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Yahtzee, I used Yapta!
Thursday, Apr 02 2009 | Author and
categories:Andrew Goss
| NW tech news
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Recently, I booked a plane flight for a long weekend vacation in Las Vegas. In fact, I've booked numerous flights as of late for what seems like a never-ending Spring/Summer of traveling (mostly for weddings). That's when a friend mentioned that I check out a site called Yapta (Your Amazing Personal Travel Assistant) to ensure the price I paid on flights didn't go lower... and if it did I'd receive an airline credit.
Now, I have to admit, I came across Seattle-based Yapta after recently reading an article in TechFlash, but the sites true uniqueness didn't quite hit me then. When my friend recommended the site to me, I thought "what they hey." Here's how it works, you provide your confirmation number for a flight and Yapta does the rest by constantly checking the flight for lower fares. If one pops up, Yapta emails you right away. From there, you can either call the airline yourself (Yapta includes step-by-step directions) or Yapta can collect the credit for you for a $15 fee.
What do you know, about a day after registering my Vegas flight, I got an email alerting me to a $75 fare drop and instantly called the airline and received a $75 credit. When I woke up today, about 12 hours after receiving the first credit, I found another email on my phone from Yapta. You guessed it... I got another credit for the Vegas flight... this time for $25. Total money saved (or you could say earned) with Yapta, 100 bucks. What an amazing service and to my knowledge I haven't gotten an influx of spam which is a bonus.
Oh... and Yapta recently launched a similar service for hotels.
Yahtzee... I got Yapta'd twice!
-posted by Andrew
Recently, I booked a plane flight for a long weekend vacation in Las Vegas. In fact, I've booked numerous flights as of late for what seems like a never-ending Spring/Summer of traveling (mostly for weddings). That's when a friend mentioned that I check out a site called Yapta (Your Amazing Personal Travel Assistant) to ensure the price I paid on flights didn't go lower... and if it did I'd receive an airline credit.
Now, I have to admit, I came across Seattle-based Yapta after recently reading an article in TechFlash, but the sites true uniqueness didn't quite hit me then. When my friend recommended the site to me, I thought "what they hey." Here's how it works, you provide your confirmation number for a flight and Yapta does the rest by constantly checking the flight for lower fares. If one pops up, Yapta emails you right away. From there, you can either call the airline yourself (Yapta includes step-by-step directions) or Yapta can collect the credit for you for a $15 fee.
What do you know, about a day after registering my Vegas flight, I got an email alerting me to a $75 fare drop and instantly called the airline and received a $75 credit. When I woke up today, about 12 hours after receiving the first credit, I found another email on my phone from Yapta. You guessed it... I got another credit for the Vegas flight... this time for $25. Total money saved (or you could say earned) with Yapta, 100 bucks. What an amazing service and to my knowledge I haven't gotten an influx of spam which is a bonus.
Oh... and Yapta recently launched a similar service for hotels.
Yahtzee... I got Yapta'd twice!
-posted by Andrew