TripIt Online Itinerary Planner

[serfty]

Re: Thoughts on TripIt Pro

I'm trying to set up a set up a tracker alert (I'm a pro subscriber). I'm flying in J and am trying to track better seats in J, but it won't let me. I can set alerts for seats in Y, Y+ and F, but not in the class I'm actually flying! is this a known issue, or am I missing something?

Wierd! I use the ExpertFlyer seat alert quite easily.

 

[SamR]

Re: Thoughts on TripIt Pro

Ah, good! Thanks. I will give that a try, it's gotta be better than TripIt.

 

[VA777]

Re: Thoughts on TripIt Pro

I have also had good success with expert flyer with chasing seats. Managed to get an exit row y on SQ ex SIN in a couple of weeks that was not available when I booked

 

[JessicaTam]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Does that mean there is a post in the "made any travel mistakes lately" thread coming up ?

Fortunately not. TripIt showed a flight that was not listed on QF. Turns out my QFF number had not been entered by the CSA when booking a mASA. All good, flights not until May.

TripIt Pro has just paid for itself.

 

[rogerkambah]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Fortunately not. TripIt showed a flight that was not listed on QF. Turns out my QFF number had not been entered by the CSA when booking a mASA. All good, flights not until May.

TripIt Pro has just paid for itself.

Is TripIt Pro similar to ExpertFlyer?

 

[JessicaTam]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Is TripIt Pro similar to ExpertFlyer?

Short answer: no.

Long answer: TripIt manages itineraries. I email my flight or hotel confirmations (e.g.) and it adds them to my calendar. It also allows me to build a trip with multiple bookings.

 

[erkpod]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

+1 for TripIt. I've got the free version & it works fine. It works perfectly for my multi-city extended trips.

The flight info can also be imported to the AFF Flight Tracker.

 

[Deleted User]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

what do you get extra for the Pro version Jess...?

 

[JohnK]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Long answer: TripIt manages itineraries. I email my flight or hotel confirmations (e.g.) and it adds them to my calendar. It also allows me to build a trip with multiple bookings.

What is the cost for Tripit? I am trying to work out if I am missing out on anything.

I do about 125 flights/year and to be honest I remember most of them including the time of the flight. If I forget (or have the occasional doubt) then I look at a Notepad document with all my future flights on it.

 

[Mal]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

What is the cost for Tripit? I am trying to work out if I am missing out on anything.

I do about 125 flights/year and to be honest I remember most of them including the time of the flight. If I forget (or have the occasional doubt) then I look at a Notepad document with all my future flights on it.

Tripit is free. Pro version costs. Free would be adequate for your requirements.

 

[erkpod]

The totally off-topic thread

What is the cost for Tripit? I am trying to work out if I am missing out on anything.

I do about 125 flights/year and to be honest I remember most of them including the time of the flight. If I forget (or have the occasional doubt) then I look at a Notepad document with all my future flights on it.

There's a free version which I find totally acceptable. I'm not sure how you'd use it for commuting use as it works on a trip principle although if you simply made each flight as a single trip, it will still work.

 

[Bindibuys]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Short answer: no.

Long answer: TripIt manages itineraries. I email my flight or hotel confirmations (e.g.) and it adds them to my calendar. It also allows me to build a trip with multiple bookings.

Is there much difference then between TripIt and Kayak?

 

[triple7]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

I have been trialling Tripcase on iPhone and really like it. Is anyone else using it?

 

[JohnK]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Tripit is free. Pro version costs. Free would be adequate for your requirements.

That is what I am trying to work out. If I had Tripit would I need to look at Tripit on a regular basis?

Back in Sydney next weekend, the weekend after and the weekend after that. Then Melbourne for a weekend and then back in Sydney for Easter. Then Melbourne first week in May then Mothers Day in Sydney and then Sydney again the weekend after that. Then Ozfest and Thailand for 2 weeks the weekend after Ozfest. Then every weekend in Sydney for the rest of June.

I guess Tripit would be suitable for someone with a more complex travel schedule as mine is way too simple.

 

[serfty]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Not at all - I used tripit for just about all travel.

The free one though - I trialed the pro version but decided it wasn't worth it.

Just forward your flight e-ticket, hotel booking, car rental confirmation emails t0 [email protected] .

I have mine set to have everything automatically go to 'unfiled items' rather that have tripit try to interpret my plans.

 

[openseat]

Is there any way to split a booking in Tripit? I'm particularly thinking when you have a return that is many months out. The trip ends up dominating the calendar!

 

[Danger]

Is there any way to split a booking in Tripit? I'm particularly thinking when you have a return that is many months out. The trip ends up dominating the calendar!

There is. I had the same question and emailed them.

If I remember correctly you duplicate the entire trip so that you have two. Then you edit the end date of the first one and the start date of the second, creating two separate trips.

 

[rogerkambah]

Thanks to all who have contributed to this.

Basically it seems, if i have got the gist, Tripit records all your trips, integrating flights and other bookings.

EF, however, IIUC is a tool that shows flight loadings in various ticket classes?

 

[erkpod]

A couple of examples might help.



Here's one day from my recent US trip.



Details on my next flight.

 

[serfty]

Is there any way to split a booking in Tripit? I'm particularly thinking when you have a return that is many months out. The trip ends up dominating the calendar!

Easy as I do this a lot. (A booking with the outbound and return being parts of two separate trips.)

Set your account to place all new bookings sent by email into "Unfiled Items".

What I do it them 'copy' the flight booking data to each of the intended separate itineraries, deleting the unwanted segments as I go. The last one I 'move' rather than copy so it's no linger 'unfiled'.

e.g. For a simple Return:

• Email your flight booking.
• One acknowledged, go into your trip it account.
• Select Unfiled Items and find your return flight booking.
• "Copy" it and when when edit comes up, delete the segment for the return journey.
• Complete by moving to a new or existing outbound booking as appropriate.
• Go back to "Unfiled Items" and find that booking again.
• "Move" it and this time, delete the outbound journey before moving it to the other new or existing inbound booking.

Good Luck.