Travel Tools - www.acruw.com - point tracker website
SouthernCross
Jun 25, 09, 3:11 pm
http://www.acruw.com
Has anyone given this (http://www.acruw.com) point tracker website a try? I have linked a few of my frequent traveler accounts, and thus far I am very impressed. The interface is clean, and not overly complex. There is some unobtrusive advertising. They also provide points vs. dollars comparisons (using their own estimated point valuations), the sort of thing that gives me a headache.
The don't facilitate point exchanges ala points.com, and frankly that is not something that would interest me. I do realize that I am giving a third-party web site my frequent traveler account passwords. That is something I am ok with, with the exception of my AMEX membership rewards, which I chose to track manually.
My only hope is that they come up with an iPhone app. :D
Thoughts?
-SC
njxbean
Jun 25, 09, 7:54 pm
http://www.acruw.com
Has anyone given this (http://www.acruw.com) point tracker website a try? I have linked a few of my frequent traveler accounts, and thus far I am very impressed. The interface is clean, and not overly complex. There is some unobtrusive advertising. They also provide points vs. dollars comparisons (using their own estimated point valuations), the sort of thing that gives me a headache.
The don't facilitate point exchanges ala points.com, and frankly that is not something that would interest me. I do realize that I am giving a third-party web site my frequent traveler account passwords. That is something I am ok with, with the exception of my AMEX membership rewards, which I chose to track manually.
My only hope is that they come up with an iPhone app. :D
Thoughts?
-SC
seems like a cool site. though i am weary of giving my login credentials to the site.
yosithezet
Jun 26, 09, 1:31 pm
I use yodlee.com to track my points. Them I trust.
timraybould
Jul 13, 09, 7:46 pm
SC - thanks for the nice comments about acruw. We went live with some enhancements to the site today, one of which was to re-think the way we do password security. Now, we have a setting where we don't store your passwords - in this case, we prompt you to type them in each time you would like to update.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other feedback.
Tim
tim@acruw.com
cmclauss
Aug 28, 10, 8:11 am
After spending some time this morning researching the various travel point accumulation websites, I chose Acruw. After setting everything up, I tried writing an e-mail (as suggested on the site) to have additional programs included and found that all of the 'contact us' email addresses are no good. The Blog link goes nowhere too.
So just a heads up...
cmclauss
Aug 28, 10, 4:55 pm
As a follow-up to my above post, I did receive a response from Tim. He explained that the site had not been kept up to date recently and that the emails would be fixed quickly. He also reassured me that the passwords are stored encrypted in the database, and aren't human readable.
So - just an update.
BLI-Flyer
Aug 28, 10, 5:56 pm
They also haven't kept the point tracking algorithm up to date. My Alaska Airlines total on the Acruw grid shows that I have 3 miles, I actually have several hundred thousand miles.
CPRich
Aug 28, 10, 6:08 pm
Invalid emails, most/all links as dead ends, invalid FF data, 2008 copyright notice, nearly nothing on Google less than a year old - I'm not sure why this would be an option with AwardWallet or GoMiles out there.