Originally Posted by
jerryhung
NH results are strange, compared with Aeroplan or UA, any plans to use other *A programs? I know NH is most accurate, but it's useless for any 1+ segments
I've actually never used AC's search. Usually some combination of UA + NH works for me but if there is demand, I'll try to add it.
I haven't added SQ, is that even useful in general? I don't recall bloggers recommending SQ search
SQ search is just for SQ flights. Whenever I redeem awards it's usually to somewhere in Asia and my sister has a pile of SQ miles she lets me use in addition to transferring from Amex and Chase plus I like SQ. No other reason for it being there.
Passenger dropdown max is 2, is that intentional?
Not really. I just haven't gotten around to making sure all the carriers support searching up to X amount of passengers and 2 seems like a safe bet
- what is debug mode?
If you turn it on, you can actually see the app working - navigate to a page, log-in, run a search and see the results which is all the app does and also logs a bunch of stuff to the javascript console. It's hidden so that it doesn't clutter the screen but is helpful when trying to figure out why something isn't working
- what is Gateway search exactly? 1-to-N and N-to-1 for what? does it search all ex-HUB flights?
Say I want to fly ORD-SIN with the long-haul on SQ. Gateway search allows you to search JFK/LAX/SFO/IAH-SIN, in essence N-to-1 or 1-to-N without running a search for each city pair individually.
Similarly say you want to go US-HKG on CX: you can search JFK/EWR/ORD/BOS/LAX/SFO etc. - HKG and vv.
It doesn't search all ex-HUB flights. It also doesn't require you to search To/From a Hub. You can search on CX for example: JFK/LAX/SFO - SIN or KUL or BKK or CMB etc.
Will play with it some more and report back, but I like it, thank you
Thanks for using it!