bedelman
Sep 17, 02, 10:13 pm
Since this is of interest to frequent fliers on any airline -- to anyone who needs to find flights with availability of any discounted or (public) award booking class -- I think & hope Milesbuzz is an appropriate forum for this post. My sincere apologies if not.
Posts in multiple FT forums have discussed a system at aeroplan.de for viewing Galileo CRS inventory data for most (all?) airlines. Like "expert mode" at Travelocity, this system makes it possible to see discounted premium booking codes (A, C, D, etc.), but it turns out to be somewhat faster than signing into Travelocity and also doesn't require establishing an account there. Finally, it packs an impressive amount of data onto a single screen -- great for experts and aspiring experts alike.
The problem to date has been that the system's interface is only in German. But I figured out earlier today how to translate the initial form in the system into English; results are then pretty universal (day, time, flight number, inventory by booking code).
For the system, see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/travel/galileo . For a frame-enhanced version (thanks to FT'ers for this suggestion), see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/travel/galileo/frame.html .
Further enhancement suggestions welcomed (here or via email). I'll make every effort to implement the ideas I receive.
Posts in multiple FT forums have discussed a system at aeroplan.de for viewing Galileo CRS inventory data for most (all?) airlines. Like "expert mode" at Travelocity, this system makes it possible to see discounted premium booking codes (A, C, D, etc.), but it turns out to be somewhat faster than signing into Travelocity and also doesn't require establishing an account there. Finally, it packs an impressive amount of data onto a single screen -- great for experts and aspiring experts alike.
The problem to date has been that the system's interface is only in German. But I figured out earlier today how to translate the initial form in the system into English; results are then pretty universal (day, time, flight number, inventory by booking code).
For the system, see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/travel/galileo . For a frame-enhanced version (thanks to FT'ers for this suggestion), see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/travel/galileo/frame.html .
Further enhancement suggestions welcomed (here or via email). I'll make every effort to implement the ideas I receive.