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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
#9586
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: YYZ, SFO
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Platinum, OZ Diamond, AC Prestige25K
Posts: 129
Hi there, I've been trying to figure out this trick but I'm having trouble narrowing down the airlines I should be trying. I'm a beginner at fuel dumping and I know using partner airlines can increase the chance of a fuel dump but given your hint about no strikes needed, I'm guessing this could be a self-dump (since the open jaw airports are presumably close to each other). I'm not looking for the exact answer but could you point me the right direction (maybe the alliance)? Thanks in advance!
#9587
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL plat
Posts: 316
#9589
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: AA, Marriott
Posts: 103
I stopped posting here a long time ago because I learned how you can't control the information leak. Occassionally I'll reach out by PM to someone if I see something I might be interested in, but I don't post my own findings here. Do I lose more than I gain by doing that? Maybe. But in the 4 months I've been using my current dump, nobody has posted it here. Too bad too because it's one of my best personal finds considering its amazing versatility. But I know that once it gets out, it'll die very quick.
Alternatively, the c4-c2.5 posted in the premium fare portal has about $800 in fat on a $2k ticket. I can't dump it, but I bet it is out there for the enterprising mind
Alternatively, the c4-c2.5 posted in the premium fare portal has about $800 in fat on a $2k ticket. I can't dump it, but I bet it is out there for the enterprising mind
Primary driver for posting some interesting findings than just asking for help is that people can see you have skill and will come and network with you. Sharing privately ideas and knowledge can many times lead to even bigger / faster learnings. There are a lot of people out there that are much smarter and more entrepreneurial than me.
#9591
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 53
One can easily find an UA NYC-HKG-KUL or PNH / PEK-NYC-YYZ DOJ for as low as $317 on Google Flights. But avoiding China is not as easy.
#9592
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: AA, Marriott
Posts: 103
#9593
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: LAX
Programs: UA Silver, AA, WN, DL
Posts: 4,081
I haven't done any dumps in 5 or 6 years, and I've lost track of the ones that used to work.
That said, does the latest ruling for LH in Italy possibly help or create some opportunities:
https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-skiplagging-italy/
Primarily it seems to help re-mediate the 1st strike flights from canceling.
That said, does the latest ruling for LH in Italy possibly help or create some opportunities:
https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-skiplagging-italy/
Primarily it seems to help re-mediate the 1st strike flights from canceling.
#9594
Join Date: May 2017
Location: SIN
Programs: AS MVPG75k, AA Plat
Posts: 740
#9595
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 145
It's rather very unfortunate that after a major C1 carrier fixed its YQ tables few days ago, yet another luxury carrier has also fixed its YQ tables overnight to plug probably one of the last remaining cheap leakage ex C2
But it certainly points to the hard fact of the life, that airlines are not shy of changing FRs and can do it overnight if they wish to!
But it certainly points to the hard fact of the life, that airlines are not shy of changing FRs and can do it overnight if they wish to!
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#9596
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: CDG, ORY
Posts: 116
It's rather very unfortunate that after a major C1 carrier fixed its YQ tables few days ago, yet another luxury carrier has also fixed its YQ tables overnight to plug probably one of the last remaining cheap leakage ex C2
But it certainly points to the hard fact, that airlines are not shy of changing FRs and can do it overnight if they wish to!
But it certainly points to the hard fact, that airlines are not shy of changing FRs and can do it overnight if they wish to!
#9597
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: BA, Virgin. LC Accor, IGH, BW
Posts: 28
#9599
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: c2
Posts: 691
just for your information, this never worked from/to many places. You had to pick them up on both sides very carefully all the time. Crying doesn't help.
#9600
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: BNE / LHR
Programs: QF Gold
Posts: 1,599
Given the broad agreement here that the popular C2-C1 is gone.
Can anyone please spend a moment to explain what was happening? Can we at least treat it as a learning opportunity for those here who want to learn and try and find new things.
Can anyone please spend a moment to explain what was happening? Can we at least treat it as a learning opportunity for those here who want to learn and try and find new things.