Using the website; I try to delete (only) the hotel Check-Out event(s) ... to my eyes,
it is unnecessary clutter. I can understand that some folks might want this info.

TripIt automagically deletes the matching hotel Check-In event. Grrr. I wanted to
keep the hotel Check-In event.

TripIt doesn't seem to know where FNJ is, nor have heard of any flights to/from FNJ. I realise this is a weird destination, but it does exist and there are scheduled flights on both CA and JS... :mad:

This is an awesome idea. Many of us do repetitive travel and want certain parameters on the same trip, over and over again.

I just tried Tripit for a 9-segment itinerary plus two hotels. I must say that the final merged page looks so cluttered with icons and spurious information that it is almost useless.

I have to send the itinerary to many persons who need to know the arrival departures times and flight numbers. However, they don't need to know the PNRs: remember, those can be used to change a booking. These people also have no desire to learn about weather in those cities, attractions there, or about hotel options I have not booked. They also don't need to know the phone numbers for various hotels and airlines.

I was looking forward to a neat uncluttered compilation of my flights in chronological order, at least as an option if not the default. In the end I ended up making my own with copy+paste from confirmation emails into a text editor.

Glad I found this thread
 

Glad I found this thread - was on the checkout screen for TripIt Pro with my credit card already entered!

I think I will keep my eyes out for some of the open issues to clear up! If there are any newer recommendations out there, I'm all ears...

I'll take a peek @ Kayak or Worldmate...

Works great for me. Saves me lots of time.

Automating Tripit in 7 steps.
 

As many of you surely know, Tripit now allows Gmail users to grant Tripit access to scan for itineraries. This is not what this post will be about.

Instead, for those of us that continue to use Microsoft Exchange Servers for booking our work related travel, I will explain how to automate the process of sending Tripit your email confirmations. This is how I've been doing it since before the Gmail option came about.

1.In Outlook 2010, select File > Rules and Alerts. In Outlook 2007, select Tools > Rules and Alerts.

2. From the Email Rules tab, choose New Rule…

3. Under Start from a blank rule select Check messages when they arrive and click Next.

4. If you wish to only forward certain messages, you can select conditions for each message that gets forwarded. If you want all your messages to be forwarded, leave everything unchecked. You will get a message This rule will be applied to every message you receive. Is this correct? Select Yes.

5. Check forward it to people or distribution list. In the lower pane, click people or distribution list.

6. This will open the Rule Address window with the address book. Search for the email address(es) to which you would like to forward your mail. You can also just type [email protected] in the To field. Click OK then Next when done.

7. The box to setup exceptions appears. Select any exceptions you would like to apply to this rule and click Next.

8. Under Specify a name for this rule, give your rule a name. Check the box for Turn on this rule if you would like Outlook to start forwarding messages now. Check Run this rule now on messages already in “Inbox” (rarely used) if you would like Outlook to forward everything that is already in your Inbox . Click Finish and you’re done.

AA delay time different from TripIt delay time
 

Hi Everyone,

I'm not sure if this is AA specific, as I have not flown other carriers too much lately (and when I do, I seem to have better luck with on time performance). But, since I've only experienced this on AA, I will post this here.

I have TripIt pro, and I've noticed that a delay reported via TripIt is often longer than the one reported by AA. And, TripIt will often report the delay well before it appears in aa.com / airport monitors.

The funny thing is that the longer delay initially reported by TripIt is usually more accurate than the one reported by AA. Does anyone know if there is another delay database out there that TripIt is using, which happens to be more accurate?

Not sure if this is the issue, but I have found different tracking services use different times... i.e. "Departure Time" could be gate departure or wheels-up. Heaven only knows how AA decides when to send notices. I think they use an algorithm that keeps each of the delays under the radar for on-time (i.e. three 15-minute delays don't count the same as on 45-minute delay). It's all a numbers game and AA knows how to play if quite well.

You can prove some of this yourself by picking a current flight and check aa.com, aacargo.com, and flightaware.com as examples.

As you may or may not know, FlightStats data feeds TripIt & TripIt Pro. FlightStats continues to be the leading real-time flight and airport data information source - globally.

Our developer network alone, generates over 3 million unique data queries per day, which powers major media, search engines and travel apps, as well as flight information displays in airports and hotels. To add, we partner with Travel Management Companies to monitor & improve the day-of-travel experience.

Good to know



Srpilo

I've seen the same thing with TripIt pro, and I agree their delay reports often turn out to be more accurate.

My experience with AA is that they often don't post creeping delays in a very timely manner. For example, if you pull up the incoming aircraft you will see it arriving 25 minutes before scheduled departure of your flight. You know that there is no way they will meet that, but they don't post the new time until boarding is already late. They might adjust the departure time again while in the middle of boarding. TripIt and its providers may be producing estimated departure times based on incoming aircraft and other factors.

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

TripIt Pro
 

I've had the same experience with TripIt Pro (aren't we supposed to abbreviate everything here? Shapp we call it TIP? ;-)

What often happens, though, is that TripIt Pro reports a delay as soon as they know about it. Then they report the next delay for that flight. Then the next. Then... they report a "PullBack", where the airline has somehow partially undelayed the flight and now the ETD is earlier. This results in several notifications per flight and perhaps AA avoids notifing delays when they believe they'll be able to reverse it.