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Skiplagged Isn’t Nearly As Good As They Think They Are…Here’s A Better Way To Save Money On Hidden-City Flights

Airport codes for hidden city ticketing now has a dedicated thread see here: http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=45539

For mileage runs, here’s a backdoor URL: http://matrix.itasoftware.com/?showPricePerMile=true

Just do a regular search and it will be there. You can have it sort by CPM, great tool for mileage running.


Click on "Advanced routing codes" and enter the following routing codes:

Description    Format
Restricting to specific airlines   
Direct flight marketed by American Airlines   
Code: [Select]
[AA] or [C:AA]Any number of flights marketed by American Airlines   
Code: [Select]
[AA+] or [C:AA+]Direct flight marked by American Airlines, United, or Delta   
Code: [Select]
[AA,CO,DL] or
Code: [Select]
[C:AA,C:UA,C:DL]Direct flight operated by American Airlines (as opposed to a code-share or subsidiary carrier)   
Code: [Select]
[O:AA]Direct flight operated by American Airlines, United, or Delta (as opposed to a code-share)   
Code: [Select]
[O:AA,O:UA,O:DL]Up to 3 flights, including at least one marketed by US Airways   
Code: [Select]
[F? US F?]Any number of flights, including at least one marketed by American Airlines   
Code: [Select]
[F+ AA F+]Exclude United and only show direct flights   
Code: [Select]
[~UA]Exclude United and show options with zero or more connections.   
Code: [Select]
[~UA+]Search for results with exactly two flights, and excluding United from the 2nd flight   
Code: [Select]
[F ~UA]Search for results with a direct flight excluding flights marketed   
Code: [Select]
[~AA,CO,DL]Search for results with a direct flight excluding flights marketed by American Airlines, United, or Delta   
Code: [Select]
[~AA,UA,DL]A flight on US Airways followed by a flight on United   
Code: [Select]
[US UA]Restricting by alliance   
oneworld   
Code: [Select]
[/ alliance oneworld]SkyTeam   
Code: [Select]
[/ alliance skyteam]Star Alliance   
Code: [Select]
[/ alliance star-alliance]Restricting the number of stops   
Non-stop flight   
Code: [Select]
[N]Non-stop flight on United Airlines   
Code: [Select]
[N:UA]Direct flight (may have a stop, but same flight number continues to destination)   
Code: [Select]
[F]Specifying connections   
Any number of connections, each with a minimum connection time of 45 min   
Code: [Select]
[/ minconnect 45]Any number of connections, each with a minimum connection time of 1 hour, maximum connection time of 2 hours   
Code: [Select]
[/ minconnect 60; maxconnect 120]Require at least 20 minutes more than airline recommended minimum connection time   
Code: [Select]
[/ padconnect 20]One or more connection points   
Code: [Select]
[X+]One connection point with at least 45 min   
Code: [Select]
[X / minconnect 45]Exactly 2 connections   
Code: [Select]
[X X]Two connections or less   
Code: [Select]
[X? X?]Two connections or more   
Code: [Select]
[X X+]Connect in Dallas-Fort-Worth with no other connection points   
Code: [Select]
[DFW] or
Code: [Select]
[X:DFW]Connect in Dallas-Fort-Worth with any additional connections before or after   
Code: [Select]
[F? DFW F?]Connect in either Dallas-Fort-Worth or Denver with no other connection points   
Code: [Select]
[DFW,DEN]Connect only in Dallas-Fort-Worth or Denver   
Code: [Select]
[N DFW,DEN N]Connect in Dallas-Fort-Worth followed by Denver followed by 0 or more stops   
Code: [Select]
[DFW DEN X?]Find itineraries with exactly one connection and exclude connections in Dallas-Fort-Worth   
Code: [Select]
[~DFW]Exclude connections in the United States (Note: this does not exclude stops on direct flights.)   
Code: [Select]
[~l:nUS+]Specifying itinerary duration   
Maximum itinerary duration of 4 hours (specify in minutes)   
Code: [Select]
[/ maxdur 240]Specifying flight attributes   
Exclude overnight stops   
Quote
[/ -overnight]
Exclude both red-eye flights and overnight stops   
Code: [Select]
[/ -overnight;-redeye]Exclude propeller planes   
Code: [Select]
[/ -prop]Specifying specific flight numbers   
A particular flight -
Code: [Select]
UA882    UA882Any flights except UA882   
Code: [Select]
~UA882+A particular flight - UA882 - followed by any number of flights   
Code: [Select]
UA882 F+One or more flights on UA with flight numbers in the range 1000-2000   
Code: [Select]
UA1000-2000+
Nonstop flight on a United 737:
Code: [Select]
UA / aircraft t:737
Nonstop flight on a United 737-700 only:
Code: [Select]
UA / aircraft t:73G
Nonstop flight on a United 737-800 only:
Code: [Select]
UA / aircraft t:738
Specify fare class and maxconnect:
Code: [Select]
AA+ / f bc=Y; maxconnect 45
Exclude basic economy on US airlines:
Code: [Select]
f ~(ua,bc=N|aa,bc=B|dl,bc=E|b6,bc=L|as,bc=X)
Exclude basic economy on AA:
Code: [Select]
AA+ / f ~bc=b
Exclude basic economy on DL:
Code: [Select]
DL+ / f ~bc=e
Exclude basic economy on UA:
Code: [Select]
UA+ / f ~bc=n
Exclude international light fares on UA:
Code: [Select]
UA+ / f ~..-lgt
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #260 on: October 12, 2014, 09:23:56 AM »
Is there a way to have it search all destinations from an airport? For example JFK to anywhere?

