Travel Tools - *AwardFinder - Free Web-based *A Award Search

Thought I'd share an app I wrote with you guys to help in searching for *A awards.

Wrote this app for myself so I could save the trouble of logging into ANA and doing the search. The app also allows for multiple day searches so I would not need to repeat the search multiple times. Results are completely based on ANA's output. There are several upcoming features but I've yet to make them production ready.

I decided to make the app available to the public so everyone can use it to search for *A award inventory. I'm currently hosting it on an extra rackspace server I have so hopefully it's responsive enough! It's completely free for now, but I may put some ads on it in the future to cover hosting costs - if the demand is high.

Just enter the origin, destination (in airport code), date as well as number of days forward the app should search and click Search! Results are shown in real time as the search is being completed. The current UI isn't ideal but I will be improving on it continuously. Do let me know via this thread if there are any problems.

To access the app, click on this link! http://awardfinder.juny4ng.com

Works perfectly well, thanks so much!!!

Terrific resource! :-: Thanks so much. One question: when the result for business class says "connecting flights," what does that mean? Are seats available or not?
Cheers,
Susan

Great tool!
Sme suggestions:
- To make it easier to find what you want: what about color coding the results (available F seats in red, C seats in blue and Y seats in green)?
- Set the tables in html to a fixed with to make it easier to read and/or remove the header for each connection
- Add a filter to show only Itinaries where at least one flight has F or Y availability
- Add the number of passengers (or repeat the search automatically and show the number of available seats)

Thanks you all for trying it out! Will make it better :)

Nice tool, except that I am getting some weird results. In several cases, it says "Connecting Flights" (???) for availability in C. I think it is incorrect interpretation of C~ that ANA gives...

Connecting Flights is actually Restricted. I'm currently pushing up an update to the tool - there will be a improved version soon.

Great job! Appreciate your efforts in coding up and sharing with the community!

Great tool!
- Add the number of passengers (or repeat the search automatically and show the number of available seats)

+1

Amazing job!
Keep the updates coming.

GBM

Updated the app based on suggestions. Improved UI + Filtering

thank you thank you thank you....

Seems very useful, keep up the good work! Getting the results took a while when looking for 7-10 days, but I guess that's just because of the repeated roundtrips to the ANA tool? Hopefully they won't block it.

Now I just need to collect enough miles to actually make use of the information... :p

Very nice of the OP to do this!!

Great tool. Thanks to the OP.

A great addition (though very difficult to implement I understand) is to go around ANA limited logic for connecting flights, as the actual possibilities are much grater.

Thanks for the great work. especially helpful for a newbie like me.

Getting up to 10 concurrent searches at the same time, so there might be a slower response time. Trying to optimize the app to make it faster.

Long time lurker, 1st time poster.

Thanks for the great tool and your quick responsiveness to suggestions as well!
What does "-" mean as a result?
thanks

^ Dan likes this.

Dan likes this very very much. Thankyou.

"-" would either mean "On Request" or that the information is not available for the flight. I will add a distinction for "On Request" flights soon.

Long time lurker, 1st time poster.

Thanks for the great tool and your quick responsiveness to suggestions as well!
What does "-" mean as a result?
thanks

I just tried it and get a message "You seem to be behind a firewall.. Search stopped"

I am at work currently and we are behind a pretty secure firewall.

Will I have the same issue behind my little Cisco/Linksys firewall at home? I have it configured for NAT and filtering.

I just tried it and get a message "You seem to be behind a firewall.. Search stopped"

I am at work currently and we are behind a pretty secure firewall.

Will I have the same issue behind my little Cisco/Linksys firewall at home? I have it configured for NAT and filtering.

Dosen't work well behind strong firewalls because I'm using WebSockets for real-time search. The next update will probably release an update that deals with people behind strong firewalls.. It will work at home.

Absolutely brilliant. Thanks a bunch!

Great work, I love the simple UI.

I love the simplicity of it...and especially the "days" in advance.

Keep It up!

Wow! Over 2000 searches so far. Thanks for the support guys.

Awesome tool. Brilliant.

This is a great tool, thanks for the effort. I would be willing to pay for it.

(Unfortunately it's delivering me the usual bad news about availability.)

What do you guys think about having the ability to view past searches (by yourself and others?)

