AwardWallet is frequent flyer miles and points tracking site. It is considered to be the first in the genre, founded in 2004, and tracked more than 400 sites as of 2011. AwardWallet is based out of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As of 2021, it has 700,000 users, despite some airlines blocking access to the app citing privacy concerns.
In 2012, AwardWallet was involved in a series of disputes with several airlines companies which denied access to AwardWallet's tracking software on their websites.
History AwardWallet was established in 2004 by Alexi Vereschaga and Todd Mera, two former employees and software engineers from the Aelita Software Corporation.US News: 5 Online Tools for Managing Airline Miles The company began with reward programs by tracking transactions of frequent flyer users and later expanded its services by adding a variety of customer loyalty programs. AwardWallet added a companion mobile application for iOS and Android devices circa 2010/2011.AppStore: AwardWallet Track RewardsAmerican Airlines News: American Airlines and AwardWallet Offer New Reward Tracking Technology for AAdvantage Members. news.aa.com, Retrieved May 31, 2024
As of 2021, AwardWallet had over 700,000 members.Social Report: Facebook Groups Spotlight: Award Travel 101® Builds Community AwardWallet software has been discussed and cited in travel and technology sections of the media outlets such as The New York Times, BBC, CNN,CNN Travel: 10 most useful travel websites Bloomberg,Bloomberg: A Travel Hacker's Guide to Elite Status in 2017 and Beyond Forbes, Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur: World Leaders Weigh in on the State of Business Travel Vox,Vox: 4 frequent flier mile pro tips that anyone can use Los Angeles Times, CNBC,CNBC: How this 30-year-old manages 35 credit cards and earns free flights and The Wall Street Journal, among others.
As of 2022, Uber began collaborating with AwardWallet to introduce Uber Travel, a function that allows users to book rides covering their entire trip, including transportation from the airport to the hotel and restaurants. The feature aggregates flight, hotel, and restaurant reservations within the Uber app.
As of 2024, AwardWallet was available on both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The service tracks loyalty programs and rewards systems from over 700 travel and retail companies, providing travel alerts, email notifications for flight disruptions, and spending analysis to help users optimize point accumulation.
Technology AwardWallet's software is equipped with several APIs related to the travel space including an AwardWallet Email Parsing API, AwardWallet Web Parsing API, and AwardWallet Account Access API. For example, Email Parsing API retrieves travel reservations from confirmation emails. Travel reservations are then parsed by the API to return the reservation data in a structured JSON formatProgrammableWeb: AwardWallet Email Parsing API The AwardWallet Account Access API operates via OAuth protocol.Official Website: AwardWallet Account Access API The AwardWallet Web Parsing API retrieves account balance, membership tier, expiration date and more from online accounts. It also provides access to travel itineraries and historical account activity.AwardWallet Web Parsing API A number of sourcesCapital One: Award Wallet + Rewards APIE-week: Capital One Launches DevExchange Developer Portal indicate that the AwardWallet software is a part of an emerging API economy.Gartner: Welcome to the API EconomySearchAppArchitecture: API economy
Airline companies tracking controversy AwardWallet was a part of controversy related to the denial of the airline companies to have tracking software programs in their API systems. In late 2012, AwardWallet (along with TripIt and MileWise) received a number of cease and desist letters from American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines, demanding that AwardWallet discontinue accessing their websites for tracking clients' miles rewards programs. In August 2013, American Airlines resumed its use of the AwardWallet by integrating its software in the company's API.
See also Intuit Mint NerdWallet
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External links Google Play The Apple App