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chespeak2002 Nov 5, 2010 2:18 pm

In what areas that awardwallet.com is better than points.com? I only have accounts with points.com and thinking about trying something new. Points.com seems a bit slow to me.

josephstern Nov 7, 2010 5:22 pm


Originally Posted by chespeak2002 (Post 15082317)
In what areas that awardwallet.com is better than points.com? I only have accounts with points.com and thinking about trying something new. Points.com seems a bit slow to me.

It's a pretty different animal, really. Points.com is largely about trading and buying points, and is, at the moment, extremely slow, buggy, and all around painful to use.

On the other hand, AwardWallet is really just for tracking points, and is fast, efficient, and pretty lightweight.

I agree with others that the interface could use an upgrade, but not at the expense of the Points.com upgrade, which basically ruined that site for me.

Yissr Nov 7, 2010 7:34 pm

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I really like AW especially the fact that they log you in automatically when you click. why can't mint.com have such a feature (or fo they?)

spangenberg Nov 8, 2010 9:53 am

i tried awardwallet but was bugged that it didn't work with southwest, it was a little clunky to, i liked that they logged you automatically in the programs, but i recently switched to usingmiles.com and it works great! a lot better than awardwallet and points, and they support southwest RR credits.

Thunderroad Nov 8, 2010 10:13 am

Any updates on problems?
 

Originally Posted by SanDiego1K (Post 14748691)
I love AwardWallet, but I certainly have had trouble with it hanging in recent weeks. It's frustrating. And then if I begin again, it starts from account one all over again.

I'm thinking of using AW, but would like to know whether the problems that SD1K and others reported are still going on. Any updates on this?

fet Nov 9, 2010 8:14 pm

It got better, no problems anymore.
Awardwallet is the way to go.

Jim055 Nov 9, 2010 8:21 pm

AwardWallet is excellent. Yes it tracks all your FF programs. The real jewel is the flight tracker and change updater in the Plans module. AW is on the way up. Points.com is on the way down.

np Nov 9, 2010 10:35 pm

[QUOTE=Jim055;15109874]AwardWallet is excellent. Yes it tracks all your FF programs. The real jewel is the flight tracker and change updater in the Plans module. AW is on the way up. Points.com is on the way down.[/QUOTE

Has anyone else noticed that in the past few weeks aw hangs? It is getting a little annoying. Maybe my computer?

zutmin Nov 10, 2010 6:17 am

[QUOTE=np;15110575]

Originally Posted by Jim055 (Post 15109874)
AwardWallet is excellent. Yes it tracks all your FF programs. The real jewel is the flight tracker and change updater in the Plans module. AW is on the way up. Points.com is on the way down.[/QUOTE

Has anyone else noticed that in the past few weeks aw hangs? It is getting a little annoying. Maybe my computer?

No hanging on my end. Maybe try clearing your broswer's cache?

crabbing Nov 10, 2010 9:50 am

when a program changes its webpage (e.g., like delta did a month or two ago), awardwallet has to change the way it accesses that page to get updated info. you can click the "contact us" link to send them a message about it. they seem to take care of changes within a few weeks at most.

there are other factors that can cause hangs, such as a lot of traffic at the program's website making it difficult for awardwallet to log in. checking your balances when the program website is updating (3-6am EST is probably the most common window) could also cause timeouts.

if you store your passcodes locally, check to see if you've lost data. i recently wiped my firefox browser's cache, cookies, and history, and had to re-enter my passwords.

christinasc Nov 16, 2010 1:26 pm

I'd like to get an invite to usingmiles.com can anyone please send me an invite? It is my username here on flyertalk @ gmail.com

Thanks!!

jcmitchell21 Nov 16, 2010 1:37 pm

One of my rewards accoutns currently has 0 points, but awardwallet is showing almost 300,000. Too bad I can't redeem through awardwallet directly.

rajuabju Nov 16, 2010 3:37 pm

AwardWallet is fantastic and I have no issues with it. It might occasionally get stuck during an update, but almost always resolved pretty quickly.

Sucks they dont do Southwest, but thats because WN is blocking them, not because they dont want to support them.

I track over 30 programs for 4 people, and its a fantastic resource

dnkywhisperer Nov 16, 2010 3:42 pm

thanks I am going to give it a try

Jaimito Cartero Nov 22, 2010 2:22 pm

Autologging into my Delta account has not been working for the last 4 or 5 days. Just hangs up.


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