SkyTeam Reward Searches
Jun 11, 2010, 4:11 pm
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SkyTeam Reward Searches
Gotta love when the new guys show up and don't realize that the others at the party are so closed in terms of sharing information. Vietnam Airlines has a PDF on their website that lists all the reward booking classes for all the airlines in SkyTeam. 
They even have Tarom in there and RO doesn't join for a couple weeks yet.
Leveraging this list I've started putting together search tools for reward inventory. Some are easier than others - and I'm starting with the easy ones - but it is better than nothing. So far I have OK, CZ and VN available. VN seems wide open from what I'm seeing in many searches.
Check out the tool at http://bit.ly/AirRewards and let me know if you run into trouble at any point. It does require registration but it is completely free to use.
Code:
Carrier First class Business class Economy class 1 Vietnam Airlines (VN) - J U 2 Air France (AF) - O X 3 Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) - D W 4 Alitalia (AZ) - Z U 5 Delta Airlines (DL) R O N 6 Aeromexico (AM) - C U 7 Aeroflot (SU) - O X 8 Czech Airlines (OK) - Z E 9 Korean Air - D U 10 China Southern Airlines P I O 11 Kenya Airways (KQ) - D W 12 Tarom (RO) - Z X 13 Air Europa (UX) - Z A
Leveraging this list I've started putting together search tools for reward inventory. Some are easier than others - and I'm starting with the easy ones - but it is better than nothing. So far I have OK, CZ and VN available. VN seems wide open from what I'm seeing in many searches.
Check out the tool at http://bit.ly/AirRewards and let me know if you run into trouble at any point. It does require registration but it is completely free to use.
Jun 12, 2010, 2:25 am
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Awesome! Also im stunned that VA opens up that much...could be really useful!
May I ask where you get the data for your searches? As far as I know OK inventory used to only be available through their callcenter
May I ask where you get the data for your searches? As far as I know OK inventory used to only be available through their callcenter
Jun 12, 2010, 5:24 am
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Yeah...VN is really wide open. I was shocked. I even called in to DL to confirm that flights I was seeing as open were bookable with SkyPesoes as I couldn't believe it. They were.
The source for the data is either WorldSpan, Apollo or Galileo, depending on the airline in question. It scrapes from sites that are publicly accessible and filters for just the specific fare classes and carrier being searched. If you were to use the main Tools section of that same site and the Multi-Bucket Inventory (Worldspan) or Single-Bucket Inventory (Galileo) queries and specify carrier and class you'd get roughly the same.
I added KQ last night as well. UX is next.
The source for the data is either WorldSpan, Apollo or Galileo, depending on the airline in question. It scrapes from sites that are publicly accessible and filters for just the specific fare classes and carrier being searched. If you were to use the main Tools section of that same site and the Multi-Bucket Inventory (Worldspan) or Single-Bucket Inventory (Galileo) queries and specify carrier and class you'd get roughly the same.
I added KQ last night as well. UX is next.
Jun 12, 2010, 1:12 pm
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Very interesting! Let me know if I can be of any help implementing plugin(s) to scrape more sites. Perhaps AFKL could be added, although I have heard that they do not like people hitting their sites in an automated manner.
Jun 17, 2010, 4:00 am
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I have 4 business class flights booked on SU with NW miles coming up in the next couple months.
Jun 17, 2010, 6:57 am
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LAX outbound is usually the toughest for business/1st .. then JFK, then DC. The overall experience front or back of the plane won't let you down, but you say you're sorted out already so no worries. After your 2nd flight you should be silver and your 4th flight should get you pretty close to Gold.
Jun 17, 2010, 4:00 pm
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its LAX-SVO-LHR/CDG-EVN,DEL-SVO-NRT-LAX, combo of SU/AF and last leg DL.
all booked online.... which of course is no longer possible.
I wish there was a way of looking for SU space
btw, Czech space is easy to find using the old public tool, just look for Z/E space
Also shows
RO X space
VN J space
CZ P O space