Originally Posted by
tal1412
Just curious as to whether these charts are still accurate as a comparison tool?
I want to purchase a service so I'm trying to sort out which tool offers the most as far as award searches for all 3 alliances.
No, not at all. Not only have there been changes in both of these tools, but in the year since the chart was made, there have been a whole new crop of alliance award search tools, many of them free. Here is a good list to start:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18254612-post2.html
Of note is:
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www.Awardnexus.com which covers all 3 alliances and has a free version for FT members. The paid version has automatic award checking and alerting
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www.awardtravelr.com which covers all 3 alliances and is totally free
With any of these options you are getting the data that is screen scraped from various airline websites. The difference is if you pay for it or not and if you have to download a Windows program or use a website. ExpertFlyer is the exception in that it uses a GDS to get its data, which makes it different in its coverage and services offered.