Wow - youve created such a useful and functional tool. Thank you so much.

What do you guys think about having the ability to view past searches (by yourself and others?)

Not sure if that would work since you always need real time availability. The seat could have been gone by the time you look at past searches or a new one opened up that was not there previously.

Great and convenient tool, but not quite accurate for 4 passenger award bookings. OP's tool is showing Available for some SQ flights but CO/ANA tool doesn't reflect the same. I think it's showing availability for 1 pax only instead of 4.

Yes, I checked again, it says "Search results... 4 pax" at the top.

Great and convenient tool, but not quite accurate for 4 passenger award bookings. OP's tool is showing Available for some SQ flights but CO/ANA tool doesn't reflect the same. I think it's showing availability for 1 pax only instead of 4.

Yes, I checked again, it says "Search results... 4 pax" at the top.

Thanks! I checked and the results were accurate. Could you drop me a PM with what you searched so I can check it out?

Did not work for IAD to MLE. It is showing no award availabilty, and the CO website shows quite differently.

Did not work for IAD to MLE. It is showing no award availabilty, and the CO website shows quite differently.

Availability is only based off ANA for now.. Will add CO support soon. :)

What do you guys think about having the ability to view past searches (by yourself and others?)

What about the ability to recall previous searches? I mean re-execute the same search with a single click and no have to specify from/to/date/etc

Brilliant - simple and effective. Many thanks for sharing.

Mark

Very good tool. thank you.

But could it be that the app has a glitch with flights that don´t 7/7 ? Error w_343

Very nice....

Awesome! Thanks!

Thanks jyflyer! Fantastic effort for the community, much appreciated.

Wow! Over 2000 searches so far. Thanks for the support guys.

We thank you! Very kind of you to provide this for the community. Will it be possible to have email notification for flights you want in later additions of this app?

Wow, fantastic OP. I think I owe you big style - this has saved me about £100 and two extra days of my (limited) annual leave.

Oh, and flying to Africa with LX now, rather than a horrid BMI/LH/LH/ET routing!

Very useful tool.

Thank you for sharing.!

Now if only it would come up with something other than "Full"... ;)

Two suggestions:

1. It would be great if we could cancel a search in the middle.

2. There is a workaround to get *G ANA availability within a week, perhaps you should implement this in your free time :)

Wow, I like it. Thank you.

I'll bring up a new problem. When looking at Asia to the US the search is only returning TPAC flights. Is there any way to structure it where transiting Europe is shown?

Thank you, this is a very simple UI.

Great tool. Thanks to the OP.

A great addition (though very difficult to implement I understand) is to go around ANA limited logic for connecting flights, as the actual possibilities are much grater.
+1. The ability to search across several consecutive days is a nice addition. It really is a shame that the underlying ANA logic for cxns is so feeble. (I was just discussing this in MilesBuzz this morning. Another FTer was looking for award travel LAX-HAN, and ANA only offers LAX-ICN-HAN while ignoring LAX-Tokyo and LAX-SIN options.)

jyflyer, awesome tool with good UI and easy navigation ^. Thanks for investing the time to help fellow FTs.

Oh wow, we've passed 8000 searches. Thanks guys for your feedback. A few things coming up in the next update..

--

- Saved Searches
- Aeroplan and CO Searches

Thanks

The server is getting hammered with requests, so I will need to upgrade the server, but that will only take moments - approx 30mins. (Rackspace rocks!)

My apologies for any downtime or stopped searches.

Server is now back up! Faster and stronger!

Is there a way the code can be written to perform multiple city searches for the same day and show results for all at the same time? e.g.

Oct 12th (+7 day search)
SIN/CGK/BKK/HKG-FRA

If I wanted LH and SIN-FRAN shows not available, you can see availability from other cities you select as "from" on the same screen for the same dates.

Very soon ;)

Is there a way the code can be written to perform multiple city searches for the same day and show results for all at the same time? e.g.

Oct 12th (+7 day search)
SIN/CGK/BKK/HKG-FRA

If I wanted LH and SIN-FRAN shows not available, you can see availability from other cities you select as "from" on the same screen for the same dates.

