Flight info apps.. which is best?

[tgh]

I have been prowling for an app that will give me real time departure time and gate updates.
I have a few local LAN flights coming up in Chile , and it would be nice to find a decent push notifier .
Heaps and heaps of apps around , but reviews thin on the ground and the existing apps seem to be a bit er unstable.
Any feed back much appreciated

 

[RooFlyer]

There's been a few threads on this, so have a bit of a search as well.

My best travel application of any is TripIt Pro. Sends SMS messages of when check-in (might) be available, gate to be used and updates as they change, departure delays etc ... all usually before the airport/airlines advise.

Failures have been reported (paging serfty ) but in the past 2 years with my approx. 180 sectors around the world, it hasn't let me down.

 

[quick_dry]

it depends on your mobile data situation - TripIt Pro sending SMS has been valuable to me when I couldn't connect to a data network, but now that I very rarely have phone connectivity without data, those are less important and I'm letting my Pro subscription lapse (unless a free coupon pops up). I get by with standard TripIt syncing to FlightTrack Pro.

 

[tgh]

There seems to be a bit of a turf war happening .. hence my original post.
A new starter can't link trip it with FP5.. pro is no longer sold tho still supported..

 

[serfty]

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....nd-hardware/thoughts-on-tripit-pro-42891.html

 

[zainman]

There's been a few threads on this, so have a bit of a search as well.

My best travel application of any is TripIt Pro. Sends SMS messages of when check-in (might) be available, gate to be used and updates as they change, departure delays etc ... all usually before the airport/airlines advise.

Failures have been reported (paging serfty ) but in the past 2 years with my approx. 180 sectors around the world, it hasn't let me down.

I use Kayak and it also has the SMS facility (I have the Pro version but I believe SMS is still free on the non-paid version?)

 

[mozerz]

it depends on your mobile data situation - TripIt Pro sending SMS has been valuable to me when I couldn't connect to a data network, but now that I very rarely have phone connectivity without data, those are less important and I'm letting my Pro subscription lapse (unless a free coupon pops up). I get by with standard TripIt syncing to FlightTrack Pro.

I like FlightTrack Pro a lot too!

 

[RooFlyer]

Day trip HBA-MEL-HBA today. As I stepped off the plane in MEL this morning, I got a text from TripIt saying my return flight in the early evening was delayed by 20 mins.

Not great to be delayed, but this advice gave me a bit more of a margin in finishing stuff off and getting back to the airport. Now waiting for the flight which is departing as TripIt told me 7 hours ago.

 

[VA777]

Have been wondering if TripIt was of any real value down here

 

[quokka77]

+1 for Kayak. It advised me very early by email of significant delays to a trans Pacific flight (the night before). I got a call from the airline the next morning, after I would have set off for the airport had it not been for Kayak. As I have email alerts on my smart phone I don't need text message updates (and if I'm overseas I might be using a foreign sim so I would prefer email actually). It's free. It doesn't tell you gate numbers as far as I'm aware.