App Feasibility: Redemption miles lookup
 

Having multiple FF accounts (BMI, UA, AS, SQ), I always had problems remembering the amount of miles needed for a certain redemption. When that happens, I'll typically goto the airline website, lookup the award chart (sometimes a big pdf download).. and then reference the number of miles needed. Always wanted to create some sort of an app to tell me the number of miles needed instantly specifying the airline, src and destination.

Finally had some time to do some coding and came up with a very early prototype of what the app might look like. Take note that there's no actual data inside now and everything displays 50,000 miles. Eventually, based on the airline you select, the redemption areas will differ (based on the airline chart). Also, in the future, I'm thinking of adding the ability to select multiple airlines, etc.

Just wondering, how many of you guys would actually use something like this - if it was comprehensive enough to contain most of the main airlines people use. Thanks!

URL to access is : http://miles-calculator.appspot.com/

Let me know your comments and thoughts!

I've actually got most of the data already with the folks at www.GoMiles.com and I've been pushing them to develop the interface that will show the numbers across multiple airlines. No ETA on the effort but I'll push harder again.