Very soon ;)

You are genius ^

This is epic for a new guy like myself. I am in IT guy for a data center. If I have any spare cash around I would gladly make a donation to your project or tell me what to get so I can get some miles :)

This is fantastic. Really quick and easy to use. Thanks!

I really love the concept, and I really look forward to using it as it only improves further. There currently seems to be a lot of flights missing however. . . especially mixed carrier options. For example, in searching 11/25/12 from BKK to ORD, there are plenty of options that should be available, but the *AwardFinder only returns UA flights and says they are full.

My apologies if there is something I've missed that readily explains this. Please keep up the great work to perfect this, as this is the type of search engine I could really use!!

I really love the concept, and I really look forward to using it as it only improves further. There currently seems to be a lot of flights missing however. . . especially mixed carrier options. For example, in searching 11/25/12 from BKK to ORD, there are plenty of options that should be available, but the *AwardFinder only returns UA flights and says they are full.

My apologies if there is something I've missed that readily explains this. Please keep up the great work to perfect this, as this is the type of search engine I could really use!!

Does selecting "Yes" for connecting flights work?

This looks great and very simple to use. Love it. Thank you!

Thought I'd share some of the top 10 searches made over the past week (Over 8500 searches..)

1. ZRH-BKK
2. FRA-BKK
3. FRA-SIN
4. FRA-NRT
5. ORD-ZRH
6. BKK-ZRH
7. YUL-ZRH
8. SEA-FRA
9. SFO-FRA
10. ORD-FRA

I'm a guilty party for 1 and 6 :-).
When searching AMS-BKK the ZRH-BKK possibilities with LX never show up....

I am seeing RQ now in availability. I assume this is your "On Request" code.

Any ETA on including CO and possibly AeroPlan? It would be nice to do close in searches (within the next week).

I am seeing RQ now in availability. I assume this is your "On Request" code.

If I reexecute the same search the "RQ" changes to "Full".

I am seeing RQ now in availability. I assume this is your "On Request" code.

If I reexecute the same search the "RQ" changes to "Full".

That's a function of the ANA engine. Unfortunately, It gives a lot of false positives in the form of "RQ"

I am seeing RQ now in availability. I assume this is your "On Request" code.

Any ETA on including CO and possibly AeroPlan? It would be nice to do close in searches (within the next week).

What we're showing is what the ANA tool shows. CO and AeroPlan will be added in the next major update :)

I think your site broke the ANA engine :D

Edit: Working again. For a while, neither your site nor the ANA site was working.

I think your site broke the ANA engine :D

Edit: Working again. For a while, neither your site nor the ANA site was working.

Haha! More like the ANA site broke which broke my app.

App worked well for me in the beginning but has recently began giving me error codes. Is it down?

Very nice, thanks. ^ I like the color coding--makes it even easier to interpret the results, which are, in any case, very easy to read. Great job.

jyflyer, I just discovered your app. Thank you so much for taking the time to create it, and share it with the FT community.

MUCH faster than searching in the ANA tool, especially as I don't have any miles in my account so have to search the long way for SFO-ATH R/T flights.

Minor update to add auto completion to the fields!

Has anyone else got the error code: *A reservations can't be made online for this flight. I only started getting it a few days ago...

Has anyone else got the error code: *A reservations can't be made online for this flight. I only started getting it a few days ago...

PM me with the details of what you searches. I believe it may be your airport code.

What do you guys think about having the ability to view past searches (by yourself and others?)

This is a great tool. I'll add to the thank yous. ^

I like the idea of being able to re-run my previous searches. It will save time when I am doing daily checks to see if anything new has opened up.

I am not sure what you meant by others viewing past searches, but I am not so enthused about having a real time running list of searches by other people. However, a top 10 list like the one you posted in post 59 is interesting.

Wonderful AP. Thanks!! Just booked NYC-OGG flights using it as a guide.
I wonder if it would be possible to do a comparable ap to seach for upgrade travel??

Wonderful AP. Thanks!! Just booked NYC-OGG flights using it as a guide.
I wonder if it would be possible to do a comparable ap to seach for upgrade travel??

You mean upgrade travel on United?

I wonder if it would be possible to do a comparable ap to seach for upgrade travel??

Star Alliance upgrades need award inventory (O, I) to go through, which is exactly what the OP's app is showing.

