Yahoo Travel Awards Tracker (new)
May 24, 2003 | 9:28 am
#17
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Kirkland, WA
Posts: 6,932
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by swflaboy:
Any other users of these systems that would like to see America West joint up? I'm sure there are plenty of other airline that do not participate in these programs but most other major US airlines do. Shall we start an email campaign to HP? Any others? Wachovia was great at adding new accounts early on but it has slowed down a lot.</font>
Any other users of these systems that would like to see America West joint up? I'm sure there are plenty of other airline that do not participate in these programs but most other major US airlines do. Shall we start an email campaign to HP? Any others? Wachovia was great at adding new accounts early on but it has slowed down a lot.</font>
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May 24, 2003 | 10:32 am
#18
Join Date: May 2003
Location: SRQ
Programs: UA Gold
Posts: 171
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Bucko:
I'll second Kalman's post. The My Bank of America Site is awesome. </font>
I'll second Kalman's post. The My Bank of America Site is awesome. </font>
May 26, 2003 | 8:56 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: BCT. Formerly known as attorney28
Programs: LH LT SEN,BA GGL GfL,Hyatt LT Gl,Mrtt LT P,HH LT D,IHG D-Amb,Acc D,GHA T,LHW A,Sixt/Av/Hz D/Pres
Posts: 6,947
Alright, since you guys seem to be interested in some kind of technology with which you can scrape content from other websites - check this out. It's in German, but you know how these signup thingies work.
http://my.lycos.de/toolbar/install.html
I co-developed the concept for this a long time ago, but I have no commercial interest in its promotion anymore since I no longer work at that company. However, I still think it is a pretty unique tool - some journalist called it "My Yahoo on Steroids"... You can basically go to any website (well, most of them, as long as they don't use heaviest javascript), click on the "clip" button in your toolbar and then select an area of that website and add it to your personalized page (and then reposition it there as you wish by clicking on the header and dragging and dropping it). It's very simple to use and I don't think there is anything else like it on the web (there are still some little bugs in it, but in principle it works well). That's what I use to monitor several boards on Flyertalk at the same time (you can reload each box separately).
I set up a sample account into which you can log in once you have installed the toolbar (there is no spyware in it).
User: FlyerTalk - Pass: milesbuzz
Feel free to play around with it and give some comments. You can also aggregate account information there, however, there is no bot set up to log you in. So you will only be able to display data from other accounts if you have a logged in session there (works, e.g., with Hotmail if you have set it so that you are recognized with a cookie). I don't know if any frequent flyer accounts are accessible in that manner, probably they will usually make you log in each time manually. Account aggregation is a feature that my former team has ready, they have just decided not to add it yet to the product.
Well, anyway, this is definitely not an attempt to make a commercial presentation or anything - I am no longer affiliated with them at all. But it would be nice to see if someone likes the idea.
http://my.lycos.de/toolbar/install.html
I co-developed the concept for this a long time ago, but I have no commercial interest in its promotion anymore since I no longer work at that company. However, I still think it is a pretty unique tool - some journalist called it "My Yahoo on Steroids"... You can basically go to any website (well, most of them, as long as they don't use heaviest javascript), click on the "clip" button in your toolbar and then select an area of that website and add it to your personalized page (and then reposition it there as you wish by clicking on the header and dragging and dropping it). It's very simple to use and I don't think there is anything else like it on the web (there are still some little bugs in it, but in principle it works well). That's what I use to monitor several boards on Flyertalk at the same time (you can reload each box separately).
I set up a sample account into which you can log in once you have installed the toolbar (there is no spyware in it).
User: FlyerTalk - Pass: milesbuzz
Feel free to play around with it and give some comments. You can also aggregate account information there, however, there is no bot set up to log you in. So you will only be able to display data from other accounts if you have a logged in session there (works, e.g., with Hotmail if you have set it so that you are recognized with a cookie). I don't know if any frequent flyer accounts are accessible in that manner, probably they will usually make you log in each time manually. Account aggregation is a feature that my former team has ready, they have just decided not to add it yet to the product.
Well, anyway, this is definitely not an attempt to make a commercial presentation or anything - I am no longer affiliated with them at all. But it would be nice to see if someone likes the idea
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May 27, 2003 | 8:56 am
#22
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The following is copied from: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/privacy/
which ALSO governs this new service - The new service is provided by an outside contractor.
Make an informed choice to use this service.
What isn't mentioned in the new service material is if your password for your airline miles is sent via SLL encryption.
"Yahoo! uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients."
"Yahoo! does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Yahoo! under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Yahoo! communicate with you about offers from Yahoo! and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information."
"We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
Your Yahoo! Account Information is password-protected.
In certain areas Yahoo! uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.
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Dance as if no one's watching, Sing as if no one's listening and live live everyday as if it were your last
which ALSO governs this new service - The new service is provided by an outside contractor.
Make an informed choice to use this service.
What isn't mentioned in the new service material is if your password for your airline miles is sent via SLL encryption.
"Yahoo! uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients."
"Yahoo! does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Yahoo! under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Yahoo! communicate with you about offers from Yahoo! and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information."
"We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
Your Yahoo! Account Information is password-protected.
In certain areas Yahoo! uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.
.
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Dance as if no one's watching, Sing as if no one's listening and live live everyday as if it were your last
Jun 2, 2003 | 9:53 am
#25
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: IAD
Programs: Status? What's that? :)
Posts: 435
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by nbarve:
I have found "www.myciti.com" to be most useful thus far. You do not need to have a Citibank account and you can trach FF accounts, emails, bank accounts , insurance accounts and even have your own custom accounts..go to the "aggregated accounts" section
good luck
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I have found "www.myciti.com" to be most useful thus far. You do not need to have a Citibank account and you can trach FF accounts, emails, bank accounts , insurance accounts and even have your own custom accounts..go to the "aggregated accounts" section
good luck
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