Travel Tools - Tracking Frequent Flyer Miles Online
AArlington
Oct 16, 10, 6:13 am
I have been tracking my trips simply by tracking my miles (Since why would I get on a plane without earning miles) on my PC.
Is there a handy website I can use that willd o this automatically?
Is there one with a SmartPhone client/ (ok this is not critical)?
Is there one that would let me entery hisotirical data myself (I assume it would only be able to download what is on the airlines' sites which probably only goes back 6 months or so).
Thanks
bengl3rt
Oct 16, 10, 11:48 am
I am actually looking into building such a site! I have posted some specifics over in another thread, please take a look and post your idea.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-technology/1136627-review-my-product-idea-new-app-ffs.html
cblaisd
Oct 16, 10, 5:28 pm
www.Pageonce.com Simply superb.
AArlington
Oct 16, 10, 5:32 pm
Pageonce is great. I use it. But what I am looking for is a way to track historical data from past trips. It may sound a bit eccentric but I want to be able to store data from the past 10 years. A desktop app if one exists is preferred.
Thanks
cblaisd
Oct 16, 10, 7:50 pm
Don't know if Yapta.com can do that. I quit using them when United quit giving vouchers for fare drops.
AlaskaAir738
Oct 16, 10, 9:48 pm
Pageonce is great. I use it. But what I am looking for is a way to track historical data from past trips. It may sound a bit eccentric but I want to be able to store data from the past 10 years. A desktop app if one exists is preferred.
Thanks
I agree, such an app is exactly what I have been looking for as well. A desktop app for the Mac, iPhone?
JClishe
Oct 17, 10, 9:28 am
www.flightmemory.com might be what you're looking for, although it's not a desktop app.
sbm12
Oct 17, 10, 10:31 am
If you want to keep a history of the individual trips I'd recommend www.openflights.org or www.flightmemory.com. Both are online, not local computer based, and they each have their own quirks, but they are both pretty good at tracking the basics of your travels and the details of the trips and segments.
TripIt can also do this, telling you how many files you've flown and where you've been but only for itineraries that were imported into the tool. I'm not sure about putting in historical data (I've never seen a reason to bother trying) and the miles reported will not really be search/sort/filterable. You just get a lump sum total from your entire history with the tool. Not particularly useful, especially compared to the above two.
If you want to keep track of your points on a flight-by-flight basis I'm not familiar with any specific tools that do that, online or off. I used to keep spreadsheets and such but eventually I found that I was happier with the above tools.
If you want to track your points in various programs then you're probably looking for something like GoMiles, AwardWallet, etc. Plenty of pros/cons from each of them. I like GoMiles a lot - enough that I'm now working with the guys there to make the product even better - but I can certainly understand the appeal of some of the other products.
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GadgetFreak
Oct 17, 10, 10:41 pm
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I use Google docs spreadsheets.
Wilbur
Oct 19, 10, 11:25 am
yodlee.com will track your miles, hotel points and rental car awards in addition to your financial accounts.
bscofield
Oct 19, 10, 1:34 pm
I use TripIt (http://tripit.com) to both track trips and FF/hotel/rental car accounts -- but the account tracking is only available in the Pro (http://www.tripit.com/pro) account. (It's totally worth it, in my opinion.)