Just because airlines use a certain seatmap format does not mean it's the best one. @:-)

Thanks for the light bulb, but I think you missed the point, which was consistency not how good/bad certain airline seat maps are.

I just saw the new seat map format today and I like it. Saves me from clicking over to Seat Guru.

What we're discussing/debating is whether the new format is better or worse. Many here, including myself, think that, while the added functionality is useful, the new visual format is worse than the original. Whether or not that new format is consistent with what others are doing is irrelevant - just because other sites are doing something consistently that looks bad does not mean that ExpertFlyer should follow along.

I don't think consistency or uniformity are irrelevant but that's my opinion. Nays and Yays on this matter in our small non-scientific sample seem to be equally divided so I don't think I'm the only one holding that belief.

So I guess we can agree to disagree.

Agreed. :)

Strange availability bug
 

Details are: availability request for DXB-MOW on 30-NOV (and some other dates).

EF returns an error if I specify SU as a preferred carrier (no flights at all), however, it returns several SU flights (and many others) if a carrier is not specified.

What could be the reason for that?

I often have multiple search results open in different tabs, so it would be terrific if I could refine a query from any of them and it would work (which the stateless suggestion above would do).

Pre-filling a name in the "save query" box would be annoying, as you suggest. But automatically saving the last n queries would be a better alternative, I think. It makes it very handy for people who use it, and it doesn't get in the way of those who don't. Perhaps a new drop-down entry under "Saved Queries" for the last n queries would be a nice way to access these.

Having the information immediately viewable is convenient, but personally I'd have ranked other features far higher. I say this because EF is, I think, targeted at frequent flyers who tend to already have personal seat favorites for various equipment, and even if not, it's quite easy to have SeatGuru open in one tab and an EF seatmap in another. By contrast, a feature offering stateless EF queries, or a recently-used set of queries, would provide functionality that is missing now.

There is a bug on our side. We're getting back an error and flight data from the GDS and it's causing the error you're seeing (which is different from the regular "No Availability" message). We'll post the fix in the next day or two.

In the future, please email us directly ([email protected]) with any bug reports so we can make sure they are expedited. Thanks!

Is there any MPM options on EF?

Yes. To the extent that the airline publishes it. You would find it on the Fare Results screen by clicking on the View Routing icon on the right side for a particular fare. You will see something like this for a Y fare on UA JFK-NRT:

MPM FARE - ROUTE NOT APPLICABLE
MAXIMUM PERMITTED MILEAGE IS 8084

Thanks a lot for the tip, wouldn't have guessed it.

I have seat up a Greasemonkey script to make all seat images the basic versions.

This script substitutes seat guru specific images with the generic one as well as disabling Seat Guru mouseover pop ups.

If any would like more information in this script, please PM me.


No warranty is made as to the fitness of the purpose for this script for any use. Usage is entirely at the risk of the user.

Hi EF and the users!

I am a bit lost. Is there any option to get extended flight information such as electronic ticket availability, traffic rights (ie no local traffic for international carriers), specific flight status (online transfer only with AF, for example) etc???

Regards

We would have to research that. Please send us an email with some examples of what you are looking for and we'll take a look.