Thank you very much for this helpful tool, especailly newbie like me.

Keep up the good work!

Oh wow I love this!!!
Thanks for developing it and for sharing it with us! ^

Thanks so much for this tool.

Would it be possible to share the source code for queries? I would love to see a feature included only to show only C/F available classes (combined), not only by segment but also for the complete trip(e.g. only show connections when both segments have availabilities).

Thanks so much for this tool.

Would it be possible to share the source code for queries? I would love to see a feature included only to show only C/F available classes (combined), not only by segment but also for the complete trip(e.g. only show connections when both segments have availabilities).

I fixed that - now when you filter, it shows only complete itineraries which has the select class for all flights (if there are multiple flights)

I fixed that - now when you filter, it shows only complete itineraries which has the select class for all flights (if there are multiple flights)

Thanks, much better now.

Regarding my second comment: Would it be possible to integrate the option filter by classes > Business?

My example would be: We have intra-Europe only C class feeders so that when you are looking for F-AWARDS, any AWARD with a feeder won't show up when you apply the F filter (i.e. FRA-ZRH in C available and then ZRH-BKK in F).

This would help a lot.

Thanks, much better now.

Regarding my second comment: Would it be possible to integrate the option filter by classes > Business?

My example would be: We have intra-Europe only C class feeders so that when you are looking for F-AWARDS, any AWARD with a feeder won't show up when you apply the F filter (i.e. FRA-ZRH in C available and then ZRH-BKK in F).

This would help a lot.

A different suggestion: When looking for F or C awards a short feeder in economy is acceptable, but not the long flight in economy and the feeder in a higher class.
A filter where you can search for long flights in F or C and feeders in any class would be really helpful.

I think your site broke the ANA engine :D

Edit: Working again. For a while, neither your site nor the ANA site was working.

Once again, thanks OP, this is a great service.

I fear that it might be a victim of its own success -- would ANA perceive this tool (especially because one needs to log in to use the ANA tool) as piracy of its application? Let's hope not!

P.S. Another small change that would improve the user-friendliness would be to place the search form, with the information from the previous search pre-populated, at the bottom of the search results screen, so that the user could initiate a new search, perhaps with small changes to the parameters. As it operates now, the user has to click the back button on the browser, and re-enter all of the parameters since the form comes back blank.

Thanks so much!

Great tool! Thanks a ton, OP! :)

Oh-so-thank-U, Jyflyer!

It is much faster than ANA. Thank you !

Great app, love it already. much simpler than using ANA tools.

Why did you change the background colour to white? The yellow was much easier on the eyes.

Other than that loving all the little changes you're making. I use it all the time and it keeps improving. ^

One of the best tools I have seen, combining functionality with ease of use.

Now, if only you can get a consulting gig to improve airlines websites ...

This is a great tool! Thanks for creating and sharing.

Thank you so much! I am finding that there may be other combinations not listed so it is still good to make a call to check.

This is a great app!

Thank you for your hard work and sharing the result with us.

This is a great app! It will sure be handy.
Thanks for sharing!! Love it.

AWESOME tool ^

I've been looking at 30 Jun 12 NRT/LHR C class. Unfortunately ANA uses rather limited connecting points. I've found availability on OS NRT/VIE/LHR and on OZ NRT/ICN/LHR for this date - any way to include these routings into a basic search? If it's too hard, how about another drop down box for a second sector?

Thanks again for creating this tool! I continue to receive the message below (have changed the dates from 2/5 back to 2/1, but continue to receive this):

Search Results for LAX - AKL, Friday, February 1, 2013 + 0 days, 2 pax

*Seat availability can be viewed from 330 days before departure date until 7 days prior to the departure date. The usage of starting time for 330 days before departure may vary by a few hours from midnight.(A_DATE_3A_002A)

Any idea why?

Today is March 5, 2012 so that means that 330 days from today would be January 29, 2013.

Since about a week ago, the site no longer shows LX flights for itineraries between BOS and various European cities, even though they are shown by both CO and AC award search engines. If I just ask for BOS-ZRH or ZRH-X (where X is MUC, FRA, CDG, CPH, etc), I see the flights.

Edited after a bit of research: looks like ANA doesn't see itineraries connecting via ZRH.

