Originally Posted by
shortkidd
I just went to the expertfler site. It looks like to get the information I will need I will have to purchase either the Basic or Premium Plan.
Without sounding cheap is the service worth the price? Does the additional cost substantiate the Premium plan over the Basic Plan?
Depends on your travel patterns, but I've bought it for the first time this year for the alerts--mostly fare class availability alerts so I can see when upgrades or waitlisted segments should clear or when a flight is available for award booking, etc. There are also seat alerts available (e.g. if you're stuck in Y, you might as well try to get the best seats--so put in an alert for when/if those seats open up).
While I did so as a hedge against UA's flaky IT behavior post-3/3, I think it's worth it overall for me anyway.