TripIt Online Itinerary Planner

[drewbles]

In a nutshell, TripIt=itinerary aggregator. EF = airline gds search tool.

I have paid for pro since it launched and it's been invaluable for me. It's best for US travel, but VA and QF support is much better now and I frequently get flight delays and the like via push and TripIt pro vs any notification from the airline.

As usual, different strokes for different folks though

 

[JessicaTam]

TripIt Pro has the following extra:

Flight refunds (if a refund is available)
Mobile alerts (gate changes, delays, cancelations)
Alternate flights
Auto itinerary sharing
VIP stuff (Hertz Gold/Regus gold for 12 months)

Have a look at www.tripit.com for the breakdown

 

[serfty]

TripIt Pro has the following extra:
...
Mobile alerts (gate changes, delays, cancelations)
...

When it works! Look upthread... (they blamed it on a failure of 'flightstats') that's one of the reasons I don't pay for the pro version.

 

[drewbles]

When it works! Look upthread... (they blamed it on a failure of 'flightstats') that's one of the reasons I don't pay for the pro version.

Was that a temporary issue? This is the main reason I subscribe and have found it mainly excellent over the years (much better in the USA admittedly).

 

[Robert K]

trip it has a a nifty feature for gmail users. You can give it authorisation to scan your emails automatically for itineraries. Saves you from forwarding on emails.

I find the website interface clunky. Mobile apps are a bit better.

 

[openseat]

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.

Belated thanks Serfty.

I got to it by a roundabout way. Deleting the inbound trip from the existing trip, then resending the itinerary (which went straight to the same existing booking); moving the resent itinerary to a new trip; deleting outbound flights from new trip; tidy up trip dates in both original trip and new trip using the edit function.

I'm travelling on a number of nested tickets to save money for the firm and tripit helps a lot in keeping track of where tickets begin and end.

 

[drewbles]

trip it has a a nifty feature for gmail users. You can give it authorisation to scan your emails automatically for itineraries. Saves you from forwarding on emails.

I find the website interface clunky. Mobile apps are a bit better.

That's why you forward any itineraries you get to TripIt, and use the mobile App. I very very very rarely actually use the website. I will, however, say I have a huge pet peeve with TripIt. I've provided them feedback on it too, but it's gone ignored.

If you have a flight at say 8am, and hotel check-out time is 10am, TripIt will put the hotel departure after the flight. It would make sense for them to see you have a flight, and adjust the check-out time accordingly. I can see a potential issue with them being sued for telling someone to check out at a certain time, and having the person miss their flight, but personally i'd rather they do it that way so I don't need to go and tweak all my trips to be in-order (only annoying on my longer trips).

 

[JessicaTam]

That's why you forward any itineraries you get to TripIt, and use the mobile App. I very very very rarely actually use the website. I will, however, say I have a huge pet peeve with TripIt. I've provided them feedback on it too, but it's gone ignored.

If you have a flight at say 8am, and hotel check-out time is 10am, TripIt will put the hotel departure after the flight. It would make sense for them to see you have a flight, and adjust the check-out time accordingly. I can see a potential issue with them being sued for telling someone to check out at a certain time, and having the person miss their flight, but personally i'd rather they do it that way so I don't need to go and tweak all my trips to be in-order (only annoying on my longer trips).

I agree. The early departing flights - or late arriving flights for that matter - are a pain when they overlap a hotel stay.

 

[openseat]

Has anyone ditched Tripit and begun to use Flight Track 5?

 

[Robert K]

Has anyone ditched Tripit and begun to use Flight Track 5?

doesn't have many good reviews on either app store.

 

[openseat]

doesn't have many good reviews on either app store.

I saw that, hence my question. Some comments, however, on the play store (android) say it's a much better option and have ditched tripit.

 

[serfty]

... tidy up trip dates in both original trip and new trip using the edit function. ...

If you change the settings to put everything on receipt of email into "unfiled items" this generally eliminates the need to tidy up trip dates.

 

[openseat]

If you change the settings to put everything on receipt of email into "unfiled items" this generally eliminates the need to tidy up trip dates.

A good idea, thanks serfty. Something I realised once reading your earlier instruction after I had completed my convoluted edit job!

 

[Bindibuys]

I agree. The early departing flights - or late arriving flights for that matter - are a pain when they overlap a hotel stay.

I use Kayak, I can edit each entry once it hits the system, so I simply change the departure time of accommodation to allow time to get to the airport for the "non changeable" flight departure.

 

[JessicaTam]

I use Kayak, I can edit each entry once it hits the system, so I simply change the departure time of accommodation to allow time to get to the airport for the "non changeable" flight departure.

I can edit TripIt too, but the point is that it should be clever enough to see you have 'accommodation' before 'travel' and adjust times accordingly.

 

[Danger]

My iPad was stolen from the Perth Qantas Club this morning.

I have the TripIt app installed and I changed the password on the desktop version. Does anybody know if this changed password will filter down to the app, such that the thief will continue to have access to my trips, or will the thief be prompted to enter the new password when the app is next launched?

 

[Foreigner]

My iPad was stolen from the Perth Qantas Club this morning.

I have the TripIt app installed and I changed the password on the desktop version. Does anybody know if this changed password will filter down to the app, such that the thief will continue to have access to my trips, or will the thief be prompted to enter the new password when the app is next launched?

Thieves in the club too!

(Sorry, I don't have answer to your question.)

 

[Mal]

My iPad was stolen from the Perth Qantas Club this morning.

I have the TripIt app installed and I changed the password on the desktop version. Does anybody know if this changed password will filter down to the app, such that the thief will continue to have access to my trips, or will the thief be prompted to enter the new password when the app is next launched?

Just tested. Changing Tripit password on web does not (Immediately) deactivate the app. A refresh worked fine.

You need to go into 'applications' under settings on the tripit website and deactivate the app.

 

[ronicat]

My iPad was stolen from the Perth Qantas Club this morning.

I have the TripIt app installed and I changed the password on the desktop version. Does anybody know if this changed password will filter down to the app, such that the thief will continue to have access to my trips, or will the thief be prompted to enter the new password when the app is next launched?

Did you activate "Find My Phone" when you set up your IPad? If so you can either track your ipad or wipe the information remotely.
https://www.apple.com/au/icloud/find-my-iphone.html

 

[Danger]

Thanks all.

Mal, what do you mean by a refresh? As I don't have the iPad I'm not sure how I would refresh it.

Yes, Find my iPhone was on the iPad but has so far failed to find it.