Question about "My Flights" app [service ends on 31 Dec 2017]
Dec 21, 2017, 6:19 am
#901
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP 2 MM
Posts: 2,823
I notice that AwardWallet does retrieve seat numbers for AA flight numbers.
Really sad
Dec 29, 2017, 3:29 pm
#903
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,543
Most of us are finding ourselves in the exact same predicament, which is why much of this very thread you are posting in discusses exactly that. Just read it and you'll find members' thoughts on alternatives, their advantages and their limitations.
Dec 29, 2017, 3:42 pm
#904
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP 2 MM
Posts: 2,823
Probably because AwardWallet does not retrieve seat numbers for BA flights (possible because they are at a secondary level in MMB). Unfortunately BA does not include seat numbers in email confirmations, so itineraries constructed from forwarding emails will not have them either.
The not so good news is that although MyFlightsApp notified me of the change after 8 hours, nothing from AwardWallet (or CheckMyTrip). But AwardWallet say they check for changes when you "update your account", so I requested this and I could see it retrieving all my reservations, after which it informed me of the seat change. Simpler than checking everything manually, so a viable alternative to MyFlightsApp for advance warning of changes if you request it periodically. (Can CheckMyTrip identify changes?)
Dec 30, 2017, 12:08 am
#906
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP 2 MM
Posts: 2,823
This may be one for @schofs - is there a way to extract the past flights information from MyFlights? Thanks.
Dec 30, 2017, 12:41 am
#907
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,543
Isn't the real solution that Checkmytrip should offer an uber-fabulous contract to schofs for him to give their app some of the fabulous yet user friendly capacities that MyFlights has? It's not only sad to see the great app disappear, it is also and equally sad to see talent not fully exploited and retributed! He might not wish this on the face of it but hey, for each of us there are offers so good we just can't refuse them! 
Dec 30, 2017, 4:52 am
#908
Company Representative: MyFlights App
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: MyFlights GOLD :)
Posts: 84
This may be one for @schofs - is there a way to extract the past flights information from MyFlights? Thanks.
Dec 30, 2017, 5:28 am
#909
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: LON BCN SYD
Programs: BA, OZ, A3, VA, VS, DL, QF, former BD and others
Posts: 1,074
Dec 30, 2017, 5:34 am
#910
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: LON BCN SYD
Programs: BA, OZ, A3, VA, VS, DL, QF, former BD and others
Posts: 1,074
The good news is that AwardWallet has responded to my feedback by adding flight numbers to the BA information retrieved. ^
The not so good news is that although MyFlightsApp notified me of the change after 8 hours, nothing from AwardWallet (or CheckMyTrip). But AwardWallet say they check for changes when you "update your account", so I requested this and I could see it retrieving all my reservations, after which it informed me of the seat change. Simpler than checking everything manually, so a viable alternative to MyFlightsApp for advance warning of changes if you request it periodically. (Can CheckMyTrip identify changes?)
The not so good news is that although MyFlightsApp notified me of the change after 8 hours, nothing from AwardWallet (or CheckMyTrip). But AwardWallet say they check for changes when you "update your account", so I requested this and I could see it retrieving all my reservations, after which it informed me of the seat change. Simpler than checking everything manually, so a viable alternative to MyFlightsApp for advance warning of changes if you request it periodically. (Can CheckMyTrip identify changes?)
Also, AwardWallet only seems to retrieve flights where the FFP is the carrier's home FFP - my BA flight are all there, and my VA flights, but not SQ or Lufthansa flights where the FFP used is another Star Alliance carrier, and not VS flights where the FFP used is VA (until added via booking reference).
It's also a shame that you have to click on a flight to see details, and then have to click another link to see full details such as seat number - ideally there would be a view with all this information expanded and visible from one web page without having to go into a link (or two( for each flight).
Dec 30, 2017, 6:43 am
#911
Formerly known as linzbh
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: LON
Programs: BAEC GGL, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 459
farewell dear app! I am Myflights "#2,695 MOST TRAVELLED MYFLIGHTS USER"
in "THE TOP 7% OF MYFLIGHTS USERS"
interested to know where the rest of you rank.
in "THE TOP 7% OF MYFLIGHTS USERS"
interested to know where the rest of you rank.
Dec 30, 2017, 7:04 am
#915
Join Date: Aug 2003
Programs: BAEC GGL, LTG & CCR; IC RA; Hilton D (free from BA)
Posts: 401
Gosh, one day to go and only now I find out about that feature of the App!!
Ranked number 327 - 49 airports, 44 cities and 30 countries, 307 flights on 16 different airlines
Couldn't see x% though
Ranked number 327 - 49 airports, 44 cities and 30 countries, 307 flights on 16 different airlines
Couldn't see x% though