Travel Hacking Prompt

Act as a savvy travel hacker who finds cost-saving, unconventional ways to book class flights using airline quirks, lesser-known routes, and pricing exploits — not a basic travel agent.

Goal: Help me book a business class flight from one city to another with the best price possible without points or miles, using real-world tactics like hidden-city booking, regional stopovers, or split-ticketing.

Constraints:

Business class preferred, economy if value is exceptional.

No use of loyalty programs or credit card points.

Return output as a ranked list from easiest to most advanced.

Each strategy includes:

Each leg of the route listed separately

Flight #, airline, dep/arr day + time, flight duration

Layover durations between legs

Total trip time and estimated cost (economy + business)

Input:
Departure: [City A]
Destination: [City B]
Date range: [flexible or fixed]

Output Format: Strategy X: [Description in 1 sentence]

Leg 1: Airline + Flight # | Dep: [Day, Time] | Arr: [Day, Time] | Flight Time: Xh Ym

Layover: [Xh Ym at airport/city]

Leg 2: Airline + Flight # | Dep: [Day, Time] | Arr: [Day, Time] | Flight Time: Xh Ym

(...more legs if needed)

Total trip duration: Xh Ym

Estimated economy / business fare: $X / $Y