Travel Tools - Free alerts for *A awards

Looking for a *A award search interface that also offers free award alerts? C'mon over and join the fun at Wandering Aramean Travel Tools ('http://www.wandr.me/')! The regular search interface should help make finding itineraries somewhat easier:
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Fill in the appropriate information, click the magic button and then sit back and let the good news roll in:
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With the "Saver Only" box checked it will only show itineraries that have availability in the discounted award levels. Those are also generally the same awards available to partner programs, though it may vary on United Airlines ('http://www.wanderingaramean.com/tag/united/') metal based on whether the MP number used in the query has status associated with it.

And should you desire an email alert I've got that, too. Just click on the My Alerts link ('http://www.wandr.me/Star-Alliance-Award-Search.aspx/List-Alerts') and you can configure the system to check for you and email you when it finds seats available. By default all members can have up to 10 active alerts which will be queried daily. First Class members ('http://www.wandr.me/home.aspx/FirstClass') can have up to 50 active award alerts and they will be queried at least 4x daily.
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The Alert tool lets you specify specific cabins of service as part of the query. You can easily manage the alerts through the interface:
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Should the award be available during the scheduled search time you’ll receive an email that looks something like this:
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Let me know what you think.

This sounds like it could be fantastically useful - but what is the "MP#" you want us to fill in to search?

This sounds like it could be fantastically useful - but what is the "MP#" you want us to fill in to search?

MileagePlus FF#. If you don't have an account you can sign up for one for free.

Just curious why you need MP FF#?

I tried entering my number, but the system does not think it is valid!

Too bad, I would have liked to be able to use this search.

Just curious why you need MP FF#?
Has to do with the underlying data source. ;)
I tried entering my number, but the system does not think it is valid!
What is the format of your number? Should be two letters then 6 numbers. If it isn't that format I will either need to change my code or verify the number you're using.

Got it! And it seems to work fine :)

Terrific resource! ^

FYI, I've added an option for non-stop flights only in the alert search. Hope that's useful.

I am moving this to Travel Tools Board.


Markie - Mod, *A

Has to do with the underlying data source. ;)

What is the format of your number? Should be two letters then 6 numbers. If it isn't that format I will either need to change my code or verify the number you're using.

Some of the new MP #s are 3 letters and 5 numbers - just FYI. (My wife's is)

Thanks for making this available. Is there a way to do this without asking for our MP#s? I (and am sure there are others) don't feel too comfortable giving this info out ... why do you need it to start with?

Thanks for making this available. Is there a way to do this without asking for our MP#s? I (and am sure there are others) don't feel too comfortable giving this info out ... why do you need it to start with?

Is there a way? Probably. But the way I am doing it requires that. If you don't feel comfortable then this tool isn't for you. There are others out there which have similar functionality that you can try.

Some of the new MP #s are 3 letters and 5 numbers - just FYI. (My wife's is)
Thanks...I'll work on the code to make sure I can handle those.

ETA: Apparently I planned ahead and can actually accept those already. I guess I was thinking when I wrote the code the first time around. :o