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Welcome to Expert Flyer! Here's a list of the most common examples of how travelers use Expert Flyer to make flying as comfortable as possible:
1. Finding upgrade inventory: Here’s how to set up alerts for Award or Upgrade availability (Premium feature). Use cases:
- Finding C & A class availability for AA in order to redeem SWUs
- Redeeming eUpgrade credits on Air Canada
- Finding GUC availability on Air France / KLM (we don’t have Delta Upgrade availability)
- For a full list of Awards & Upgrade airlines scroll to the bottom of this page.
2. Setting seat alerts to secure better seats:
3. Using Flight Availability to figure out how full a flight is and identify flights with high probability of getting an upgrade:
- Figuring out how full a flight is (flight loads)
- Quickly finding alternate flights during IROPS (delays or cancellations)
What else does the Premium plan include?
200 active alerts at a time
With Premium, you can set up to 200 active alerts simultaneously to monitor flight availability, seat changes, and more.
Schedule change alerts
We notify you of delays before the airlines do, giving you a head start on rebooking or making alternative arrangements.
Aircraft change alerts
Oftentimes if the aircraft changes, your seat does too. We notify you when this happens so you can make sure you get the seat you want.
Cancellation or Delay reasons
If your flight gets delayed or cancelled we show you the actual reason behind it. Our users often take screenshots of this and send it to travel insurance companies to get full or partial refunds.
Award & upgrade availability
Award & upgrade availability for the following airlines: AA, Air France, Emirates, Air Canada, Qantas Airways, KLM, China Southern Airlines, Korean Air, Air New Zealand, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Finnair, Aer Lingus, Air Europa, Air Serbia, Kenya Airways, Philippine Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Aegean Airlines, El Al, Gulf Air, Air Mauritius, Air Malta, Air Tahiti Nui, Air Seychelles, Azul, Aeroflot. Please note, this is just the list of airlines we support the special award and upgrade classes for, we support searching for regular availability classes and fares for over 400 airlines.
Don't take it from us, here are a few examples of testimonials that our users have shared:
- Green L.
$10 a month could nab you a $2000 seat that's only available for say, 12 hours.
- Lea B.
This service has helped me get so many better seats during upgrades and cancellations. The seat alerts are super handy and have definitely made travelling more comfortable.
- Steven Baral
I just wanted to thank you for the service you provide. I am an American Airlines Frequent Flyer and I have found your service great for finding award seats and upgrades on AA and its partners. EF has more than paid for itself. Thanks for all you do!
- David Morse
A quick thank you - today received a notification that Z inventory opened up on a AA LHR/LAX flight - allowing my friend and I to travel together. Where else could I have known this inventory opened up - and grabbed the seat. EF - thank you once again. Great tools!
- Carlos V. Conde
On Monday I am flying FLL-DFW-SMF early in the morning. DFW is a total mess, shut down for most of the morning. In route to DFW my DFW-SMF is cancelled so I am re-booked on a flight Tuesday! I immediately go into 'battle' mode, call up AA and fire up EF. I have AA get me on a late afternoon flight Monday, and setup 'Flight Alerts' for the 3 earlier flights to SMF in both Y and F. As changes happen to the flight loads on the DFW-SMF flights, I get an alert a seat in 'Y' on an earlier flight has opened up and grab it. A little later I get another alert a seat in 'F' has opened and is available for upgrade. EF got me to my destination only a few hours earlier and in F!! This would not have been possible without EF! Thanks.
- Terry
I took your advice, called AA and got the upgrade. I'm extremely satisfied with your service and will highly recommend you! I wish I had your knowledge in the past to help me in other unusual AA situations! You're awesome!
- Mike Josephson
ExpertFlyer ROCKS!!!! Thank you so, so much for incorporating such a fantastic feature into your program. You have made my Fiance's weekend as she will now be able to spend the entire day on Monday with her family and friends since she won't have to drive all the way back to Nashville where flights were only available until now.
- Elisha W. - AA Executive Platinum member since 2021
Expert Flyer helped me redeem 27 SWUs. It makes redeeming them an absolute breeze!
- Ashley L.
When others are delayed by a day or overnight, I'm usually only delayed by a few hours thanks to EF.