fsuj25

OK, so my contribution (and some of these are going to be obvious to most)

- Worldmate (see previous post). It has really helped me out of jams by letting me know early enough that my flight is delayed so I'm not rushing to the airport unnecessarily on busy days and also letting me feel like I'm one of the first to try to switch flights). If nothing else, knowing that I'll have a notification pop up on my phone telling me my flight is late gives me peace of mind. And it will track gate changes too.
- Iexit has come in pretty handy lately. As I'm driving around on the interstate in areas I'm not familiar with, I can search what's on the next few exits and I can filter by category. So it lets you search for food in the next 20 miles.
- Gateguru. Because sometimes I have to decide between having my shoes shined at my departure airport, connection airport, or arrival airport. And it also helps me figure out where to eat while on my layovers. It has a feature that lets you update wait times at security but I have not used it. I feel it's made the difference between an airport meal I can tolerate and a pre-packaged turkey sandwich I have learned to love
Waze - because people update it as they drive around. It's saved me from a few tickets and quite a few traffic jams.
Spotify - because i can download pretty much any album I want. A few trusty albums and playlists saved on the phone have made many a flight appear bearable.

I may try tetherme. I used to be able to tether from my phone but it would disconnect me if I received a phone call. I have a wifi hotspot now, but one less thing to carry and charge would be nice.

Colin

If worldmate monitors the 3 GDS and airline websites, why would you need to forward confirmation emails? The entry of new reservations should be just the PNR and last name. I suspect you are confusing the matter the same as the above posters.

dtsm

Via cydia for jb iphones only
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/07/12/handsfree/

dtsm

These two tweaks are now compatible: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/07...nice-together/

dtsm

Not sure where to post so Moderator please feel free to move. The creator of Cydia just put this long post up and I thought it would be of interest to those who tweak this iphones.

http://www.saurik.com/id/20

Artpen100

Loungebuddy has become one of my most used apps, because it collects information on airline lounges that would otherwise be hard to get from multiple websites, or sometimes is hard to find even on FT. Examples include keeping track of which lounges for which airline (or the increasing independent lounges) that multiple credit cards or priority pass will get you into or not, rules for guests, reviews to help decide which to go to, and directions for which gate a particular lounge is near.

fsuj25

Not sure about the GDS. Worldmate sends you notifications and reminders that affect your itinerary, so you foward your confirmation emails so the program knows what flights you're taking, what rental car reservation you have, etc.
Does that make sense?

Colin

no. what happens when the airline, due to schedule
changes, rebooks you automatically onto differrebt flight numbers? without access to the current pnr, the app service would noteet the need I presented.

LinBP

I just discovered ANGL. It is a live-streaming social networking app. When you start streaming, other users can see it on a map. I can imagine in the future, if I should not be able to travel somewhere, maybe I can get someone`s live impressions from that place.

Kuki

Just got back from three weeks European tour (inc. Mallorca, Berlin and London) and was using CreateTrips as a planning app and offline maps. Worked for me! ^

willsterstyle

Anybody else use apps like CreateTrips for managing itineraries from the perspective of what to do, where to stay and what to eat etc.? I tried CreateTrips but I don't find it that useful and the fact that they charge for offline mode is kind of ridiculous.

Have you guys encountered any other better apps for this? What are you thoughts about the TripAdvisor app?

wco81

I use Kayak My Trips for building itineraries.

It will auto populate your airline and hotel reservations automatically if you forward the confirmation emails.

Then I fill in other events like the things I want to see, restaurants, etc from other sources. It's mainly to build up some printable itinerary, not so much to have some travel guide with information like addresses and hours of various attractions.

I think you get that with travel apps or eBooks, which are electronic versions of travel guide books.

Or for something more customized, I've played with Triposo and it will fill in a custom guide based on the kinds of things you want to see and you can read through it.

But I prefer hard copies so I don't have to pull out the device, though now with my iPad Mini Retina, I guess I could try that.

dtsm

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/13/hum...p-store-today/

Requires access to number of accounts, including FB. Might not work for those concerned with their privacy?

JSlo

Flying App: hey guys, has anyone had a chance to check out the Flying app? I've been using it to track miles across all airlines and to connect with friends of mine that are traveling too. They got some cool features and I've actually found the notifications to be faster than with the UA app (my primary) and than the Tripit Pro. They do a direct sync with Tripit and it's really pretty user friendly. I've had some interaction with them, especially since it came back into the AppStore. They're pretty good about responding to feedback and support and sounds like they've got some cool ideas coming and Android in Q1.

rwa95

Anyone used the Flying app? Just got it forwarded from a good friend and it looks pretty cool. Curious to know what people think. Looks like they have some cool design and their notifications are coming faster than my UA app.