WPAA Lister closed.
Mar 14, 2006 | 5:32 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NW Platinum, SPG Platinum, HHonors Diamond.
Posts: 1,186
WPAA Lister closed.
Did any one ever use the WPAA Lister? I did a few times early last year and it helped a lot. I found out recently that it was shut down.
WPAA Lister, the unofficial World Perks award availability lister has stopped in early March 2005, after 6 years of service. This is due to a critical change in the nwa.com website where WPAA Lister relies its availability information. (They started to block connections from WPAA Lister intentionally.)
I've thought of moving WPAA Lister to a new host, but you can imagine that they will eventually start blocking again.
So now I am planning to write a standalone program that does the same thing as WPAA Lister, which you can download and run it on your own computer.
If you have any comments, requets, and advises, please post it in the user forum below. The form of the new program and my motivation in developing it will be greatly affected by your posts.
WPAA Lister, the unofficial World Perks award availability lister has stopped in early March 2005, after 6 years of service. This is due to a critical change in the nwa.com website where WPAA Lister relies its availability information. (They started to block connections from WPAA Lister intentionally.)
I've thought of moving WPAA Lister to a new host, but you can imagine that they will eventually start blocking again.
So now I am planning to write a standalone program that does the same thing as WPAA Lister, which you can download and run it on your own computer.
If you have any comments, requets, and advises, please post it in the user forum below. The form of the new program and my motivation in developing it will be greatly affected by your posts.
Mar 14, 2006 | 5:48 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 2,039
Lots of threads on this topic.
Use www.nwa.com/jp/en instead --- this is the website WPAA extracted its information from. Much more useful than the USA website...
Use www.nwa.com/jp/en instead --- this is the website WPAA extracted its information from. Much more useful than the USA website...
Mar 14, 2006 | 5:58 pm
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NW Platinum, SPG Platinum, HHonors Diamond.
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Originally Posted by Bagels
Lots of threads on this topic.
Use www.nwa.com/jp/en instead --- this is the website WPAA extracted its information from. Much more useful than the USA website...
Use www.nwa.com/jp/en instead --- this is the website WPAA extracted its information from. Much more useful than the USA website...
Thanx again, the new site looks great.
Mar 15, 2006 | 9:08 am
#4
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: West Michigan
Programs: DL, UA, AA, (airline status-free leisure traveler), Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,971
What do you find more valuable about the Japanese version? I was searching for an award flight from GRR to SJU for the end of January and it gave me nothing, but plenty of options using the normal US site.
Mar 15, 2006 | 9:21 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: RST
Programs: Delta Diamond; Hilton Diamond; Accor Gold
Posts: 4,844
The WPAA Lister was useful back then... Now I find the US site to give plenty of options and you can book them right away. The lister was getting anoying with the popup adds.
Mar 15, 2006 | 4:01 pm
#6
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 2,039
1. It's faster than the USA-based website.
2. You can quickly search for award seats +/- 7 days (I wish they had a +/- 3 days option...)
3. You can search for seats on DL, CO, etc. without the NW junk. This is very useful for searching for "gateway" flights (flights to/from cities with limited service... Asia, Hawaii, Europe, etc.) and flights to that gateway.
2. You can quickly search for award seats +/- 7 days (I wish they had a +/- 3 days option...)
3. You can search for seats on DL, CO, etc. without the NW junk. This is very useful for searching for "gateway" flights (flights to/from cities with limited service... Asia, Hawaii, Europe, etc.) and flights to that gateway.
Originally Posted by loomis
What do you find more valuable about the Japanese version? I was searching for an award flight from GRR to SJU for the end of January and it gave me nothing, but plenty of options using the normal US site.