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Seats.aero May 11, 2025 11:49 pm


Originally Posted by FS_FRA (Post 36963392)
Are you planning to make awards with Miles & More / Lufthansa available any time soon?

Miles & More is now available.

beachfan May 12, 2025 3:57 am


Originally Posted by beachfan (Post 36931169)
It seems like disabling the mileage cap only works on the desktop?

Why is the American cap so much lower than the United cap (AA cap for J is 10K per hour, UA cap for J is 14k per hour). Seems like a bias. I wouldn't care if I could also remove the dynamic pricing caps on the app, but since they are there, it really reduces the usefulness of the app dramatically).

Awaiting a response either here or the other thread.

gobears293 Aug 13, 2025 4:15 pm

Hoping to get clarification on the point that Seats.Aero isn't ideal for one-stop itineraries. Specifically for Air France, I've noticed in the past that one-stops to various locations around Europe will cost less miles than the direct to Paris (or the KLM flight to AMS). Is there no way for the service to alert me when saver availability becomes available on one of these one-stop options (even when the direct does not get saver)? I have a trip next year where my initial destination is actually flexible, so I'd love to set up an alert for multiple cities (none of which have non-stop from the US).

Hopefully that question makes sense!

Seats.aero Aug 14, 2025 7:01 pm


Originally Posted by gobears293 (Post 37261128)
Hoping to get clarification on the point that Seats.Aero isn't ideal for one-stop itineraries. Specifically for Air France, I've noticed in the past that one-stops to various locations around Europe will cost less miles than the direct to Paris (or the KLM flight to AMS). Is there no way for the service to alert me when saver availability becomes available on one of these one-stop options (even when the direct does not get saver)? I have a trip next year where my initial destination is actually flexible, so I'd love to set up an alert for multiple cities (none of which have non-stop from the US).

Hopefully that question makes sense!

Yes, we do track connecting flights with Air France/KLM, but we do not have a general "saver availability" alert, because Flying Blue is well, dynamic.

You can set up an alert from your airport to "EUR" which is our code for large European airports. This does not include many secondary European cities that AF-KL fly to, keep in mind. You can also set a points threshold to make sure the pricing is acceptable.

Hope this answers your question!

bocastephen Aug 19, 2025 6:33 pm

I haven't found much useful availability, so I'm curious how it compares with Roame in terms of programs and finding space. Has anyone tried both?

Flyloha Aug 21, 2025 5:37 pm


Originally Posted by bocastephen (Post 37273335)
I haven't found much useful availability, so I'm curious how it compares with Roame in terms of programs and finding space. Has anyone tried both?

I have used seats.aero, roame.travel, and points.me. I can say, without a doubt, seats.aero is by far superior to all of them, especially if you are a power user and know what you are doing.

With seats.aero, I recently booked (flying next week):
LAX-JFK-LHR = F, booked via AA
LHR-CDG = J, booked via BA Avios
CDG-HND = F, booked via AA from award alert set for the route in JAL new F
NRT-DPS = F, booked through Garuda but used seats.aero to find award availability in J and then booked F direct
DPS-SIN = J, booked directly via SQ. The only area where Roame may have an advantage as Seats doesn't pull SQ yet
SIN-AUH = F, booked via AA 50k apartments
AUH-DOH-HKG = F booked via AA 50k
HKG-LAX = F, booked via Asia Miles, searched directly on Cathay

It took me about 6 hours to pull this itinerary together once I got the alert for the JAL flight. I've also done these trips in the last 2 years using seats.aero:
LAX-SYD-SIN-HKG-HND-DXB-GRU-GIG-GRU-SCL-LAX - all in F or J
LAX-FRA-CDG-DOH-PER-HKG-TPE-LAX - all in F or J

I consider seats.aero to be the most valuable tool in my arsenal. I've also done several domestic trips and smaller itineraries like LAX-NRT-SIN-DPS-TPE-LAX last month, all from using the tool.


BabyLitigator Sep 16, 2025 11:56 am

Aeroplan/Seats.aero?
 
