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Perhaps it's working on mobile and not desktop?
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Perhaps it's working on mobile and not desktop?
I don't know. That would be very strange, being as it's same search engine.
Could be that since i first searched for up to 1 stop, those results were cached.

The site isn't fully optimized for mobile; you can't really see the individual mileage programs to select them.
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About the release updates: we will add this feature soon. For now, you can follow our blog: www.uscreditcardguide.com, we will definitely put a post there when there's a major update.

Very cool and beginner friendly. Really looking forward to you guys adding YQ fees. Any way to sign up for release updates?

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I don't know. That would be very strange, being as it's same search engine.
Could be that since i first searched for up to 1 stop, those results were cached.

The site isn't fully optimized for mobile; you can't really see the individual mileage programs to select them.

Yup, perhaps mine is cached as well (it does seem faster now, which leads me to believe it's not rerunning the search).
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I think it is because you filtered the miles that can only be transferred from SPG... AA miles are there for default options.

It pulls it up on a R/T search. But if I search O/W, it doesnt.


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Right. We plan to show whether there is a high YQ, but it is impossible to have an exact amount of YQ.

Adding YQ would require a search engine for availability, not just a data base of award charts. That seems like a much bigger job to make.

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You are searching nonstop. Try to use up to 1 stop, and cheaper options will show up.



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I believe, you searched EWR and the other buddy here searched JFK, that's why the results are different.

That's weird. Not sure why it's not working for you.

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I believe, you searched EWR and the other buddy here searched JFK, that's why the results are different.

Ah, that's the kicker. UA no longer flies from JFK.
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So for now it's just a "Miles Calculator" / "How many miles do I need".

Are you working on a award flight availability tool?

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I believe, you searched EWR and the other buddy here searched JFK, that's why the results are different.
yes but there is another mistake in his screenshot for the nonstop aa is 65k not 50k

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Well, first fail:



I think the problem this that the website is filtering awards based on existing routes, while there is no nonstop JFK-LAX flight by UA in the database. If you change JFK to New York or just EWR, the 35k result will show up.

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Right. We plan to show whether there is a high YQ, but it is impossible to have an exact amount of YQ.

Impossible? Maybe not cost-effective for a free service, but I'm sure it's possible.

No way to pull in the data from QPI Express for example?
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Right. We plan to show whether there is a high YQ, but it is impossible to have an exact amount of YQ.
The Fly3Z guys did it (for most of the airlines they offered). Although it seems like they went bust 2 months ago.

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Impossible? Maybe not cost-effective for a free service, but I'm sure it's possible.

No way to pull in the data from QPI Express for example?
It's impossible to have without searching for individual flights. This is a service to help navigate award charts, not to search availability on individual flights. A flight availability search engine would be a much bigger job, require live data instead of just a data base, and is a totally different service than an award chart aggregator.
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Yes, you are right, what I actually mean is it is impossible to do it for free...

Impossible? Maybe not cost-effective for a free service, but I'm sure it's possible.

No way to pull in the data from QPI Express for example?

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yes but there is another mistake in his screenshot for the nonstop aa is 65k not 50k

What do you mean? 50k seems to be correct.


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Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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physixfan and skysniper, if you guys are associated with the company, perhaps we should rename your DDF handles to AwardHacker and AwardHacker1 or something?
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Although it seems like they went bust 2 months ago.

Details?
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