Hey everyone - Dom here, I'm one of the co-founders of Planepoints (we have a dedicated FT thread
here).
Originally Posted by
ekgoldmember
I’ve just discovered a fantastic app called Planepoints for iOS. It displays the load factor for each flight and the number of available seats per class. I was searching for my flight to San Francisco and it was completely full. I checked the flight map and compared them to the Emirates flight map and they were exactly the same.
Originally Posted by
Braniff
It’s a great App but the number of airlines it supports is limited, especially given its price.
Thank you for the kind words. We're working hard to add new airlines and have a public roadmap
here where we're tracking feature requests and prioritisation.
Originally Posted by
thijsseh
Doesn’t seem to do anything that Expert`Flyer does not do. EF has far more airlines. And other information (fares etc)
Neither display ‘load factor’, both show how many seats the airline will sell in any fare bucket, up to 9 in Y, 7 in J and 4 in F cabins.
Seems very unlikely that Planepoints will show ‘D’ or ‘Z’ availability when you pay for the ‘pro’ version (EF used to do this, but sadly that disappeared many years ago). I’m not going to pay even $6.99 to find out.
I’m out, as they say.
Thanks for the feedback, and you’re right, we don’t currently show D or Z availability for Emirates as that data unfortunately isn’t returned by our GDS. We do show all other fare classes, along with Emirates reward seat availability.
As mentioned above, we have also got a public roadmap and are continuously improving the product based on community feedback, so really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. We want to make sure the product feels genuinely valuable and fairly priced for everyone.