Two for the price of one for the Site Of (This) Week. You lucky, lucky reader.
Checkmytrip
Once in a while, I come across a site so useful, that I have no idea how I did without it. Checkmytrip.com does one thing, and does it superbly well. Just enter your surname and the 6-digit alphanumeric booking code (PNR), and up pop all your flight details.
Not only do you get the basics, bust also the geeky stuff (aircraft type, ticket numbers, frequent flyer info, seat reservations).
The best bit is that this is live information, unlike that email lounging in your inbox from when you booked the flight. If you're unlucky enough to have your flight cancelled or times changed, you may well find out on here before the airline gets round to calling you. (Make a habit of checking in the days and hours before your flight.)
Tripit
One notch louder is the excellent service from Tripit. Just forward all your flight, car or hotel reservation emails to plans@tripit.com, and their magic parsing monkeys will slice and dice the booking details and store them in a calendar for you. You can then log in to check your itinerary, or even ask for it to be spat out as an iCal feed. There's also an iPhone app, but its pricey, at £5.99 (reduced from a scarcely believable £17.99).
There's a definite US slant, and Tripit doesn't support every travel company yet, but the main ones are there. And it's nice to see that Hertz reservations - which gave the parsing monkeys some trouble last year - are now showing up nicely.
Monday, April 6, 2009
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3 comments:
I do feel very lucky! Just checked out CheckMyTrip and it is cool. I especially like the geeky stuff! Thanks for the tip!
Cheers,
Keith
CheckMyTrip only works if your booking is stored in Amadeus -- which is the leading system in Europe, but not in other parts of the world. If your booking is in Sabre or Travelport, CheckMyTrip won't have it.
Thanks for the comments.
You're right, of course. Sabre reservations won't show in Checkmytrip, and neither will the low-cost carriers (they host their own systems).
Try virtuallythere.com
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