Programmers: Can you write this?
 

What I would like to have is a script that will automatically check me in online, 24 hours to my flight departure so I don't have to get up at 6:00 AM the day before I fly somewhere.

Is that doable?

Essentially, want it set up so that after I make my reservations I can go to the script, put in my confirmation number and departure date/time and the script will login to the airlines and check in 24 hours prior.

If so, how much $$ ?

Thanks

Your lazy. How often do you do this?

yea, no kidding, heh

It's possible, all it takes is a CURL / DB combo.
I'd say it'd take a skilled programmer about 3 hours to get the basic framework, 2+ hours to do the http debugging. Depending on the level of interface you want, time on top of that.

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Depends, just one airline, or many?

for $50 you can email me the confirmation code and i'll do it, im usually up at 4AM CST

No db? And where exactly does the script keep the date, time, flight #, airline, website information?

flat file, no need for a database for 1 record

Probably 4 times a month lately. Also, this airlines is implementing a new system that makes it worthwhile to be the first to do online check-in.

Usually the same airline. If multiple airlines will make it a chore, then one will be fine since it is the one I fly the most frequently

$50 one-time, or per incident?

an xml file :D

If it's one airline maybe.... but if it does end up being more, than I wouldn't recommend a flat file system. It's certainly possible but not the most effective way.

depends on how many you want me to do, i'll give you a discount per

Let me talk to an Indian programmer first (if no one here can do it).

I fly SWA a lot more than anything else. That would be the most important.

alright, just let me know

If you're actually interested, hit me up on ICQ, and we'll see what we can do. 398-768-519

Honestly though, what you're looking for is probably impossible. These airlines drop a huge amount into development, and part of that is to make sure little script kiddies can't login remotely. More than likely, it can't be done.

If you ever need some serious development done, then definitely hit me up. I'm sure I can put a smile on your face. :)

a) Since when did this turn into a pissing contest? If you're wanting to record logins, log actions etc, you wouldn't piss around with flat files.
b) I seriously doubt that. I specialise in writing apps like this ;)

If you can login from your browser and do it, it can be duplicated.

Holy Christ. Macular degeneration is a bitch, huh?

Let me show you exactly what needs to be done.

Please go to http://southwest.com/
Check in Online
It asks for Confirmation number, first and last name

If you are within 24 hours it takes you to a page where you can click a button to check in and print the pass (don't need the printing done)

In other words, you are trying to get the low numbered boarding pass so you get a better choice of seats?

Set your alarm. Wake up for 10 minutes, do the work, go back to sleep. What's the big deal?

Ummm, no. Or, so you're saying if I give you my client card# and password to Royal Bank, you'd be able to write a script that remotely logs in, downloads my account history, and initiates a transfer to someone else's account? Sorry, but nope, and the airlines have the same sort of security protocols in place.

I usually leave at 6:25 AM, I usually go to bed between 3-4 AM.

Not exactly true.

My bank has two places for me to input my password and account number, along with Site Keys.

Anyone can check me in to my flight as long as they have my confirmation number and my name.

Wow, they really don't like this practice it seems.

"In a lawsuit filed by Southwest Airlines against BoardFirst, the U.S. District Court in Dallas, Texas recently granted Southwest’s request for an injunction to prohibit BoardFirst from helping our customers get “A” boarding passes. Consequently, we at BoardFirst.com are no longer able to take or process your orders for our service."

PS. This is what pisses me off about so called "developers" these days. Have no idea what they're talking about, but pass themselves off as "professionals", making my job 10 times harder to get a quality message out there.

And don't even get me started on the Indians, Ukranians and Iranians who offer themselves at $15/hour...

So their entire program was solely for SWA? That seems a little odd. Could they really be getting that much business that it was worth a staff?

Bank of America has a new system called "My Portfolio" that does almost precisely this; for obvious reasons they limit the transactions to 'within BofA', but they login, get your account stats, and make a pretty little graph of your assets and debt.

So, yeah, it's possible.

You're the one that strikes me as being clueless here. I personally had no issues what so ever writing an application that automatically without any user intervention logs into my ING, BOFA, Citibank, Chase, E-Trade accounts, and aggregates them into an overall view.

I'd love to hear what sort of "security protocols" are supposed to be stopping me. If any repetitious task can be done by a human, then it can be done by a computer just as well.

ohhhhhhhh, happy Saturday !

From what you said, the service is either owned by BoA, or in conjunction with it, so obviously it's going to work. Go get some guy in Bombay to write a script that remotely logs into your bank account, and downloads your transaction history. I bet he can't do it. :upsidedow

I'm not saying what baddog wants is impossible, but just saying it's unlikely that the airlines haven't setup things to make it impossible, that's all. You first login, then check-in to your flight, but in the middle of that there's several things that happen to ensure you're an actual human logging in from the airline's web site, most of which you can duplicate remotely. :2 cents:

Anyway, again, if you need quality software, feel free to hit me up.

No, there is no login required. goodgirl's son is a geek in training, so I asked him to play with it, and took these screencaps to assist him in seeing the process, perhaps they will help this discussion.

http://juliablue.com/swa1.jpg


http://juliablue.com/swa2.jpg


http://juliablue.com/swa4a.jpg

An example of when it would come in handy is Weds when I am flying from NYC to Chicago I should be checking in for my flight back to LAX the next day.

Unfortunately, unless I can get this script put together before then I will probably be forced to sit in between to 300 pounders for the flight back home.

I believe what you are looking for is a Personal Assistant.

http://www.alotofmodels.com/phonebooth.jpg

Yes? Just because you're sitting in front of the computer doesn't make it magical. All it is is a series of HTTP requests.

I just caught up with your other comments in this post. You obviously have absolutely no idea what you're talking about - it seems you're under the impression the internet works on pixie dust.

Take a peek at curl.

No. I thought I was being fairly clear by stating that it only limited payment transactions within BofA institutions. It will happily grab your info from PayPal, ING, your credit cards, and about 100 other institutions online.

Yeah, apparently one of several offering this kind of service. So they are probably who you're competing with for the best A seats too. SWA is suing them all.

www.planefast.com
www.iboarda.com
www.passamatic.com

I'm sure StatsRemote could add this into their program :D

You are absolutely correct. That is next on my list of things to get.