pointers. As suggested by many of you I looked at the fare rules under "END-TO-END". Is only the "END-TO-END" section where I get the hints on whether:
1- the flight is dupable
2- which regions/airlines the strike will be with
1- the flight is dupable
2- which regions/airlines the strike will be with
Very similar for 2-: it doesn't tell you where or with whom the strike will be, but it will be a pretty good estimate or where and with whom it won't be
There are other parts of fare rules that matter, but for your first few months, stick to EOE. Otherwise you'll be even more confused than you are already.
PS don't think this is easy or fool-proof logical. It is not. This is an art form.
Apr 1, 2015, 8:13 am
#1605
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: C2
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Posts: 1,157