Just paid for Seats.aero Pro, and for the search I am running (JRO-USA/YYZ) for a bunch of dates next year, I'm seeing tons of availability on many airlines, but goose egg on Aeroplan. Is AC blocking seats.aero or something? The seats.aero page says the connection is "healthy" but seems implausible. Searches on AC website show flights but starts claiming nothing after multiple searches.

I have also checked random days for LAX-YYZ (where AC does a bunch of flights). Tons of availability on other airlines, nothing on AC.

Is AC blocking?

TWA884 Sep 16, 2025 1:59 pm

There is a long thread in the Air Canada | Aeroplan forum discussing Air Canada's lawsuit to stop seats.aero from scraping data from Air Canada's website and computer systems.

lopinc1 Sep 16, 2025 2:41 pm


Originally Posted by BabyLitigator (Post 37322919)
Just paid for Seats.aero Pro, and for the search I am running (JRO-USA/YYZ) for a bunch of dates next year, I'm seeing tons of availability on many airlines, but goose egg on Aeroplan. Is AC blocking seats.aero or something? The seats.aero page says the connection is "healthy" but seems implausible. Searches on AC website show flights but starts claiming nothing after multiple searches.

I have also checked random days for LAX-YYZ (where AC does a bunch of flights). Tons of availability on other airlines, nothing on AC.

Is AC blocking?

You can see airline status information here: https://seats.aero/status

Also if you do an Explore search for AC, there are results: https://seats.aero/aeroplan
There are LAX-YYZ AC results shown: https://seats.aero/aeroplan?originAi...orth%20America

Also results shown in the more specific Search tool: https://seats.aero/search?min_seats=...stinations=YYZ

If you need help with a specific search then you should click the ? button on the lower right of the page and ask support. It might be that JRO is the issue but there are AC results there for other searches.

BabyLitigator Sep 16, 2025 2:50 pm


Originally Posted by lopinc1 (Post 37323203)
You can see airline status information here: https://seats.aero/status

Also if you do an Explore search for AC, there are results: https://seats.aero/aeroplan
There are LAX-YYZ AC results shown: https://seats.aero/aeroplan?originAi...orth%20America

Also results shown in the more specific Search tool: https://seats.aero/search?min_seats=...stinations=YYZ

If you need help with a specific search then you should click the ? button on the lower right of the page and ask support. It might be that JRO is the issue but there are AC results there for other searches.

For LAX-YYZ or going the other way it shows a grand total of 3 flights available in all of 2026. Which is deeply implausible. That seems inconsistent with the link being healthy. There are definitely SOME AC results, but clearly not all of them.

lopinc1 Sep 17, 2025 12:02 pm


Originally Posted by BabyLitigator (Post 37323226)
For LAX-YYZ or going the other way it shows a grand total of 3 flights available in all of 2026. Which is deeply implausible. That seems inconsistent with the link being healthy. There are definitely SOME AC results, but clearly not all of them.

The links I posted show many flights, even just in the next 60 days.

Here it is again, LAX-YYZ only on AC metal: https://seats.aero/aeroplan?originAi...orth%20America

dkc192 Sep 18, 2025 11:10 am

I wish they would refresh their UA PN/PZ database at least daily since that's the frequency with which UA does general inventory updates. Seeing 4+ day old results isn't very helpful.

dkc192 Sep 18, 2025 7:01 pm


Originally Posted by dkc192 (Post 37326597)
I wish they would refresh their UA PN/PZ database at least daily since that's the frequency with which UA does general inventory updates. Seeing 4+ day old results isn't very helpful.

Almost as if on cue, this afternoon I see this banner at the top of the PN/PZ page:

Due to recent changes by United, this data may be older than usual.
Viewing PN/PZ inventory in one single place is/was about half of the pro subscription's value proposition for me, so if this keeps up I might have to reconsider my subscription when it comes time to renew.

TandroyFoty Sep 24, 2025 2:52 pm

So if UA.com is showing 100k in Business YVR-FRA-BKK Nov 23rd, while Seats.Aero shows no availablity in business on any airline, is that because their UA data is out of date? It is a Saver award, but plenty of 200k/250k non-saver available as well.

gfunkdave Oct 22, 2025 8:51 am

Any plans to include British Airways in seats.aero search?


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