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Link to "Trick-it" thread on FT, Good Luck!

Booking: "Airline's own site is usually best. It just simply won't work there most of the time, hence the need for OTAs. And some of the smaller OTAs have employees doing manual checks of their tickets, so gotta be cautious there, too." (Moishebatchy)

See, this is precisely why booking FD's is NOT for the unwashed masses!!!

Here, let me make this nice and clear for you: when booking a FD, you CANNOT call the airline for ANY reason. You cannot call to add an infant, you cannot call to order kosher meals, you cannot call to request seats, you cannot even call to check if your flight is running on time!!!! No human eye (belonging to an airline employee) can ever see your ticket, period. If it cannot be done online, then you cannot do it at all. The risk is too great. Capische?

Oh, and as far as changes/cancellations are concerned... YOU CANNOT CANCEL A FUEL DUMP TICKET. EVER. Even if it's cancel-able online, because online cancellations are often manually reviewed by human auditors. You spent $450 on a cheap ticket to Israel and now your work schedule changed? That's too bad, you're gonna have to eat the $450 loss and let your ticket go into the garbage. If you try to cancel, your greed in saving $450 can trigger the cancellation of tens of thousands of dollars of other people's fuel-dumped tickets. Think I'm exaggerating? I've seen it happen with my own eyes.

NOW do you people understand what I mean by the "dark side of FD"?!

And NOW do you see why we don't like when the newbie, "gimme a cheap ticket to Israel!!!!" crowd gets a hold of these?! Let me tell you, when someone from that crowd gets a hold of these fares and books his family of 10 people for $4,500 total, and then they have to cancel the trip for some reason, I GUARANTEE you he will not resist the temptation to cancel and get his $4,500 back. He WILL cancel to get his money back, and he WILL get the dump killed for many other people. And THAT is a big part of why veterans don't like it when newbies get their hands on this stuff.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #40 on: August 25, 2015, 09:52:41 PM »
I don't understand this mentality, that only you and 50 other people should know about something.
Hell, yes. People who spend hours playing this game deserve to know it. When this would be something that can live in public more than 24 hours I would be more than happy that everyone knows about this, but since its not possible it unfortunately has to stay undergrounds.

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And even if this does die, another FD will come around.
Well, once the airline realizes the FD they make sure to kill them all.
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #41 on: August 25, 2015, 10:12:38 PM »
Wow this is cool post just going like water...

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #42 on: August 25, 2015, 10:14:17 PM »
Ok, now that I figured it out, can we delete this thread?

Let's wait until i figure it out as well  :P

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #43 on: August 25, 2015, 10:16:56 PM »
Can't get it below $550 :(

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #44 on: August 25, 2015, 10:17:53 PM »
I'm not even planning on going to TLV anytime soon and I enjoyed the puzzle.  Figuring out FD clues is always fun, when they're at least semi-reasonable clues.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #45 on: August 25, 2015, 10:18:13 PM »
Can't get it below $550 :(
So pm the OP!

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #46 on: August 25, 2015, 10:23:06 PM »
So pm the OP!
Why? OP never said you could get the fare below 550. He said you could knock $415 off.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #47 on: August 25, 2015, 10:23:39 PM »
Can't get it below $550 :(

Make that $447. But that's for a diff FD. Can't get this one that low :(.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #48 on: August 25, 2015, 10:38:12 PM »
I am sure you can figure it out. Clues: Christie, אר--ת,Soda container, 1842-1997
Any more clues ?

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #49 on: August 25, 2015, 10:42:23 PM »
If this is one of the things that will be killed if gone public then why isn't this thread deleted?

PS I have absolutely no idea how these things work so I'm not being selfish here.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #50 on: August 25, 2015, 10:43:16 PM »
If this is one of the things that will be killed if gone public then why isn't this thread deleted?

PS I have absolutely no idea how these things work so I'm not being selfish here.

There will always be another FD out there.  I can't imaging enough people are going to book this just from this thread that it'll be noticeable.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #51 on: August 25, 2015, 10:43:30 PM »
Listen it will be moved down by itself of people stop posting in it.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #52 on: August 25, 2015, 10:52:07 PM »
BTW... to those who are freaking out... there is a whole thread devoted to this topic on Flyer Talk. I know you guys think that the whole world is on DDF but I am sure even Dan would tell you that the FT community is at least 100 times bigger.

The main thing is to not spell things out, but hints are fine. The idea is that as new FDs come and go, people SHARE them with each other.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #53 on: August 25, 2015, 10:54:46 PM »
BTW... to those who are freaking out... there is a whole thread devoted to this topic on Flyer Talk. I know you guys think that the whole world is on DDF but I am sure even Dan would tell you that the FT community is at least 100 times bigger.

The main thing is to not spell things out, but hints are fine. The idea is that as new FDs come and go, people SHARE them with each other.

Entry barrier is very high though IMO

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #54 on: August 25, 2015, 10:59:44 PM »
BTW... to those who are freaking out... there is a whole thread devoted to this topic on Flyer Talk. I know you guys think that the whole world is on DDF but I am sure even Dan would tell you that the FT community is at least 100 times bigger.

The main thing is to not spell things out, but hints are fine. The idea is that as new FDs come and go, people SHARE them with each other.
-1 DDF kills like none else - first example that comes to mind is IHG brg's
“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”


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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #55 on: August 25, 2015, 11:02:15 PM »
-1 DDF kills like none else - first example that comes to mind is IHG brg's

It's because we are very newbie friendly, for better and worse

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #56 on: August 25, 2015, 11:02:36 PM »
-1 DDF kills like none else - first example that comes to mind is IHG brg's
IHG was a MS deal not DDF.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #57 on: August 25, 2015, 11:05:43 PM »
BTW... to those who are freaking out... there is a whole thread devoted to this topic on Flyer Talk. I know you guys think that the whole world is on DDF but I am sure even Dan would tell you that the FT community is at least 100 times bigger.

The main thing is to not spell things out, but hints are fine. The idea is that as new FDs come and go, people SHARE them with each other.

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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #58 on: August 25, 2015, 11:16:16 PM »
when it comes to FDs you can quickly tell who your real friend are.  :P
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Re: Reduce USA -> TLV flights by $415
« Reply #59 on: August 25, 2015, 11:20:28 PM »
Any more clues ?
I figured out the second half but too tired to work on the first, will need to think about it in the morning.