New look for saver availability?
Jul 29, 2016, 7:17 am
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New look for saver availability
When searching for award flights, the availability calendar up top has a new look. Instead of colored days based on availability, "saver award economy" has a blue line across the day, and "saver award premium cabin" has a dotted line on it. Functionally, it appears to be the same.
Last edited by EAA795; Jul 29, 2016 at 10:15 am
Jul 29, 2016, 9:03 am
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Excellent change. Not everyone has "normal" color vision (like 20-70% of males based on which studies you read), so shapes are a far better choice than color for indicating availability. I wish more web and UI designers would understand this.
Jul 29, 2016, 9:17 am
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That's a terrible look, but it does not appear to be a bug.
I'll give United credit for this: the ability to see both Y and J award availability across entire months at a single glance is pretty nice. AA's site *looks* a lot better, but it takes a few extra clicks if you're looking for availability across multiple cabins.
I'll give United credit for this: the ability to see both Y and J award availability across entire months at a single glance is pretty nice. AA's site *looks* a lot better, but it takes a few extra clicks if you're looking for availability across multiple cabins.
Jul 29, 2016, 9:21 am
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Excellent point, but how about this new marking AND color? It's not like they'd have to order extra paint.
Jul 29, 2016, 9:29 am
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Instead of changing the marking, how about fixing the accuracy of the marking?
I took a quick look at award availability for a route I'm looking to fly in the fall, and the markings were wrong for 5 days out of 7 in early September.
Either the marking in the calendar showed no award availability, but there was availability when looking though the flight listings, or the other way around.
I took a quick look at award availability for a route I'm looking to fly in the fall, and the markings were wrong for 5 days out of 7 in early September.
Either the marking in the calendar showed no award availability, but there was availability when looking though the flight listings, or the other way around.
Jul 29, 2016, 9:38 am
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Jul 29, 2016, 9:55 am
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I don't mind the change, but I agree that they at least should have kept the different colors.
The biggest annoyance for me personally is the "Mixed Cabin" search results. I wish there was a way to filter those out. Nothing really "premium" about a 1 hour segment in F followed by a 5 hour segment in Y.
The biggest annoyance for me personally is the "Mixed Cabin" search results. I wish there was a way to filter those out. Nothing really "premium" about a 1 hour segment in F followed by a 5 hour segment in Y.
Jul 29, 2016, 10:20 am
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