Ahhh, good point, and thanks for correcting my math...Although the tool actually gives the same message until I go back to January 27th...

Ahhh, good point, and thanks for correcting my math...Although the tool actually gives the same message until I go back to January 27th...

my guess would be that using the ANA site you automatically get a return option 3 or 4 days later. It's most likely that return date (not displayed) that is triggering the error message ;)

Many thanks for this tool. Game changer.

Thank you!!

Just saw this thread and used the tool today. Very nice!

I especially love the route search. That will be very handy when a user needs to figure out which *A carriers service a route and which cities those carriers use as hubs.

I do have 2 requests pertaining to the route search function:

1 - you have the option to limit by airline, however, not by alliance. Would it be possible to limit by *A so that we only see *A carriers that would be valid to build an award ticket?

2 - is it possible to use full airline names instead of using their call signs? I know a lot of them (at lease in regards to the *A) but not all, and googling to look up many of the small foreign carriers was a bit of a pain, particularly with a lot of non *A carriers coming up on the routes I was looking at.

Great job jyflyer, this will likely become a very popular tool on FlyerTalk!

You are right. I've actually fixed this for the next update.. :cool:

my guess would be that using the ANA site you automatically get a return option 3 or 4 days later. It's most likely that return date (not displayed) that is triggering the error message ;)

epic tool you rock!

First of all, thanks for creating this - it has made my award searching much easier!

Now for my question: for the last hour or so (i.e. every time I have tried today) the search results page sits for a few minutes and then returns a "Connection to https://aswbe-i.ana.co.jp refused" message. I logged into my ANA account and was able to successfully search from there - are they blocking your site now?

First of all, thanks for creating this - it has made my award searching much easier!

Now for my question: for the last hour or so (i.e. every time I have tried today) the search results page sits for a few minutes and then returns a "Connection to https://aswbe-i.ana.co.jp refused" message. I logged into my ANA account and was able to successfully search from there - are they blocking your site now?
Same here.

First of all, thanks for creating this - it has made my award searching much easier!

Now for my question: for the last hour or so (i.e. every time I have tried today) the search results page sits for a few minutes and then returns a "Connection to https://aswbe-i.ana.co.jp refused" message. I logged into my ANA account and was able to successfully search from there - are they blocking your site now?

Thanks for the feedback - i'm looking into it.

Ok guys, the service will be back up in approx 15 mins. Sorry for the downtime.

I realised for those of you using Chrome, there may be some problems resolving the new server. What you need to do is to clear your dns cache by typing this in your addr bar: chrome://net-internals/#dns and then clicking Clear host cache.

I realised for those of you using Chrome, there may be some problems resolving the new server. What you need to do is to clear your dns cache by typing this in your addr bar: chrome://net-internals/#dns and then clicking Clear host cache.

That worked for this Chrome user, thanks!

btw, i tried ewr - sin from march 15 +10 and couldn't find reward flight for business SQ21 while the same search peformed on united.com returns availability on some dates. Do you know why?

Right now we're only showing ANA availability - but stay tuned for our next release.

btw, i tried ewr - sin from march 15 +10 and couldn't find reward flight for business SQ21 while the same search peformed on united.com returns availability on some dates. Do you know why?

Love your site!

Your site is great. I had been trying to put together an itinerary for DFW-SYD December 2012. Once I found your site, it was a breeze -- called US Airways with the flights I had found and they were all available. Now I am ticketed and ready to go!

Searches arent working for me with Chrome with cache refresh and Mozilla. ANA seems fine. Any issues with other folk?

Searches arent working for me with Chrome with cache refresh and Mozilla. ANA seems fine. Any issues with other folk?

Same problem here. It made me realize how much I've come to rely on this tool for my award bookings.

I PM'd jyflyer to see if he could do anything :p

Guys,

Thanks for the feedback. I'm currently investigating the issue :)

Okay guys, it's back up. :)

Sorry for the inconvenience, really. We've been getting over 3000+ searches a day and I've just moved the software to a much better server. This should handle up to 10,000 searches a day no problem :)

Thanks!!

