When did ExpertFlyer start offering BA Reward availability again?
Dec 22, 2015, 10:15 am
#16
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Flatland
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold 1MM, BA Gold, UA Peon
Posts: 6,111
I think the main difference for most people would be the alerts, and I find them useful. The avid TP run hunter might need the fare information.
Last edited by flatlander; Dec 22, 2015 at 10:17 am Reason: fare info
Dec 23, 2015, 7:00 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2015
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Spire Amb, HH Diamond
Posts: 89
Two features I find most useful of EF:
The flight availability, that shows available seats per bucket. Useful when I need to call our corporate TA to get a flight changed (as I end up doing too often).
The fare information, which when combined with ITA's ability to search by fare basis, can match up obscure fare/route/date combinations.
The flight availability, that shows available seats per bucket. Useful when I need to call our corporate TA to get a flight changed (as I end up doing too often).
The fare information, which when combined with ITA's ability to search by fare basis, can match up obscure fare/route/date combinations.
Dec 23, 2015, 7:15 am
#18
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Arizona
Programs: BA (GGL G4L), AA (Gold), HH (Diamond); Marriott (Gold)
Posts: 3,011
Two features I find most useful of EF:
The flight availability, that shows available seats per bucket. Useful when I need to call our corporate TA to get a flight changed (as I end up doing too often).
The fare information, which when combined with ITA's ability to search by fare basis, can match up obscure fare/route/date combinations.
The flight availability, that shows available seats per bucket. Useful when I need to call our corporate TA to get a flight changed (as I end up doing too often).
The fare information, which when combined with ITA's ability to search by fare basis, can match up obscure fare/route/date combinations.
* set alerts for seat availability. Useful if you don't get 62/64AK on a 747
* seat maps (I won't book CE for a flight without row 1 availability)
* validation of fare rules (is a fare valid on a certain day, what other fare rules are there that I might not be seeing)
* quick listing of all flight options between a pair of cities and availability in fare classes (very useful for irrops)... I showed my screen to the AA agent during a recent IRROP and she wished they had that something that clear and efficient)
The new BA award alerts will be nice in watching for CW to F upgrades! It's definitely better than checking daily, though not as nice as CX's option to wait list for an award upgrade.
Dec 23, 2015, 5:31 pm
#20
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,129
Can anyone tell me if you can set it to alert you as soon as there is a seat available on any flight on any given day? Or do you have to specify which flight you are looking for availability on? Thinking about high frequency routes (e.g. I really don't care if I'm on the 18:50, 19:10 or 19:20 LHR-MAD flights!)
Dec 24, 2015, 2:33 am
#21
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: A hop, skip and jump away from MAN.
Programs: BAEC Gold, ex-VS Gold, ex-UA Gold, Premier Inn Platinum-Iridium
Posts: 1,114
Can anyone tell me if you can set it to alert you as soon as there is a seat available on any flight on any given day? Or do you have to specify which flight you are looking for availability on? Thinking about high frequency routes (e.g. I really don't care if I'm on the 18:50, 19:10 or 19:20 LHR-MAD flights!)
Feb 25, 2018, 5:10 am
#23
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP 2 MM
Posts: 2,823
Does this still work? For the last couple of days I have been getting:
An error has occurred while communicating with the airline reservation system. The support team has been notified of this problem. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Feb 28, 2018, 4:58 am
#26
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
The current message is:-
The BA Award search is temporarily unavailable. We are working with the data provider to fix the issue and expect the search to be restored this week. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
