Seems like not even checkmytrip.com is 'enhancement' - free. The clever people at Amadeus who are behind checkmytrip have come up with a new look for the portal.
Now you're also able to view payment info and fare rules.
But the new look checkmytrip seems to have abolished several, IMHO, very useful features:
- Inability to view seat allocations [mine are showing as 'none specified'] this is more an irritation than anything else as it was convenient to simply refer to checkmytrip to observe that my seat allocation is indeed confirmed. Apart from BA/QF flights with the still functional MMB on BA.com, it is now necessary to dig into the subterranean trenches of various airline websites to retrieve seating info, if they indeed exist at all.
- Where more than 1 carrier participates in the itinerary, it is now impossible to see whether the FFP info is FQTVed to each carrier properly. Eg instead of something like 'Qantas Airways - AAxx_xx_x' and 'British Airways - AAxx_xx_x' in the case of a QF/BA itinerary using AAdvantage, the new itinerary shows FFP info very generally as simply 'AA xx_xx_x.' And QF agents are notorious for entering non-QF FFP info incorrectly.
My AA number would often appear as 'American Airlines - AAxx_xx_x' even though the itinerary only has QF content.
Aesthetically the whole thing looks pretty cluttered.
Now you're also able to view payment info and fare rules.
But the new look checkmytrip seems to have abolished several, IMHO, very useful features:
- Inability to view seat allocations [mine are showing as 'none specified'] this is more an irritation than anything else as it was convenient to simply refer to checkmytrip to observe that my seat allocation is indeed confirmed. Apart from BA/QF flights with the still functional MMB on BA.com, it is now necessary to dig into the subterranean trenches of various airline websites to retrieve seating info, if they indeed exist at all.
- Where more than 1 carrier participates in the itinerary, it is now impossible to see whether the FFP info is FQTVed to each carrier properly. Eg instead of something like 'Qantas Airways - AAxx_xx_x' and 'British Airways - AAxx_xx_x' in the case of a QF/BA itinerary using AAdvantage, the new itinerary shows FFP info very generally as simply 'AA xx_xx_x.' And QF agents are notorious for entering non-QF FFP info incorrectly.
My AA number would often appear as 'American Airlines - AAxx_xx_x' even though the itinerary only has QF content.
Aesthetically the whole thing looks pretty cluttered.
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