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Old Jan 7, 2022, 12:33 am
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Feature Requests / Bug Reports
  • More direct links to partner airline "manage booking" pages
  • For points bookings, show how many points were used
  • Sometimes when you have UN segments, it doesn't show the entire PNR
  • How about a one tool using the other: PNR lookup tool could show R space available Y/N if pax isn't already upgraded.
  • Can seat # be a clickable link to carrier manage booking/seat?
  • Display ticket create date/time, helpful to know when reticketed due to schedule change.
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by canadiancow


There we go. Now I can easily check all my FP bookings.
Why do my bookings only show "SE," not the MM thing or the credit card info?
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 12:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Stranger
Why do my bookings only show "SE," not the MM thing or the credit card info?
Are you MM? Do you have a credit card?
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 12:33 pm
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This is pretty cool

Checked an itin with a bunch of sched changes and it had all these weird segments in It

called my ota, changed a flight, they reissued ticket and now it looks great on your tool sets my mind at ease. Thanks op !!
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by canadiancow
Are you MM? Do you have a credit card?
2MM and yes, both a black Amex and a TD one.
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 2:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Stranger
2MM and yes, both a black Amex and a TD one.
I was going to ask you to PM me a booking ref and your last name, but this is getting way too annoying.

So if you refresh, and hover over your status, it will give you a short code (mine is SMR). Please share that code
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 4:01 pm
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I was going to ask you to PM me a booking ref and your last name, but this is getting way too annoying.

So if you refresh, and hover over your status, it will give you a short code (mine is SMR). Please share that code
STR for me, E for my wife.
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 4:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Stranger
STR for me, E for my wife.
E should be plain old 50K.

I guess the "T" either means "T"wo MM, or multi-MM.

I guess I need to find a 3MM to test that...

Thanks for the data.
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 4:17 pm
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I guess the "T" either means "T"wo MM, or multi-MM.

I guess I need to find a 3MM to test that...
In the good old days, I'm sure @YEG_SE4Life would have been all over it, but since he's no longer around, and @yyz"nomad" still hasn't gotten there, I guess @Plumber is our best hope?
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 7:12 pm
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Okay it should now show "SE MM+ (Black CC)" for you. I believe the "MM+" matches the boarding pass?
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 7:18 pm
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I can report back
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Old Aug 4, 2021, 7:31 pm
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Checking my PNR for a flight reward using my wife's points, I was disappointed to see no AC status. When I then checked with the AC site, for some reason it had not been entered. Within seconds of entering it the PNR tool displays "50k MM Black card", so now I am thoroughly impressed. in that it alerted me to the lack of status with the booking - which, as I am planning on 3 bags full sir, could have been messy at the airport. I also had a plane change from 789 to 333, but the pods are identical* so I am OK with that.
Thanks Cow!

* yes, I know. maybe an inch or so.
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Old Aug 5, 2021, 7:48 am
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Originally Posted by canadiancow
E should be plain old 50K.

I guess the "T" either means "T"wo MM, or multi-MM.

I guess I need to find a 3MM to test that...

Thanks for the data.
Mine says SE MM+ (Black CC) with the code STR
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Old Aug 5, 2021, 9:04 am
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Originally Posted by Plumber
Mine says SE MM+ (Black CC) with the code STR
Same here.
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Old Aug 7, 2021, 2:10 pm
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Another minor change relating to codeshares:



It currently shows it calculated based on operating airline and marketing fare class. I chose that because it handles AC P operated by LH, but it obviously breaks down in other cases (like AC N operated by SK, which shows as 0, but earns 125).

I'm certainly open suggestions on what to do here, but aside from VERY few exceptions, I haven't found a way to get the operating airline fare class.
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Old Aug 9, 2021, 11:10 pm
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As travel ramps up and I find myself with airlines other than AC on my PNRs, I was getting annoyed at how complicated it was to go select seats, update FQTVs, etc.

So I've removed the "Manage My Booking" link.



Now each airline can (emphasis on the word "can") have its own link. So far, it's just AC and LX.

For this to be trivial, the airline needs to support a link like https://www.swiss.com/in/en/Login/Pn...Locator=ABC123

For it to be a little less trivial, it needs to support a simple POST request that effectively does the same thing. Unfortunately, UA seems even more complicated, but I'll admit I've put very little time into searching.

I'll try to get a few of the common ones I use, but without bookings with those airlines, I can't do much experimentation.

In theory, seat selection and check-in links should also be possible, but that's less important to me.

Edit: I now have A3, AC, ET, LH, LX, NH, SK, SN, TG, TP, VA
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