Frequentflyer99

In view of Globaliser's comment below, I have deleted my original comment. The Java access to the Sabre site is fantastic.

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Globaliser

We might all be better off, though, downloading chriseng's Java tool from http://66.246.35.118/temp/Sabre.jar or the full Java installer from http://66.246.35.118/temp/install.exe (14MB download).

See his post at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum.../009504-7.html (Nov 28, 2003 09:29 PM).

At Nov 28, 2003 10:49 PM he explains why a web-based tool might just lead to this service being pulled off the web as well.

If you want the Java Runtime Environment directly from Sun instead of chriseng's site, go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html (I used the Windows Installation JRE Download link).

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Swanhunter

The access is fantastic - more info than the old aeroplan site. I still miss seatmap.com though - the ability to pull up a seatmap too was great.

Frequentflyer99

You can still do this via the UAL bookkng tool, but it is a bit clunky to get to the seatmap.

stut

This is *excellent*. Thankyou very much to chriseng for your efforts!

JuPe

Excellent tool!!!

For seatmaps I've been using www.travelgalileo.com (you have to choose a travel agent through which you want to operate, I choosed SYLINK TRAVELS AB in Stockholm at http://www.travelgalileo.com/cgi-bin...RSTOCKH%7C0N6B

However it's not as simple as seatmap.com used to be.

Swanhunter

I have also been using flyaow.com's seatmap options. As you say, you can do it - but it is a little clunky. Still, beggars cannot be choosers!

Frequentflyer99

Thanks for this. Its much less clunky than UAL/ITN and - curiously - the seatmap is much more like the BA OLCI seatmap than the usual ITN map.


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Globaliser

Update for those not following the thread in MilesBuzz.

The guy who (I think) does the IT for the German travel agent that hosted the original Galileo access page has written a standalone program. That is hosted at http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~hartberg/ft/SabretoolSetup.exe (currently 1.6 MB download) but he is going to update it soon with a version that will unload from Windows when you close it down.

See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...009504-10.html (Dec 02, 2003 03:12 AM and 05:18 AM).

It should be said, though, that the usefulness of these tools is dependent on Sabre continuing to provide the demo window at http://webservices.sabre.com/guiDemo/AirAvail.html which is by no means guaranteed. Especially once they see a sudden increase of thousands of hits on the page! But it is a great demonstration of FT solidarity that so many people have given so much of their time to do things for the benefit of the whole community.

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710 77345

Sorry, think I may be being stupid - but how are you getting seatmaps from the Skylink Galileo site? I can't even find the number of open seats available.

And yes, the java tool is excellent - hats off to the author!

vSFU

ditto and ditto - thanks

Frequentflyer99

Its a bit of a process and it does not showe seats available, although you can get to a seatmap.

Choose "Find flights" above the boxes that show up on the home page, put in your flight details, choose fully refundable as fare type and then click "Full flight search".

Then It will give you details of the available flights. Choose your flight options including class (remember to click the dot to the left of the desired flights or it will show the first in the list). Click add to current trip (and then 'Cancel' in the pop up box that appears). For each chosen flight there is then a select seat option which brings up the seatmap. Slow at first but improves with practice.

710 77345

Cheers for that - I kept blindly pressing 'OK' to the box that appeared asking you to verify that the travel agent was open, rather than 'cancel'.

C

This java piece is nothing short of awesome. Very nice.

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JuPe

Yes, as I said in my first post, Travel Galileo is not as simple as seatmap.com used to be, but after you find out that you have to do a full flight search and press cancel, you will be able to have a look on the cabin configuration. Also please remember that you will not have access to the cabin map if there's no more available seats.

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