TripIt Goes Pro, Launches Premium Flight Monitoring And Alerts
June 23, 2009 at 13:34 PM EDT
TripIt is one of those great services that actually manages to make life easier — just submit your travel confirmation Emails, and the site generates a comprehensive itinerary. It's made Michael's list of products he can't live without for two years running, and is quickly gaining fans among frequent travelers. That's all well and good, but until now the service hasn't really had much of a revenue model beyond advertising. Today, that changes: the company is launching TripIt Pro , a collection of premium features that is sure to appeal to a wide range of road warriors. The first major feature offered by TripIt Pro is enhanced flight monitoring. TripIt will keep tabs on any delays, cancellations, and gate changes for every flight in your itinerary, and send you an SMS message to alert you as soon as there's a change (you can also choose to receive reminders for check-in 24 hours before your flight). TripIt co-founder Scott Hintz ackowledges that some airlines offer similar notification services, but says that you have to set these up for every carrier you fly on. With TripIt, you only have to sign up once for it to work across all airlines.
