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
Trick it / negotiate it / special savings lounge thread
Jun 14, 2017, 8:28 pm
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Jun 14, 2017, 8:38 pm
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I can't figure that one either. A c1c2.5 with a 1x intra-Europe? What are the odds of being able to fly the 1x (unless you can actually fly it)? What am I missing?
Jun 15, 2017, 2:56 am
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Jun 15, 2017, 4:09 am
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Availabilities on several dates each week beginning August 9 and well into 2018.
Departing ORD is actually $ 6.00 cheaper.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Jun 15, 2017 at 4:54 am Reason: C2 is more than EU.
Jun 15, 2017, 4:30 am
#8346
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It's [probably] not an EoE (or 1x).
Sounds like an OJ that's causing the dump.
Inbound flight: A to C (via B)
Outbound flight: C to B.
Sounds like an OJ that's causing the dump.
Inbound flight: A to C (via B)
Outbound flight: C to B.
A(C2s)-B(C2s)-C3s-B(C2s) 235 € AI
first flight dumps the main flight, but according to fare rules EoE is not permitted. Only workes on a few OTAs.
BF is about 200 €
I was just wondering if the same trick can be used for the sub 10€ BF C2c-C3se (EoE allowed).
Can't get it to combine on any OTA, but I think it could be possible and allow prices of about 130 € RT with easy to fly 1x
first flight dumps the main flight, but according to fare rules EoE is not permitted. Only workes on a few OTAs.
BF is about 200 €
I was just wondering if the same trick can be used for the sub 10€ BF C2c-C3se (EoE allowed).
Can't get it to combine on any OTA, but I think it could be possible and allow prices of about 130 € RT with easy to fly 1x
Jun 15, 2017, 4:37 am
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c2 mediterranean - hub
ord - sll
mct - nyc
c2s - c2
Maybe im just reading it wrong
The lowest price im getting on orbitz is in the 1200s
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Jun 15, 2017, 3:48 pm
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It's A-B-stopover-B-C-B
A-B is a oneway on a C2 carrier and B-C-B is a RT on a C3-carrier. So I would say it's kind of an 1x. You can also turn it into a round trip:
A-B-C-B-A
which would be a B-C-RT on the c3-Carrier nested into a A-B-RT on the C2 carrier.
Jun 16, 2017, 10:33 am
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Jun 19, 2017, 12:17 am
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