rewardflightfinder is now not free
Apr 24, 2023, 10:42 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
Programs: Virgin Flying Club Red, Emirates Skywards Blue, BA Executive Club Blue, Amex BA
Posts: 2,382
rewardflightfinder is now not free
Looks like rewardflightfinder has put most of their checks behind a paywall. So the free membership can only search for economy and only 3 searches a day.
Are there any free alternatives? I need to search for First availability for this June to Singapore
Are there any free alternatives? I need to search for First availability for this June to Singapore
Apr 24, 2023, 10:51 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2022
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 44
RewardFlight Finder steal their data from SeatSpy - who are the only good provider worth paying for.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2021/08/17/seatspy-avios-reward-flight-finder/
https://www.seatspy.com/post/8/seatspy-data-copied-by-other-sites
If you're looking for redemptions it's certainly worth paying SeatSpy's monthly fee.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2021/08/17/seatspy-avios-reward-flight-finder/
https://www.seatspy.com/post/8/seatspy-data-copied-by-other-sites
If you're looking for redemptions it's certainly worth paying SeatSpy's monthly fee.
Apr 24, 2023, 11:30 am
#5
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: LON
Programs: BA Gold; LH FTL; IHG Diamond; Marriott Gold; ALL Gold
Posts: 1,758
And checking the SeatSpy calendar, they were showing weeks with no availability when it was manifestly there on BA.com. Clearly they have structural problems with their data updates, but they don't admit this to their paying customers. If you want accurate availability, unfortunately the only surefire way is to repeatedly check BA.com.
Apr 24, 2023, 12:12 pm
#6
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,269
Good luck with that! Surprised you’re bothering to look when you’ve only ever had bad experiences with BA and you want the CEO fired!
Last edited by mikeyfly; Apr 24, 2023 at 12:24 pm
Apr 24, 2023, 12:19 pm
#7
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,393
I dispute that to be honest - I had a premium alert set up on SeatSpy that hadn't ever triggered, and one random afternoon I decided to check BA.com myself, and availability was there. I snapped up one of them, and about 5 hours later got the free alert from Reward Flight Finder. I never got an alert from SeatSpy at all. Don't waste your money on SeatSpy.
And checking the SeatSpy calendar, they were showing weeks with no availability when it was manifestly there on BA.com. Clearly they have structural problems with their data updates, but they don't admit this to their paying customers. If you want accurate availability, unfortunately the only surefire way is to repeatedly check BA.com.
And checking the SeatSpy calendar, they were showing weeks with no availability when it was manifestly there on BA.com. Clearly they have structural problems with their data updates, but they don't admit this to their paying customers. If you want accurate availability, unfortunately the only surefire way is to repeatedly check BA.com.
Apr 24, 2023, 2:17 pm
#10
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: LON
Programs: BA Gold; LH FTL; IHG Diamond; Marriott Gold; ALL Gold
Posts: 1,758
Apr 24, 2023, 3:12 pm
#12
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: LON
Programs: BA Gold; LH FTL; IHG Diamond; Marriott Gold; ALL Gold
Posts: 1,758
Apr 24, 2023, 3:34 pm
#13
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,393
Apr 25, 2023, 1:43 am
#15
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 17,008
If you don't want the fun of daily manual searches, or find them taxing, three quid a month doesn't seem a particularly high price to pay in the world of first-class travel - you might even stretch to a fiver for the all singing version.