Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by nikilster » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:02 PM UTC

Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight
checkintomyflight.com

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by mherdeg » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:14 PM UTC

Southwest sues people who monetize this kind of product -- see a 2012 example at http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2012/03/02/Southwest-... or a 2007 example at http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case511.cfm.

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by conrey » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:15 PM UTC

I assume this is for those of you too cheap to spend the $10 to have this done by Southwest. Pay for service that's worth it.

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by axxl » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:16 PM UTC

Now I wonder what happens if everyone on a flight signs up for this service. Who gets priority?

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by nc17 » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:19 PM UTC

Normally you want to create an application that becomes more valuable as more people use it. This would be the opposite.

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by nikilster » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:19 PM UTC

mherdeg wrote: post #2

Southwest sues people who monetize this kind of product -- see a 2012 example at http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2012/03/02/Southwest-... or a 2007 example at http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case511.cfm .

I'm not making money off of it. I just built it for myself and thought I would share

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by okkercat » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:22 PM UTC

nikilster wrote: post #6

mherdeg wrote: post #2

Southwest sues people who monetize this kind of product -- see a 2012 example at http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2012/03/02/Southwest-... or a 2007 example at http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case511.cfm .

I'm not making money off of it. I just built it for myself and thought I would share

Your site could also compete with their 'Early Bird Checkin' service that that they charge for:

http://www.southwest.com/flight/early-bird-retrieve-reservat...

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by nikilster » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:23 PM UTC

axxl wrote: post #4

Now I wonder what happens if everyone on a flight signs up for this service. Who gets priority?

Hasn't even come close to happening yet. By default it's the first person who put their flight info on site (just like if you were checking in yourself).

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by ipince » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:25 PM UTC

Why only Southwest? Do other airlines not allow this?

Also, are you using some API or a more "primitive" method?

Re: Automatically Check In To (get an awesome seat on) Your Next Southwest Flight

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Post by nikilster » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:28 PM UTC

nc17 wrote: post #5

Normally you want to create an application that becomes more valuable as more people use it. This would be the opposite.

There are hundreds to thousands of Southwest flights every day. Chances of collisions are small and even if they happen each person is still better off than if he/she had not used the site.

This isn't meant to be a "take over the world business", it's just a little app I built that I thought I should share with my friends and anyone who wants to benefit from it :)