Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
It could be but it wasn't. If they were generating enough requests for UA to n
tice, there had to have been an awful lot of them. UA didn't just decide to pick on EF.
On the contrary, it looks like that's exactly what happened. EF has had UA award/upgrade information for years, so it was nothing new and it has been mentioned that EF was a source of this information on FT for years as well. Also none of the other UA screen scrapers were shutdown, so it would appear that EF was targeted, maybe a change in policy at UA.
Originally Posted by
kb1992
If this is true, then EF should pay UA for access of data.
Well given...
Originally Posted by
pete4212
I received this email from EF support:
With regard to United Award and Upgrade inventory, that information is currently unavailable at the request of United. ExpertFlyer is attempting to negotiate an agreement with UAL. So far, UAL has made not made any offer, or counter offer, of their own. However, we continue to discuss the matter with UAL in hopes of reaching a mutually agreeable conclusion.
It would seem the ball is in UA's court to accept or counter EF's apparent offer. Paging
UA Insider, are you going to consider EF's offer or ignore it?