Part Two - Galileo: "THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN STOPPED!"?
Mar 8, 2005, 12:43 am
#286
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: CPT
Programs: BA BD SA
Posts: 4,467
SA seatmaps on ExpertFlyer
Originally Posted by jonnye
This might be of help to you. As of the 25th Feb ExpertFlyer have now got seatmaps for SA, any many other airlines have also been added since the 25th. Here is the Full List
https://www.expertflyer.com/seatmaps.pdf
Hope this helps you.
https://www.expertflyer.com/seatmaps.pdf
Hope this helps you.
Mar 8, 2005, 2:05 pm
#287
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 12,949
SA Seatmaps
Originally Posted by Cheetah_SA
Thanks for that. They did PM me about it. Still some glitches though - the most arkward of which is that they show seats as taken when they are in fact merely reserved for elite travellers. Since these are the most desirable seats that is obviously not great.
Mar 9, 2005, 6:43 am
#288
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: CPT
Programs: BA BD SA
Posts: 4,467
SA seatmaps
Originally Posted by KVS
The latest version of the KVS Availability Tool now provides access to SA's seatmaps (select ITN/CWT-NY). However, the [premium] portion of the Y-cabin doesn't appear at all... I wonder how does that compare to what you are seeing on ExpertFlyer?
Also interesting how a few seats (bulkhead with bassinet or wheelchair accessible) will show as occupied on some seatmaps and not on others.
Mar 17, 2005, 11:22 am
#289
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: miami, fl, usa
Posts: 18
Availability Tool
I haven't used this service in 6 months. I note a new edition which I downloaded but always receive an "error: no valid result" message. Is there now a fee for the service, which I would be glad to pay, or am I doing something wrong?
Mar 17, 2005, 11:32 am
#290
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: RST
Programs: Delta Diamond; Hilton Diamond; Accor Gold
Posts: 4,839
Originally Posted by doublebzz
I haven't used this service in 6 months. I note a new edition which I downloaded but always receive an "error: no valid result" message. Is there now a fee for the service, which I would be glad to pay, or am I doing something wrong?
Mar 17, 2005, 1:08 pm
#291
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: miami, fl, usa
Posts: 18
Expertflyer.com
Originally Posted by fromYXU
No longer available. Service discontinued. Great while it lasted!
It appears that expertflyer.com offers same information for $4.99 per month. Am I correct and has anybody had any experience with this site?
Mar 18, 2005, 12:38 am
#294
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 10
Thanks to all the (ex-) users of the Availability Tool and for the positve response.
At the moment i'm very busy so it took a long time to give an explanation (but i gave a hint some pages before). One main reason to stop this tool is that i will start with a new job next month (has nothing to do with travel or flights). For the future i'm not able to look at it - it always was a little personal project of me, so nobody is able or wants to keep it up. Today you find alternatives like KVS's Tool or Expertflyer...
There was a big resonance and there were many many firendly users, so i hope you all will find a good alternative.
Best regards and good luck,
Matthias (smile67, mm67)
At the moment i'm very busy so it took a long time to give an explanation (but i gave a hint some pages before). One main reason to stop this tool is that i will start with a new job next month (has nothing to do with travel or flights). For the future i'm not able to look at it - it always was a little personal project of me, so nobody is able or wants to keep it up. Today you find alternatives like KVS's Tool or Expertflyer...
There was a big resonance and there were many many firendly users, so i hope you all will find a good alternative.
Best regards and good luck,
Matthias (smile67, mm67)
Mar 18, 2005, 5:44 am
#295
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE 2MM, HH Dd, SPG; IC Pl/A; AA; DL
Posts: 14,321
mm67's tool was unique. With Galileo, it enabled access to various seat inventories that no other tool can access to this date. It had its problems with time cycling but it still was very useful to me. At the time it was the only tool that could display within China flight availability accurately. Expertflyer seems to do that now but I haven't field tested it yet (next month).
Mar 18, 2005, 10:09 am
#296
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: miami, fl, usa
Posts: 18
Originally Posted by BlondeBomber
mm67's tool was unique. With Galileo, it enabled access to various seat inventories that no other tool can access to this date. It had its problems with time cycling but it still was very useful to me. At the time it was the only tool that could display within China flight availability accurately. Expertflyer seems to do that now but I haven't field tested it yet (next month).
Mar 18, 2005, 10:29 am
#297
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: RST
Programs: Delta Diamond; Hilton Diamond; Accor Gold
Posts: 4,839
Originally Posted by doublebzz
My only use of Availability Tool was to determine if upgrade seats were available on intercontinental flights on a few airlines in which I am a frequent flyer. As some of the members pointed out, you can always call the airlines direct to get this info but generally these were lengthy calls in which the airline had to check numerous flights and alternative routings. Frankly, I don't know why the airlines don't provide this data on their web sites as in all other cases they want to reduce live interface with their operators. I am hoping Expertflyer will provide this limited data.
Mar 22, 2005, 7:51 pm
#299
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Originally Posted by mm67
There was a big resonance and there were many many firendly users