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Old Mar 25, 2021, 2:58 am
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Originally Posted by flyerfirsts
I suppose it would be too tedious a task for a crawler bot given how slow the airline websites are, but I'm surprised nobody has tried. I guess there just isn't enough of a market for the expense.
Originally Posted by javabytes
In addition to that, most airlines expressly forbid scraping data from their sites/systems in an automated fashion.
Originally Posted by erik123
It would be very expensive and slow. Similar to mining bitcoin.
There are several websites that show award space on some or many airlines. SeatSpy is one example. JuicyMiles is another.

But you have to pay them for the service...
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