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Old Oct 9, 2023 | 7:19 am
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hoipolloi
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It seemed to me from past experiences that ExpertFlyer must be using some kind of API (GDS access ?) to access award info. The award alerts/notifications, for some airlines, are too instant/immediate to be triggered via web scraping.

Example: I cancel an award ticket for which I already set up an alert, I get an alert that the award is now available
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