New ITA features
Oct 17, 2010, 11:54 am
#1
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New ITA features
As presented in the CHI DO today:
- Display/sort by “price per mile” (hidden feature, new matrix only). Two ways:
- On the search results page, hold the shift key down while you click on the “price” column (unfortunately this doesn't work in some browsers)
- Secret URL: http://matrix.itasoftware.com/?showPricePerMile=true
- Limit search to an airline alliance
- In the “routing codes” box, type “/ alliance <alliance-name>”
- <alliance-name> can be “star-alliance”, “oneworld”, or “skyteam”
- Just for fun: route map puzzles (sorry, doesn't work in Internet Explorer yet)
Last edited by ITA Hacker; Oct 18, 2010 at 5:03 am
Oct 17, 2010, 5:54 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: PHL
Programs: HH Diamond MR PLAT US Gold
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As presented in the CHI DO today:
- Display/sort by “price per mile” (hidden feature, new matrix only). Two ways:
- On the search results page, hold the shift key down while you click on the “price” column (unfortunately this doesn't work in some browsers)
- Secret URL: http://matrix.itasoftware.com/?showPricePerMile=true
- Limit search to an airline alliance
- In the “routing codes” box, type “/ alliance <alliance-name>”
- Names are “star-alliance”, “oneworld”, or “skyteam”
- Just for fun: route map puzzles (sorry, doesn't work in Internet Explorer yet)
Thanks
-Rbn
Oct 17, 2010, 10:12 pm
#4
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: IND
Programs: 2FlyOrNot2Fly– that is the question: United Mileage Plus 1P
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Thanks so much! The price per mile function is very useful to me! 
Unfortunately I seem to be having trouble with limiting a search to a particular alliance using the new ITA version.
To limit to * alliance, is this exactly what I should type in the option box directly below the "Departing from" box? :
/ alliance <star-alliance>
It doesn't seem to work for me, but I'm sure I'm making some simple mistake.
Unfortunately I seem to be having trouble with limiting a search to a particular alliance using the new ITA version.
To limit to * alliance, is this exactly what I should type in the option box directly below the "Departing from" box? :/ alliance <star-alliance>
It doesn't seem to work for me, but I'm sure I'm making some simple mistake.
Oct 17, 2010, 10:46 pm
#5
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Oct 17, 2010, 10:55 pm
#6
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Depending on the alliance desired, you should type / alliance star-alliance
/ alliance oneworld
/ alliance skyteam
(Suggestion to ITA: For consistency as well as to minimize the need for support,
it would be wise to recognize all of the following usages: star-alliance, one-world, sky-team, staralliance, oneworld, skyteam.)
Last edited by aktchi; Oct 17, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Oct 18, 2010, 1:09 am
#10
Join Date: Apr 2010
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The search failed with QPX Warning. Bad route specification.
Oh well
Oct 18, 2010, 5:01 am
#11
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FROM BOS ::/ alliance star-alliance
Oct 18, 2010, 8:33 am
#12
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Crossword Puzzle answers
The answers to the FlyerTalk crossword puzzle can be found here.
http://www.itasoftware.com/pdf/crosswordanswers.pdf
Let us know how you did!
http://www.itasoftware.com/pdf/crosswordanswers.pdf
Let us know how you did!
Oct 18, 2010, 9:08 am
#13
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If you are specifying the alliance in the OPTIONS box just below the FROM box (which is what first post indicated), then
(FROM box) BOS
(OPTIONS box) / alliance star-alliance
Of course, the error message not being too specific, there is always the possibility that something else was wrong with the syntax and we are just looking in the wrong place. Would you mind posting exactly what you typed in which box?
If the problem persists, you should report it in the "official" manner from the search page, so ITA folks can see exactly what happened.
Oct 18, 2010, 11:16 am
#14
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: IND
Programs: 2FlyOrNot2Fly– that is the question: United Mileage Plus 1P
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Well, I finally got it to work in the old version (Matrix 1) by adding
:: alliance star-alliance after my departure city.
I still can't get the alliance limits to work in Version 2.
In the options box I type exactly
/ alliance star-alliance
I notice that after I get the error message and I return to modify the search, the site has eliminated the " / " from the options box. Perhaps this is relevant?
I wonder if the fact that I've changed Matrix 2 to show price per mile has anything to do with my error message?
In any case, I've notified ITA of the problem per your suggestion, Aktchi.
Thank you
:: alliance star-alliance after my departure city.
I still can't get the alliance limits to work in Version 2.
In the options box I type exactly
/ alliance star-alliance
I notice that after I get the error message and I return to modify the search, the site has eliminated the " / " from the options box. Perhaps this is relevant?
I wonder if the fact that I've changed Matrix 2 to show price per mile has anything to do with my error message?
In any case, I've notified ITA of the problem per your suggestion, Aktchi.
Thank you
Oct 18, 2010, 12:10 pm
#15
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