CdnFlier

I like the free product myself..and signed up for the 30 day trial but missed cancelling it before the cut off. I don't find the pro version adds anything terribly useful.

This realtime monitoring of reservations that some people have described would be excellent! That would really solve my problems with it (and give value to the annual fee). Also, I wish I could add notes to the file bia my Blackberry - even just things like flight delays or a note to myself about good service. Being able to do that through the app would make recording any trip notes much easier.

jackal

I've sent feedback to TripIt and they sound appreciative but not terribly interested in implementing it, though my latest email to them was received better than the initial one.

Also, it really sounds like they are not monitoring FlyerTalk or this thread. I encourage everyone who thinks this would be valuable to email your thoughts to them (and remind them they should become active in the FT community, since we are a huge potential user-base for them).

lifescool

Finally I gave TripIt a try on my android phone. My friend had been after me to try this out for the longest time and I caved in this afternoon.

The process on my android phone was easy and took only a few minutes. The fact that TripIt supports scanning my gmail for travel related emails and import data made it really easy.

All my future travel plans are now available on my phone. Just love it....I will do more posts on this topic as I start using it more. I read about issues /complaints which I know are valid but I guess TripIt has done a good job so far and hope they continue to improve their offering

QuietLion

You need the PRO version. All my alerts have been on Alaska, which credits back the difference as an e-voucher. I'm not sure which other airlines it tracks.

QL

lifescool

Got an offer to try TripIt Pro for free for a month...still trying to make up my mind.

erikjwithak

Not true at all! TripCase is agnostic to booking source. If you book with a TripCase connected partner (like a Sabre agent and others), you can easily import your itinerary info into TripCase with just the six letter reservation code. If you book with any other source, simply forward your email confirmation to the TripCase trip email address and it will be automatically parsed and entered into your TripCase. As a final alternative, you can manually enter your reservation information into TripCase either online or on your smartphone.

jackal

I did discover that. However, it looks like it is doing the same thing as what TripIt does: just taking note of my currently-booked flights and monitoring those. I'll see if TripCase picks up on changes automatically if I have any changes to my itinerary...

jason8612

The main thing that bugs me with tripit is i cant edit nor add any trips on the blackberry version (or I just don't know how) unlike the tripcase program which is important when I get rebooked (which happens often)

FriendlySkies

Recently, I've been getting updates for the flights that I am taking, but they are being sent to me the day before departure..

Jages

Thanks for this, I asked Tripit almost 18 months ago to remove the maps and never heard back from them other than it'll be added to the list of enhancements.

paytonc

This particular failing makes TripIt very difficult for me to use, since many of my trips involve multiple destinations. It's fine for simple roundtrips, but I really would appreciate its organization skills on the complex multi-city trips that it can't process unless it's fed the itinerary bit by bit.

I actually have the opposite problem on adjacent trips, though: merging trips never seems to work for me, since it thinks that I'm returning home (A-B-A-C) when I'm actually continuing a trip that's already in the system (A-B-C).

They're also missing out on some reporting that I'm sure their user base would appreciate. I moved over to TripIt from Dopplr, which has a lot of fun and nicely formatted data-visualization toys available for its users -- a traveler's "average speed," most common destinations, carbon footprint, an elegant map with circles sized by time spent at destination -- which are pretty simple computations.

As for not having print-outs, I once had an LHR immigration agent say something like "I appreciate that you have all that information on your phone, but if I was visiting your country I'd be sure to have it all printed out." Didn't make any sense (and I still don't print anything out), but it was pretty harsh.

daveinmtl

I love tripit- have used it for a couple of years and have never had to print anything out since then.

The only small issue I see is that sometimes my flight confirmation codes and/or my hotel addresses dont get logged- but I usually take a quick look the day before departure and put them in manually on the website if needed.

I am surprised to see problems with Singapore Airlines integration- I am on a trip right now which I booked with Singapore airlines and tripit worked fine.