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
Jun 10, 2015, 4:37 pm
#2372
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For routing rules of a specific fare - yes. For fare search - only if you more or less know what you're looking for. For ILAs - to a very limited extent. It's been more or less the same tool for years, and I have given up hope long time ago that they might come up with any kind of enhancements. Get a free trial and see for yourself.
Jun 10, 2015, 4:57 pm
#2373
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Jun 10, 2015, 5:00 pm
#2374
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
C2-C3 RT *A with 10+ very flyable C2 appetisers!
Several C2 cities to several C3 cities inc. OJ options..
I tried 10+ C2 Xs on different airlines which worked and are very flyable!
One specific C2 city in particular has very laid back fare rules increasing the options even further
Total YR removal leaving ~Ł5 YQ! 50%+ Overall price reduction on routes tried.
ITA Friendly and also bookable on several OTAs.. Moderately date specific!
I tried 10+ C2 Xs on different airlines which worked and are very flyable!
One specific C2 city in particular has very laid back fare rules increasing the options even further
Total YR removal leaving ~Ł5 YQ! 50%+ Overall price reduction on routes tried.
ITA Friendly and also bookable on several OTAs.. Moderately date specific!
Last edited by Flying4less; Jun 11, 2015 at 3:38 am
Jun 10, 2015, 5:17 pm
#2375
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Posts: 5
Jun 10, 2015, 6:05 pm
#2376
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
Jun 11, 2015, 2:20 am
#2380
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: MUC
Programs: Miles & Smiles
Posts: 37
Several C2 cities to several C3 cities inc. OJ options..
I tried 10+ C2 Xs on different airlines which worked and are very flyable!
One specific C2 city in particular has very laid back fare rules increasing the options even further
Total YR removal leaving ~Ł5 YQ! 50%+ Overall price reduction on routes tried.
ITA Friendly and also bookable on several OTAs.. Moderately date specific!
I tried 10+ C2 Xs on different airlines which worked and are very flyable!
One specific C2 city in particular has very laid back fare rules increasing the options even further
Total YR removal leaving ~Ł5 YQ! 50%+ Overall price reduction on routes tried.
ITA Friendly and also bookable on several OTAs.. Moderately date specific!
Jun 11, 2015, 3:30 am
#2381
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BHX
Posts: 87
Ive added the alliance but i won't be giving any info away regarding dates or the specific cities involved as i believe there is more than enough to work from that ive already posted, especially as its ITA friendly!
Last edited by Flying4less; Jun 11, 2015 at 3:55 am
Jun 11, 2015, 6:34 am
#2383
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: TRN
Programs: AB Gold, Az gold, Tk gold
Posts: 94
Several C2 cities to several C3 cities inc. OJ options..
I tried 10+ C2 Xs on different airlines which worked and are very flyable!
One specific C2 city in particular has very laid back fare rules increasing the options even further
Total YR removal leaving ~Ł5 YQ! 50%+ Overall price reduction on routes tried.
ITA Friendly and also bookable on several OTAs.. Moderately date specific!
I tried 10+ C2 Xs on different airlines which worked and are very flyable!
One specific C2 city in particular has very laid back fare rules increasing the options even further
Total YR removal leaving ~Ł5 YQ! 50%+ Overall price reduction on routes tried.
ITA Friendly and also bookable on several OTAs.. Moderately date specific!
EDIT: 154,08€
Jun 11, 2015, 7:02 am
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Jun 11, 2015, 8:55 am
#2385
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