AC flight load check?

[Core]

Hey guys and gals,

There used to be a little taparoo procedure on the android version of the AC app as a backdoor to see how many seats were available, but it seems to be gone now. It was a lifesaver for me as a commuter.
I'm back to commuting after sliding seats, and wondering, can anyone help with whether there's a new trick, or if it's gone altogether? Don't want to keep asking friends for loads every few days. PM of course, and I'll delete this thread in a couple days. Cheers.

[fixnfly]

Hey guys and gals,

There used to be a little taparoo procedure on the android version of the AC app as a backdoor to see how many seats were available, but it seems to be gone now. It was a lifesaver for me as a commuter.
I'm back to commuting after sliding seats, and wondering, can anyone help with whether there's a new trick, or if it's gone altogether? Don't want to keep asking friends for loads every few days. PM of course, and I'll delete this thread in a couple days. Cheers.

Download the app stafftraveller. It uses a credit system where you can request loads for certain airlines for 1 credit and you will be awarded 1 credit for every flight load request that you answer for your own airline. You can also buy credits for a certain amount. I think it's definitely the best way to go for commuting/flying nonrev.

[altiplano]

Hey guys and gals,

There used to be a little taparoo procedure on the android version of the AC app as a backdoor to see how many seats were available, but it seems to be gone now. It was a lifesaver for me as a commuter.
I'm back to commuting after sliding seats, and wondering, can anyone help with whether there's a new trick, or if it's gone altogether? Don't want to keep asking friends for loads every few days. PM of course, and I'll delete this thread in a couple days. Cheers.

Download the updated version of the app. I got a new phone and taparoo didn't work. Updated the app and now taparoo not required, it just shows the load when you open the stby list.

[Core]

Thanks for the stafftraveller tip, I'll check it out. I assume you have to wait for an indeterminate period of time after submitting a request?

Altiplano, I checked for a random flight in a few hrs, and standby/upgrade list just says "available". No load. Newest app, 5.48, Aug 12th.

I'm guessing you're AC, maybe there's an employee tag on your aeroplan or something?

[ant_321]

Thanks for the stafftraveller tip, I'll check it out. I assume you have to wait for an indeterminate period of time after submitting a request?

Altiplano, I checked for a random flight in a few hrs, and standby/upgrade list just says "available". No load. Newest app, 5.48, Aug 12th.

I'm guessing you're AC, maybe there's an employee tag on your aeroplan or something?

I just checked random flights on the AC app for today on my iPhone and can see the loads, I’m not an AC employee. Must be an android issue.

[indieadventurer]

Make sure you're signed in with your Aeroplan number or it won't show.

[Core]

Well, we must be in the twilight zone. Checked my GF's iPhone (As all girls have), newest edition, and same. Just says "available". Both do show upgrade list though, eg 12/16, but not for economy under the standby list. Both signed into Aeroplan.

Can anyone please post a screenshot? Don't know if I'm somehow overlooking something.

[altiplano]

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Maybe try deleting and reinstalling the app... as I said, new phone didn't work for me and then it did without the tap tap...

[Core]

Huh. Thanks.
Tried totally deleting all data and reinstalling... rebooted the phone, no dice. Bizzare. Samsung Galaxy S23.

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[twa22]

Huh. Thanks.
Tried totally deleting all data and reinstalling... rebooted the phone, no dice. Bizzare. Samsung Galaxy S23.
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Interesting, I'm using a Samsung also, and I can see the loads when clicking standby and upgrade list... As others have mentioned though, staff traveler is HUGE, has saved me multiple times when I was commuting, and when I traveled for pleasure with various airlines. Most airline staff are very fast to respond, some minutes, some maybe a few hours.... There's the odd ones that either won't give any response, or will only respond the night before (if you're asking for loads a few days in advance). That said, any North American airline I have ever requested loads for was within minutes to hours of posting the request

[Core]

I'll say, in the 2 hours I've been signed up I've received about 10 requests.
It does spook me a little however knowing our policies blatantly disallow sharing loads with anyone, it's written pretty clearly. I know company IT can absolutely review what you're looking up. They'd have to somehow correlate it with requests though.
I just want to figure out what's up with the AC app.... a tech friend says they often do staged rollouts to new updates, so maybe that.

[I WAS Pez]

Interesting. Non-AC here, I've only ever seen actual numbers on the upgrade list on iPhone/iPad. Currently on AC App V5.49.0. Logged in with Aeroplan 50k. Confirmed I can see numbers for J only, looking at upgrade list.

As suggested earlier, perhaps there's some logic in the system flagging an employee Aeroplan # and showing a little more than non-AC folks get?

[DanWEC]

Not A/C, no loads here for anyone on any device in the household. I also used the tappy tap tap before.

[ant_321]

Interesting. Non-AC here, I've only ever seen actual numbers on the upgrade list on iPhone/iPad. Currently on AC App V5.49.0. Logged in with Aeroplan 50k. Confirmed I can see numbers for J only, looking at upgrade list.

As suggested earlier, perhaps there's some logic in the system flagging an employee Aeroplan # and showing a little more than non-AC folks get?

Not the case. I am not AC and can see the loads no problem.

[I WAS Pez]

Interesting. Non-AC here, I've only ever seen actual numbers on the upgrade list on iPhone/iPad. Currently on AC App V5.49.0. Logged in with Aeroplan 50k. Confirmed I can see numbers for J only, looking at upgrade list.

As suggested earlier, perhaps there's some logic in the system flagging an employee Aeroplan # and showing a little more than non-AC folks get?

Not the case. I am not AC and can see the loads no problem.

Well that's.... Huh. Either they're testing different vers / configs, we're doing something different, or there's some flag that's different on our accts. Anything special on your Aeroplan? Status or anything??

[ant_321]

I have 35k, other than that nothing special.

[Victory]

Not A/C, no loads here for anyone on any device in the household. I also used the tappy tap tap before.

They haven't showed up for me since I last travelled in April. I just assumed the company was trying to make employee travel more difficult for us.

[indieadventurer]

No longer working on iOS for me either since I updated the app this morning (employee with Aeroplan number associated with ETS).