Legit question... It's because of several variables I have to consider.
I have multiple departure airports available to me. I have miles on several carriers. I have credit card travel awards that can be used or transfered. I am looking for first / business class. My travel is 7 months out but on a specific day.
If a good AI query can be crafted I can make my search for a plan frequently and faster.
While seats.aero did indeed provide some good info, gemini was able to provide actual flights and prices. Since this is not a frequent need for me I don't think I'd pay aero for the pro account.
It returned bookable itineraries and prices. Reading more about gemini it seems that since it is a Google product it leverages the Google flights tool.
Besides the schedule of available flights it compared my points and award programs available to me and made a recommendation on the best use of my awards.
You are right.. It did not go so far as to apply any awards and show net prices, but it gave me a good path forward to take next steps.
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If you're complaining about giving a developer $10/month for access, what makes you think someone is going to create an AI tool that helps you for free?
No complaint just a comment on the current feature set of aero. Also, I am not asking anyone to create a tool.. The AI engine is the tool. My question was regarding the use of the tool.in order to get good results. Is that more clear?
I will tell you that gemini returned very good results with some actionable information.
Besides the schedule of available flights it compared my points and award programs available to me and made a recommendation on the best use of my awards.
It did not go so far as to apply any awards and show net prices, but it gave me a good path forward to take next steps.
Short answer: not reliably ... yet. Publicly available AI tools (including Seats.aero GPT) seems to struggle with live award inventory because airline availability changes constantly and isn’t openly accessible. I’ve personally had much better luck with point.me (which is free & included with AMEX MR program), which queries real airline programs and surfaces bookable space in near-real time.
chatGPT is not good at searching award availability.
No it’s not, but it IS pretty good at planning itineraries for trips once you land.
I heartily disagree w/ this one
Its good at giving you a list of too many things to do
Why do you want AI to do it?
Do we really need to lower the bar of entry into using points even more?
The ability to easily find award space has already been ruined enough by the current award tools.
Legit question... It's because of several variables I have to consider.
I have multiple departure airports available to me. I have miles on several carriers. I have credit card travel awards that can be used or transfered. I am looking for first / business class. My travel is 7 months out but on a specific day.
If a good AI query can be crafted I can make my search for a plan frequently and faster.
Make sense?
Seats.aero already exists. Done.
While seats.aero did indeed provide some good info, gemini was able to provide actual flights and prices. Since this is not a frequent need for me I don't think I'd pay aero for the pro account.
I'm skeptical - Gemini actually searched availability for you?
It returned bookable itineraries and prices. Reading more about gemini it seems that since it is a Google product it leverages the Google flights tool.
Google flights is not award flights. You are not getting good data.
Besides the schedule of available flights it compared my points and award programs available to me and made a recommendation on the best use of my awards.
You are right.. It did not go so far as to apply any awards and show net prices, but it gave me a good path forward to take next steps.
No, but what hurts you from trying?
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No, but what hurts you from trying?
Lack of experience and wanting to avoid reinventing the wheel if this already exists.
I haven't played around with it yet, but seats.aero has an AI Assistant under Tools.
I just tried it and it gave some good insight but needs a pro account for planning more than 60 days out.
Good to see how it works.
If you're complaining about giving a developer $10/month for access, what makes you think someone is going to create an AI tool that helps you for free?
No complaint just a comment on the current feature set of aero. Also, I am not asking anyone to create a tool.. The AI engine is the tool. My question was regarding the use of the tool.in order to get good results. Is that more clear?
I will tell you that gemini returned very good results with some actionable information.
What was the actionable information that got you good results?
Besides the schedule of available flights it compared my points and award programs available to me and made a recommendation on the best use of my awards.
It did not go so far as to apply any awards and show net prices, but it gave me a good path forward to take next steps.
Short answer: not reliably ... yet. Publicly available AI tools (including Seats.aero GPT) seems to struggle with live award inventory because airline availability changes constantly and isn’t openly accessible. I’ve personally had much better luck with point.me (which is free & included with AMEX MR program), which queries real airline programs and surfaces bookable space in near-real time.
Thanks.. Will take a look.
That’s your job