How does Seats.aero access the award data from Aeroplan without directly querying Aeroplan’s website?
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Seats.aero obtains Aeroplan award information by using automated processes that pull data from the program’s interfaces rather than a user‑initiated search.
Data‑collection approach
- The service runs bots that perform both screen‑scraping and API‑scraping of the Aeroplan loyalty program, capturing award‑space listings without a manual website query.
- These bots mimic a regular user’s search, logging in and retrieving the seat‑map and availability data directly from Aeroplan’s reservation system. 🔗
- Extracted information is stored in a cache, allowing Seats.aero to serve instant search results from its own database instead of querying the airline site on each request.
- Seats.aero argues that the data is publicly accessible and applies rate‑limiting to keep the request load low, reducing the impact on Aeroplan’s servers. 🔗
- By scanning routes and programs in bulk and refreshing the cache periodically, the platform can provide up‑to‑date award availability across roughly two dozen airline loyalty programs.🔗
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Air Canada is suing frequent flyer miles award search service seats.aero, with Air Canada arguing that the site shouldn’t be allowed to scrape its website for award availability. They argued doing so violates their website’s terms, violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse act, and that seats.aero violated their trademark by displaying their logo along with search results. Seats.aero won an early victory when Air Canada failed to get a preliminary injunction – when they failed to show a a clear breach of Aeroplan terms or imminent irreparable harm. But the case has been going on now
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Which award search tool is best?
It’s possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as 34,000 miles, or fly business class to South Africa for 75,000 miles. It’s easy to dream about enjoying flights like these, but it’s often very difficult to find award availability. That’s where tools can help. Instead of searching day by day and from one airport to another, over and over, you can save a ton of time by letting award search tools do the work… Modern award search tools let you search for award flights across a wide
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Seats.aero: The Best Tool to Hunt for Award Space
You might think the title is hyperbole, but no, really, Seats.aero is hands-down the best tool for hunting for award space. Actually, I think it’s an essential tool that anyone who books award space should be paying for. Most of the features discussed below are only available with the Pro subscription. The free version allows you to look for award space up to 60 days out and set basic email alerts. Seats.aero Pro costs $9.99 USD per month or $99 USD per year. You can also pay in Canadian dollars at $12.99 CAD monthly or $129.99 CAD annually.