A much faster, better looking version and still FREE version is coming soon :)

Just a sneak preview ;)

http://www.juny4ng.com/sneak.png

Great tool, you should make your your ads open a new window - I'm not going to click anything if it interrupts my current search... (I tried from the "search in progress" window)

Help us beta the new awardfinder! The URL is http://www.awardtravelr.com/

Some new features:

Star Alliance Search
- Searches on UA, ANA and Aeroplan

Sky Team Search
- Searches on AF. (Delta coming soon).

One World Search
- Searches on BA (AA coming soon).

Post your feedback here or thru the new site! Enjoy. It's all free :)

I can't tell you how brilliant you are. Shouldn't you win some FT award or something for this?

I know i'm gonna be in the minority here...but I actually prefer the old (current) version. It was just so simple, quick, and easy to look through results.

For me the BEST feature about the current version is being able to search for any number of days at a time. For example, I could do one easy search to see if there are any F seats on LX86 for all of May. With the current version it is limited to 7 days in advance :(


My feature requests:
- get rid of the 7 day cap on searches
- an option to search only for direct flights
- colour coding for F/J/Y
- option to sort by date

I appreciate all comments :) The cap is there currently because we're not sure of the load the server will take :) Once we determine what's a good number, we'll definitely increase the num of days :)

I know i'm gonna be in the minority here...but I actually prefer the old (current) version. It was just so simple, quick, and easy to look through results.

For me the BEST feature about the current version is being able to search for any number of days at a time. For example, I could do one easy search to see if there are any F seats on LX86 for all of May. With the current version it is limited to 7 days in advance :(


My feature requests:
- get rid of the 7 day cap on searches
- an option to search only for direct flights
- colour coding for F/J/Y
- option to sort by date

The beta version seems to be giving erroneous results. It is showing availability of award seats where the old version did not. I cross-checked with United's site and the older version is accurate.

My guess is that the passenger count is not being considered. There are two award seats available and I am searching for four. The beta version is showing availability for any number of pax even when only two seats are available.

The beta version seems to be giving erroneous results. It is showing availability of award seats where the old version did not. I cross-checked with United's site and the older version is accurate.

My guess is that the passenger count is not being considered. There are two award seats available and I am searching for four. The beta version is showing availability for any number of pax even when only two seats are available.

We are certainly taking into account the number of passengers available. Could you drop me a PM with the details of the error so we can investigate? Our aim is to make this as accurate as possible.

We're now taking information from several different providers (ANA, UA, United) but similar results are certainly de-duplicated.

Still getting the Firewall issue.

Still getting the Firewall issue.

That is definitely a problem we're looking into since we're still using the same messaging technology as the old awardfinder. Are you using any anti-virus software such as Avast! or Kaspersky? Or are you on a corporate network?

This is a brilliant tool. Improvements for me would be:

- Increased number of days
- Remembering filter settings if I change the search date
- Ability to specified preferred layovers before searching (they aren't always included as an option in the results)
- Additional cabin class option of "Apply to longest sector" in case a Y or C positioning flight is required at the start/end to get a long F segment.
- The "No. of Layovers" filter sometimes shows the options unsorted (so it lists them as 1, 0, 2)
- I am also having the issue of availability not matching the old version. I searched a date that I know only has 1 seat and it still shows availability for 2 passengers.

Thanks!

Since we're now searching Aeroplan/ANA/United, there may be cases which ANA is not showing all the availability as with the old tool. Could you PM me the exact itinerary/dates you were searching for and we can double check?

Jy

This is a brilliant tool. Improvements for me would be:

- Increased number of days
- Remembering filter settings if I change the search date
- Ability to specified preferred layovers before searching (they aren't always included as an option in the results)
- Additional cabin class option of "Apply to longest sector" in case a Y or C positioning flight is required at the start/end to get a long F segment.
- The "No. of Layovers" filter sometimes shows the options unsorted (so it lists them as 1, 0, 2)
- I am also having the issue of availability not matching the old version. I searched a date that I know only has 1 seat and it still shows availability for 2 passengers.

Thanks!

Excellent enhancement!

I think the colour coding for F, C and Y cabins would be nice on this version too.

Tried 29 June 12 BNE/SIN on the beta but it comes back with no options. However, using the old tool I see Y available on SQ256.

Thanks guys, for the feedback. We're aware of these issues and have found what's causing them. Will update once they're fixed and tested.

We've fixed all currently known issues - do test out beta and let us know if there're any other problems.

