Is there a way to check status if you know the WP#?
Jan 12, 2007, 12:29 pm
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Is there a way to check status if you know the WP#?
Is there some way to check someone's status if you have their WP#? Just wondering if they are silver, gold, plat. etc.
PM me if you'd like to share...
PM me if you'd like to share...
Jan 12, 2007, 1:02 pm
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Jan 12, 2007, 1:04 pm
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Oh, what? You're not an Northwest employee, and you're just trying to violate someone's privacy? Hmmm... that's another matter.
Jan 12, 2007, 1:06 pm
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I think it reads something like N.O.Y.B. If the person wants to tell you, he or she will.
Jan 12, 2007, 1:23 pm
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Ugh...its not so nefarious. Everyone breathe...
I have to book tickets for 4 people, and I know some definitely don't have status. So I'd like to book someone who does have status on their same PNR, so they can sit together in the premium seating.
I certainly can ask all 4 people, but thought if there was an wasy way to avoid bugging them with phone calls, I would do that instead.
I have to book tickets for 4 people, and I know some definitely don't have status. So I'd like to book someone who does have status on their same PNR, so they can sit together in the premium seating.
I certainly can ask all 4 people, but thought if there was an wasy way to avoid bugging them with phone calls, I would do that instead.
Jan 12, 2007, 2:37 pm
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Ugh...its not so nefarious. Everyone breathe...
I have to book tickets for 4 people, and I know some definitely don't have status. So I'd like to book someone who does have status on their same PNR, so they can sit together in the premium seating.
I certainly can ask all 4 people, but thought if there was an wasy way to avoid bugging them with phone calls, I would do that instead.
I have to book tickets for 4 people, and I know some definitely don't have status. So I'd like to book someone who does have status on their same PNR, so they can sit together in the premium seating.
I certainly can ask all 4 people, but thought if there was an wasy way to avoid bugging them with phone calls, I would do that instead.
Everyone - nothing to see here. Please continue speculating!!
Jan 12, 2007, 3:01 pm
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For a number of promotions in the past, NW required nothing but WP #, first name and last name to check on eligibility and pricing.
whitetie is the latest one I am aware of. Just finish the 1st step of Join Now.
It takes 5 seconds.
http://www.whitetie.com/nwa.html
I don't see this is a big deal, what can you do with knowing the elite level anyway?
Perhaps automatic status match from competitors if they use a data mining pod to crawl the data.
whitetie is the latest one I am aware of. Just finish the 1st step of Join Now.
It takes 5 seconds.
http://www.whitetie.com/nwa.html
I don't see this is a big deal, what can you do with knowing the elite level anyway?
Perhaps automatic status match from competitors if they use a data mining pod to crawl the data.
Last edited by timrick; Jan 12, 2007 at 3:23 pm Reason: a benefit
Jan 12, 2007, 3:07 pm
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For a number of promotions in the past, NW required nothing but WP #, first name and last name to check on eligibility and pricing.
whitetie is the latest one I am aware of. Just finish the 1st step of Join Now.
It takes 5 seconds.
http://www.whitetie.com/nwa.html
I don't see this is a big deal, what can you do with knowing the elite level anyway?
whitetie is the latest one I am aware of. Just finish the 1st step of Join Now.
It takes 5 seconds.
http://www.whitetie.com/nwa.html
I don't see this is a big deal, what can you do with knowing the elite level anyway?
This is yet another security disclosure / data compromise issue....
Jan 12, 2007, 5:53 pm
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Jan 12, 2007, 11:54 pm
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I know...so sorry to burst everyone's bubble with the not so exciting truth. Its just too fun to speculate!
Jan 12, 2007, 11:55 pm
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For a number of promotions in the past, NW required nothing but WP #, first name and last name to check on eligibility and pricing.
whitetie is the latest one I am aware of. Just finish the 1st step of Join Now.
It takes 5 seconds.
http://www.whitetie.com/nwa.html
I don't see this is a big deal, what can you do with knowing the elite level anyway?
Perhaps automatic status match from competitors if they use a data mining pod to crawl the data.
whitetie is the latest one I am aware of. Just finish the 1st step of Join Now.
It takes 5 seconds.
http://www.whitetie.com/nwa.html
I don't see this is a big deal, what can you do with knowing the elite level anyway?
Perhaps automatic status match from competitors if they use a data mining pod to crawl the data.
Well, at least I tried!
Jan 13, 2007, 12:10 am
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Kind of late to this thread, but there are other ways via nwa.com to do this, as well as finding out the status of someone in a particular promotion, which could lead to some semblance of a flight history among other things.
It's not so much a big security hole as much as it is poor programming practices at nwa.com. But they know about these holes, and have for a while; just haven't gotten around to fixing them, I guess.
If you want to find the holes, it's pretty easy: just go check on your own promotion status and note your address bar location.
It's not so much a big security hole as much as it is poor programming practices at nwa.com. But they know about these holes, and have for a while; just haven't gotten around to fixing them, I guess.
If you want to find the holes, it's pretty easy: just go check on your own promotion status and note your address bar location.
Jan 13, 2007, 3:39 am
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I failed to see how can one go about finding out someone else's status using that link.
Jan 13, 2007, 4:38 am
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This is what I got .. https://www.nwa.com/cgi-bin/wp_viewpromo.pro
I failed to see how can one go about finding out someone else's status using that link.
I failed to see how can one go about finding out someone else's status using that link.
https://www.nwa.com/cgi-bin/wp_pointhst.pro?wp_num=<insert WorldPerks number>&name=<insert last name>&reward_bucket=MSAFGP
https://www.nwa.com/cgi-bin/wp_pointhst.pro?wp_num=<insert WorldPerks number>&name=<insert last name>&reward_bucket=DASHGP
https://www.nwa.com/cgi-bin/wp_pointhst.pro?wp_num=<insert WorldPerks number>&name=<insert last name>&reward_bucket=EMILGP
These are just a few of the promos, but as you can see, they tell a lot about the person, such as status, available miles, and flight history. I suppose someone with a criminally clever mind could use this to do harm, but off the top of my head, there's not a whole lot I can think of doing without prying even further.
Jan 13, 2007, 11:55 am
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These are just a few of the promos, but as you can see, they tell a lot about the person, such as status, available miles, and flight history. I suppose someone with a criminally clever mind could use this to do harm, but off the top of my head, there's not a whole lot I can think of doing without prying even further.