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Seats.aero: How This Fun, Geeky, Useful, Award Search Tool Works

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:28:11 +0000

Every so often, I think it makes sense to talk a bit about the tools and services that I most use for managing, earning, and redeeming points. While I often mention these websites and services in passing, I think theres also merit to writing dedicated posts about them sometimes.

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Chad farthouse — Thu, 07 May 2026 01:55:33 +0000

Idea you cheap bastard. Pay.

Alan — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:52:58 +0000

No BA coverage and not sure how well they deal with VS variable pricing. My go to is SeatSpy.com - covers both and very nice easy at-a-glance view across the year. Also great for 'where can I go' questions when you've got a date range in mind.

vandhk — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:42:19 +0000

Any info on why seatmaps omit certain classes? Quick look at BA012, biz is completely missing (i'm on a pro plan)

vandhk — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:32:23 +0000

BA awards are all there under different programmes. Just do the math on what BA will charge for it, but the availability is generally there across QR, AA, AY

omar — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:49:19 +0000

yes they are covered.

Eixderix — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:18:22 +0000

They haven't had SQ for quite a while, unless I'm missing something

Anthony Joseph — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 23:20:28 +0000

I really like this app. The sorting and filtering are totally awesome. The best feature as a very frquent flyer (retired, so flexible on travel dates) is that it shows routings that I would never have considered, e.g. USA to BKK on Ethipian on a350 flights or SAS for the same.

Ian Carroll — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:42:18 +0000

If you enable "Show individual flights" in our Search tool, this unlocks the ability to filter by departure time! We also launched alert filters for departure/arrival time yesterday.

JJ — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:22:22 +0000

There are a lot of lesser known things seats can do as well. You can view seatmaps for a lot of airlines as well as fareclass. You're also able to set up alerts for specific seats and/or fares which can help when upgrading or looking for avail. The timatic-visa checks are always helpful nowadays because so many destinations may require a visa, ETA, health docs, travel insurance etc.