Looks great thanks!

Ok we pushed another update out to http://www.awardtravelr.com

Now you get color coded availability :)

Live updates while doing the search has been added as well as performance improvements. A +6 day search over ANA/UA/Aeroplan takes < 45 seconds now.

Suggestion: allow sort and/or filter by cabin class, using the class of the longest leg (for cases when looking to travel in C or F, but OK with a short hop in a lower class).

Suggestion: allow sort and/or filter by cabin class, using the class of the longest leg (for cases when looking to travel in C or F, but OK with a short hop in a lower class).

That is something we're working on. Expect to see this pushed to the site by the weekend. :)

This is really a great tool, thanks for all your efforts.

I would like to see sorting capability by total itinerary time. And a saver or standard and miles needed sort/filter would be very nice as well.

(But I am happy with it as it is!)

It does currently sort by total itinerary time right now -> Click "Duration" on the sorting panel.

All the flights that we're getting are saver inventory - which is more universal throughout the entire star alliance network.

This is really a great tool, thanks for all your efforts.

I would like to see sorting capability by total itinerary time. And a saver or standard and miles needed sort/filter would be very nice as well.

(But I am happy with it as it is!)

It wouldn't really work to have any availability other than 'saver'. Each program has different availability for it's members on top of the 'saver' availability that's loaded into starnet.

It wouldn't really work to have any availability other than 'saver'. Each program has different availability for it's members on top of the 'saver' availability that's loaded into starnet.

That's right. We're currently only displaying only saver.

We released some UI changes today based on comments received. Make sure you press refresh a couple of times!

We now show each flight's class availability on the flight number itself without the need to expand the "show details" panel below. Enjoy.

http://www.juny4ng.com/update-1.PNG

I like how you show the airline logos. It's a nice visual aid when quickly scrolling through results. ^

We had a short service disruption due to a maintenance fix. It's up now!

The new tool is still showing lots of false availability.

Eg. June 25th, YVR-FRA showing F available on LH493. There are no F seats currently available on that flight, and the old tool shows this correctly.

I'm getting this false availability on many of my searches.

Do take note that we're no longer pulling from ANA alone. There is availability for the flight (as shown from United). We now have a whole bunch of self-tests that goes thru and verifies flight data that we're pulling individually with each provider - so we're pretty sure of our results.

http://www.juny4ng.com/ua.png

Our aim is to provide more choices :)

The new tool is still showing lots of false availability.

Eg. June 25th, YVR-FRA showing F available on LH493. There are no F seats currently available on that flight, and the old tool shows this correctly.

I'm getting this false availability on many of my searches.

Why did you get rid of the ability to query a search x days in advance, this was the great beauty over the ANA tool.

Also, on a route like GLA-CPH with the Star Alliance option selected it is giving me options with EI via DUB? This never came up before.

Is there some way to use the old version please?

Why did you get rid of the ability to query a search x days in advance, this was the great beauty over the ANA tool.

Also, on a route like GLA-CPH with the Star Alliance option selected it is giving me options with EI via DUB? This never came up before.

Is there some way to use the old version please?

You can now do +7 day searches on the new UI. The old tool is still there but we do eventually hope to migrate everything to the new tool.

EI is showing up because we're searching UA too, for award flights and EI is their partner. The next release will allow you to filter award flights by provider.

The old tool is still there but we do eventually hope to migrate everything to the new tool.


The website for the old tool just forwards to the new tool now, so can't actually use it anymore.

You you used to be able to search past the 330 days restriction used by ANA, but this is no longer possible? That's unfortunate as at least Aeroplan allows searches for up to 355 days I believe?

Anyway, thanks for a great tool ^

You you used to be able to search past the 330 days restriction used by ANA, but this is no longer possible? That's unfortunate as at least Aeroplan allows searches for up to 355 days I believe?

Anyway, thanks for a great tool ^

We will relaunch the +330 day search on the new tool very soon. :)

We will relaunch the +330 day search on the new tool very soon. :)
Great! ^

I have found that it is showing LX availability in F but then on the old version its not there.

I have found that it is showing LX availability in F but then on the old version its not there.

UA is showing phantom availability. You will have the option to filter away award flights shown by UA very soon.

what's the link to the old tool?