Seat maps
48% Points Miles and Bling
23% One Mile at a Time
29% Other
ExpertFlyer has enhanced its seat map functionality with detailed, interactive visuals through a partnership with AeroLOPA, offering users comprehensive insights into aircraft layouts, seat pitch, width, and cabin configurations. These updated maps now display both available and occupied seats, improving planning for premium travel and award bookings. The platform also allows users to toggle between detailed and simplified views, catering to different user preferences. For frequent flyers, these improvements are especially valuable for tracking seat availability and upgrade opportunities across major carriers like Lufthansa, American Airlines, and Qantas. Additionally, services like SeatMaps.com and AeroLOPA remain key alternatives, particularly for airlines without detailed seat map disclosures on their own sites.Points Miles and Bling +4
Points Miles and Bling 48%
ExpertFlyer Adds Enhanced Seat Maps, Expanded Upgrade Search, and More Award Alerts
ExpertFlyer, a critical tool widely used by frequent flyers to monitor award availability, seat maps, and upgrades, has announced a new set of features that will improve premium travel planning. The latest release introduces expanded upgrade search capabilities, improved visual seat maps, and a significant increase in alert limits for award and seat availability. According to the company, this represents the most significant product update since the platform was originally launched, 17 years ago. After SeatGuru’s shutdown in 2025, many travellers lost a reliable resource for quickly evaluating aircraft seating configurations. ExpertFlyer’s updated seat map functionality now fills part
Live and Let's Fly 13%
ExpertFlyer Adds New Features And Elite Tier, But Prices Are Rising
ExpertFlyer has rolled out several updates to its platform, including new features, a new membership tier, and higher prices. While the changes add some useful functionality, they also highlight a broader reality: the tool simply isn’t as powerful as it once was. ExpertFlyer has historically been one of the most useful tools for frequent flyers looking to track award availability, upgrade inventory, and airline fare buckets. The platform has now introduced several updates, including enhanced seat maps, an expanded upgrade search, more alerts, and a new “Elite” membership tier with higher pricing. Let’s take a look at what
Your Mileage May Vary 8%
What Happened To SeatGuru? And Where To Now Look For Airplane Seats
As air travel has evolved, so has the way we book and choose our seats on a plane. In the past, passengers were simply assigned a seat on the plane, with the rest of their party, as part of the cost of their ticket. However, savvy travelers have realized that not all seats are created equal. Several factors must be considered when choosing the best seat on a plane. Of course, extra legroom is always a plus, and many travelers know to ask for an exit row or bulkhead seat for this reason. However, other factors, such as the
One Mile at a Time 23%
ExpertFlyer Rolls Out New Features, Adds Elite User Tier, Increases Pricing
ExpertFlyer is a useful subscription service that provides all kinds of valuable information for planning and managing flights. The service has just introduced some changes, including some cool new features, but also a higher price than before. Let’s take a look at the details. In this post: ExpertFlyer has rolled out some updates, though I wouldn’t say anything is that much of a game changer. The first of these new features involves seat maps. The company has updated its interface for seat maps, thanks to a new partnership with aeroLOPA. So ExpertFlyer seat maps now show a lot
2PAXfly 8%
Qantas v Expert Flyer – The blocked/shadow seat mystery
I have just been reading a discussion over at Australian Frequent Flyer about ‘shadow’ seats being granted to high ranking Qantas Frequent Flyers. Amongst the comments was an observation about the difference in seat maps on Qantas and Expert Flyer. Since I have access to both seat maps and a flight coming up next week, I thought I would take a peek at the difference. I’m a Platinum FF with Qantas, and one of the first things I noticed when I achieve this status, was that I could get online booking access to seats on the first two rows