Igetit

What's not said is that you get less than 50 bucks total savings and a possible Zika infection. And that is before you add the cost of positioning to this airport. I won't bother.

WingedWorldExplorer

Posting was not for you. Nobody is asking you whether you should bother with anything or if you in your situation can use or not use. It was an answer to an implied question about what is possible and it will work beautifully for a number of people, who know and use another trick and who do not have such a myopic view of the world of international travel. Imagine if all FTer responded like you to every posting that they can not use a particular construction. Your entire line of postings have been about what can not be done and why. A number of people do not seem to mind spending a lot of their time posting cleverly worded nocandos. How about spending their valuable time developing deals and posting deals ?

made_by_hugo

Reminds me of that joke:

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a man below. He descended a bit more and shouted,
"Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man, "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far."
The man below responded, "You must be a manager."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know."
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is, you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

In full disclosure, no Ballon Xs.

burito

It is not a bad example for coaching. Direct response is no guarantee that someone will not lose himself next time ...
FD is a game, is a game, is a game - where you overcome obstacles. Some do not even know that it can be a possibility to overcome or bypass. Then a simple answer that something is possible, it is a big help in itself. Whether it is worth it is up to you.

Igetit

.... dup

Igetit

I thought the game was to significantly lower the TOTAL price and not just the YQ.
Go ahead play your games but at least be a bit more transparent so your posts do not look like click bait.

samuli

I thought the game was about possibilities of what and how can be achieved. Low prices is a direct consequence, but not a necessary condition.

WingedWorldExplorer

What click bait ? The question was a general one. About TK YQ C1-C2 and if it could be eliminated . Read the context. What "tranparency ? It was not about posting a specific deal at a specific price. Several people people in New York,Miami and Toronto found it very useful for their purposes. Look up "myopic"

Igetit

... Never mind. It's kinda hopeless

made_by_hugo

Well taking the logic to the extreme we can claim all airlines are "dumpable" except those that don't have fuel

burito

Logic says not to play chess ad hoc, but count on several moves ahead...

andydd

Newbie question, have never done FD, but this technique has seriously got me addicted . Not for the possibility that it cuts the fat, but because it's a way for tit for tat that makes pax. even with carriers with absurd fat:base logic!

1. If one is booking 1x and the intention is to not fly that one, should the 1x be placed close to 2x or further away? On that note do unrelated airlines communicate well with the other OW/*A/ST alliances about missed segments?

2.Is it safe to provide FF# in any kind of FD trick, where one is planning to miss some segments? As long as it's done online on website without any assistance from the operator/staff, this shouldn't cause any problem, or will it?

3. Is it safe to check bags? When an airline staff checks in the bag at the airport, I think that they would only see the part of the itinerary that's concerned with their airline. A hypothetical example: JFK-AUH(10.Aug) -PEK(10.Nov). Since the 3x segment is so far away, would it still show up on travel on 10th Aug to the airport staff. I personally doubt so. Once I booked STO-FRA-VIE-BRU-STO via LH, on which first segment was on LH and last on OS-SN. The return wouldn't even show up on LH site on manage my booking section. It just showed the segments covered by LH.

4. If I am to travel with infant on FD, and request airline to book a baby bassinet, this might attract some attention on the itineary? Am I safe in assuming that it might not be wise to travel with infant on such a FD trip.

4.Finally I have found excellent fat on TK that would be very nice to trim between C2-C3, but unable to find any suitable 3x options. Have read that TK blends nicely with TK, but unable to find a proper strike (1x is also fine) in C2. Any clues in this regards would be highly appreciated.

@Mod- Please feel free to edit, in case I have written something, which I shouldn't have.

Thanks

Neil791

Bakpapier

Not flying a 1x is as far as I understand a very bad idea? Missing 1 segment on one ticket = all segments canceled.


I dont think its an issue.
They might very well see it (the 3x segment, which desnt have to be from auh in your example but can be from anywhere to peking) but you can say that you will fly the intermediate segment on another ticket or (if you are looking particularly important that day) with a private jet.

Let the more seasoned FD ers give you a better answer but indeed I think it's best to leave FD ing for when you are travelling with your partner or alone, because what if your ticket gets cancelled or run into problems, you dont want your infant going through that.

i don't know the answer to your last question. You might not get an answer here if people arent willing to share what they found.

andydd

Thanks Bakpapier & Neil791. That was informative. I will continue to work on TK myself. I have indeed found some FDs, but TK looked very promising candidate wise.