My Flights is probably the most important travel app I have on my phone. It is so good that I actually elected to pay for a monthly subscription for a couple of months during a hectic travel period earlier this year.
Unfortunately, it has been announced that the app will cease to exist from 31 December 2017. This is bad news for frequent flyers around the world.
Why Will My Flights Cease?
According to an e-mail that all users received, the contract with Global Distribution Service provider Amadeus comes up for renewal at the end of the year. The new agreement does not allow My Flights access to the data required to run the service.
New security measures mean that approval from each booking agent is now required before a booking can be accessed by a third party. Essentially every airline and travel agent would need to agree to have My Flights access the data and as you can understand, this is impossible.
What Will Frequent Flyers Lose?
The reason this app is so essential is that it monitors your bookings for changes automatically. Any change triggers an alert, be it a flight time change, an aircraft change, seat change or whatever.
This meant I could get on the phone to the airline and make the changes I needed to virtually straight away which is very handy indeed! When you pay for the app, the checks were more frequent which was excellent.
Overall Thoughts
It is a shame that My Flights will cease as it is an excellent tool for the frequent flyer community. I would have thought that Amadeus would attempt to buy the app to keep the service operational themselves. Perhaps they did – I don’t know the background to the story.
Are you going to miss My Flights? Did the app save you from a possible travel disaster at one time or another? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.
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I’m afraid I’ve never heard of this app, however I’ve had good luck with TripIt, FlightView and GateGuru advising me if a flight was delayed or cancelled, or even when there’s a gate change. (I’ve even used FlightView to see where a flight originated in case there’s a delay in my connecting city). TripIt Pro (the pay version) also has additional flight status alerts, check-in reminders; advises on gates and terminals, and even tells you the best time to leave for the airport. I’d suggest checking out one or all of them as a replacement. Good luck to you.
That’s a great list you’ve provided there. I will make sure I check some of these out and see which will suit me in the future. Appreciate you telling me about these! It’s hard to find useful apps as there are just a bewildering array of them on the app store. Thanks for letting me know!
Glad I could help. I know the feeling of losing an app you’re attached to and especially when it works to your specifications. I have all of them downloaded, so I figure if one misses something, the other will be my backup. (I’m anal that way LOL). I’ve had great luck with them so give them a shot and see what happens. And as I mentioned, the pay version of TripIt Pro has a few more little perks. You can sometimes get your first year at a discount if you find an online promo code. It just depends on what… Read more »
Yes, it’s not the best when you lose something that serves your needs perfectly. You’re right in having backups though, so I think I might check out a few of the ones you mentioned. I daresay I’ll review them as well. Thanks for the tip on the promo code – I often don’t think to check that kind of thing out and charge ahead when I could have saved myself some cash.