How to get status updates on your cell phone?
Jun 17, 2011, 6:14 pm
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How to get status updates on your cell phone?
I have tried to setup my SKymiles account to receive status updates of my flights on my cell phone via an SMS message. But, it asks for an email address. I don;t have a data plan, so I don;t have internet/mail access on my cell phone. I o have an unlimited text plan though. Is there any way I can receive status updates to my cell phone number?
Once I was asleep in a hotel and left early in the morning. without checking my e-mail, only to find out at the airport that my flight had been cancelled. It caused me to lose a whole day. Instead of getting to Honkong 1t 10
.m., I arrived in Hong Kong, the next day after 4:00 p.m. after going through multiple re-bookings and reruotings due to multiple cancellations.
Once I was asleep in a hotel and left early in the morning. without checking my e-mail, only to find out at the airport that my flight had been cancelled. It caused me to lose a whole day. Instead of getting to Honkong 1t 10
.m., I arrived in Hong Kong, the next day after 4:00 p.m. after going through multiple re-bookings and reruotings due to multiple cancellations.
Jun 17, 2011, 6:38 pm
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My solution is to include an AS segment somewhere in my itinerary 
Alaska Airlines is super-proactive about sending SMS updates of flights (on their own metal, and that of other carriers).
Seriously, DL's insistence that status updates can only be send to web-enabled phones is totally retarded.
Alaska Airlines is super-proactive about sending SMS updates of flights (on their own metal, and that of other carriers). Seriously, DL's insistence that status updates can only be send to web-enabled phones is totally retarded.
Jun 17, 2011, 6:54 pm
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Jun 17, 2011, 7:20 pm
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I tried sending an e-mail to [email protected]. I didn't get it. I tried both [email protected] and [email protected]
Here is what works for T-mobile phones.
[email protected] works. The phone number does not include the 1 before the area code.
For example, [email protected] works for tmobile phones.
For AT&T phones the following is reported to work.
<(phone number)@mms.att.net>
Jun 17, 2011, 7:23 pm
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I can't remember if calling them worked or going in to my account and reentering the information worked. This to a million miler diamond.
Jun 17, 2011, 7:31 pm
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My solution is to include an AS segment somewhere in my itinerary Alaska Airlines is super-proactive about sending SMS updates of flights (on their own metal, and that of other carriers).
Seriously, DL's insistence that status updates can only be send to web-enabled phones is totally retarded.
Alaska Airlines is super-proactive about sending SMS updates of flights (on their own metal, and that of other carriers). Seriously, DL's insistence that status updates can only be send to web-enabled phones is totally retarded.
Jun 18, 2011, 10:04 am
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Jun 18, 2011, 9:43 pm
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Jun 19, 2011, 12:06 am
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Verizon - (phone number)@vtext.com
Thank you for a seed of an idea.
Here is what works for T-mobile phones.
[email protected] works. The phone number does not include the 1 before the area code.
For example, [email protected] works for tmobile phones.
For AT&T phones the following is reported to work.
<(phone number)@mms.att.net>
Here is what works for T-mobile phones.
[email protected] works. The phone number does not include the 1 before the area code.
For example, [email protected] works for tmobile phones.
For AT&T phones the following is reported to work.
<(phone number)@mms.att.net>
Jun 19, 2011, 6:23 am
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getting status updates (upgrades, delayed, cxld) for all my flights by default is one of the big features I miss from nwa.com.
Originally Posted by FlyAO2
Last edited by DJMeatBall; Jun 19, 2011 at 6:24 am