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #261 on: October 12, 2014, 09:29:12 AM »
Is there a way to have it search all destinations from an airport? For example JFK to anywhere?
Not sure about ITA. You can try to put in all airport codes. But there is such a feature on "skyscanner"  [mobile app only.]

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #262 on: November 27, 2014, 10:54:46 AM »
A good one to keep handy when searching for NYC-MIA, FLL, PBI
Code: [Select]
~NK,F9
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #263 on: November 27, 2014, 12:41:36 PM »
A good one to keep handy when searching for NYC-MIA, FLL, PBI
Code: [Select]
~NK,F9
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #264 on: December 10, 2014, 01:38:58 PM »
ITA's been throwing up a lot of errors again the past few days.
It's really bad today.

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #265 on: December 10, 2014, 04:24:14 PM »
ITA's been throwing up a lot of errors again the past few days.
It's really bad today.
+1
I just got this weird message. Trying to figure out where I went wrong.
   
   The search failed with QPX Warning. Illegal faring spec: unexpected end of string
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #266 on: December 10, 2014, 04:54:50 PM »
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I just got this weird message. Trying to figure out where I went wrong.
   
   The search failed with QPX Warning. Illegal faring spec: unexpected end of string
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #267 on: December 15, 2014, 02:41:20 PM »
Looks like ITA Matrix 3.0 has launched.

On first glance, seems to be cosmetically different but nothing stands out in terms of functionality.

I hope they finally fixed all the errors.

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #268 on: December 15, 2014, 03:06:22 PM »
Looks like ITA Matrix 3.0 has launched.

On first glance, seems to be cosmetically different but nothing stands out in terms of functionality.



They removed the most valuable function on matrix. the surrounding airports search, its almost worthless now.

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #269 on: December 15, 2014, 03:07:36 PM »

They removed the most valuable function on matrix. the surrounding airports search, its almost worthless now.

After you type in a airport the nearby button shows up
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #270 on: December 15, 2014, 03:09:30 PM »
After you type in a airport the nearby button shows up
only up to 150 miles

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #271 on: December 15, 2014, 03:16:23 PM »
only up to 150 miles
That sucks!!

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #272 on: December 15, 2014, 04:03:27 PM »
As long as it doesn't boombox I'm OK with sacrificing that.
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #273 on: December 15, 2014, 04:09:54 PM »
As long as it doesn't boombox I'm OK with sacrificing that.
as long as you have the list of airports in the wiki here, not the biggest deal ever.

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #274 on: December 15, 2014, 04:23:16 PM »
as long as you have the list of airports in the wiki here, not the biggest deal ever.
Yup.
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #277 on: December 18, 2014, 12:19:41 AM »
As long as it doesn't boombox I'm OK with sacrificing that.
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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #278 on: December 18, 2014, 12:17:51 PM »
On first glance, seems to be cosmetically different but nothing stands out in terms of functionality.

Thought so too at first, but this one has more errors and problems for me than before. I would rather old version with boombox.

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Re: ITA Software Advanced Routing Codes
« Reply #279 on: December 18, 2014, 12:31:13 PM »
Report the bugs to them on the ITA forum.
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