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
May 25, 2017, 2:09 pm
#8266
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There exists no ( worthwhile) literature on this subject.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; May 26, 2017 at 4:09 am
May 25, 2017, 3:09 pm
#8267
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 19
amex travel and amex offers
Not sure if anyones tried this but when i was comparing different OTAs for a dump, the amex travel website showed the same dump price. At the time I didnt have an amex offer for amex travel but it could be a way to make your fd flight even cheaper
May 25, 2017, 5:15 pm
#8268
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Here and there.
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Posts: 116
If you run afoul of Amex you lose MR's, SPG's, and Skymiles. It is an extraordinary risk to take on what should be very few bonus points.
May 25, 2017, 7:19 pm
#8269
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: DRS
Posts: 38
Found it a couple of days ago. Seems to be gone now.
Anything else C2-C4 (better Chile) out there at the moment?
AF, KL and AZ have acceptable fares but don't allow EoE. Are they dumpable by interlining?
Unfortunately other dumpable airlines have high BFs at the moment.
Anything else C2-C4 (better Chile) out there at the moment?
AF, KL and AZ have acceptable fares but don't allow EoE. Are they dumpable by interlining?
Unfortunately other dumpable airlines have high BFs at the moment.
May 26, 2017, 12:44 pm
#8273
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2
Hi there, I found a round trip from C4b to C2 that is 50% base fare and 50% YR
The airline is AZ, I've been trying to fuel dump but any time I try to add a 3x on the ITA matrix it says "No Flight Found"
Any ideas?
BTW can I use as 3x a internal trip in which country its not allowed to charge YQ ?
THANKS
The airline is AZ, I've been trying to fuel dump but any time I try to add a 3x on the ITA matrix it says "No Flight Found"
Any ideas?
BTW can I use as 3x a internal trip in which country its not allowed to charge YQ ?
THANKS
May 26, 2017, 12:49 pm
#8274
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2
Any tips?
May 26, 2017, 5:45 pm
#8275
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May 26, 2017, 11:36 pm
#8276
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: TLV now - formerly LAS
Programs: King of Rental Cars, BA Gold, Virgin Gold, AA MM Gold, A3 Gold, SK Gold, Hotel SuperElite
Posts: 7,357
May 27, 2017, 5:25 am
#8278
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May 27, 2017, 1:44 pm
#8280
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: LON, PDX
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