Discussion in Flyertalk occasionally
inspires me to develop web-based applications and other resources of assistance
to frequent travelers on certain airlines. By and large, I seek to make contributions
that combine technical innovation (such as figuring out how particular portions
of an airlines' web site work) with substantive significance (such as helping
frequent travelers more quickly and efficiently obtain the information they
need). To that end, I have prepared the following resources:
Seatmaps - update: no longer operational due to aa.com redesign
Bookmarkable
availability listings for specified flights
Easier &
faster to use than ordinary aa.com seatmap tool
View maps for
all cabins on multiple flights simultaneously
Deep links to selected areas on aa.com - update: no longer necessary
due to aa.com redesign
Archived TWA.com web site
American bought
some of TWA's assets but (understandably!) ceased operation of TWA's
web site. Unfortunately, American's own web site doesn't have all
the details (about TWA planes in particular) that remain important
to some frequent travelers.
Wrongly (I think)
says upgrades from full-fare Business to First are as expensive (in
miles) as upgrades from discount coach to Business, rather than as
cheap (relatively speaking) as upgrades from full-fare Coach to Business
I sent a note
to AAdvantage asking them what's going on here. A reply letter told
me (cutting to the chase and skipping their [very eloquent!] boilerplate):
The newsletter is correct and the new upgrade awards were effective
November 21, 2001. Funny that, since the insert itself only says
the awards become effective on April 30, 2002! I think the G. Hicks
who wrote me this letter misunderstood the question...
