How to Use NonRevCheckin.com

At NonRevCheckin.com, our goal is to give you the most information possible at convenient times to make your travels easier and more enjoyable. These pages discuss what we do at NonRevCheckin.com along with showing you how to use our site.

For our members, you have access to one of the most powerful tools on web for flying Non Rev. With this tool you can you look up how almost any flight looks around the world for standby, select particular flights for you to be checked in, select back up flights, and set up your mobile alerts to fit your needs.

Let’s walk you thru a typical New Itinerary.

First you will need to log in the web site. Once logged in you will see the Passenger Seat Availability window –

Enter the data for your first route. For this example, we will use Phoenix (PHX) to Chicago (ORD). After you enter the data and click submit, you will see the following screen –

On this screen you can see all the flights available for your route. Let’s point out a few things. The first thing, which is probably the most important part of this page, is the five descriptive categories – Oversold, Capacity, Poor, Ok and Great. Each of these categories is derived from a complicated formula that we designed integrated with a GDS reservation system. Unfortunately, as hard as we try, we cannot get exact numbers as the airlines guard this as propriety information. They will not release actual numbers to prevent the competition from seeing how well or bad they are doing.

One thing to remember it is never a guarantee to get on any flight, and at the same time, it is possible to get on an oversold flight. However, the better the category, the better your chances are. Below is an explanation of each Passenger Seat Availability category.

Now you will need to select which flight you want as your primary flight. Your primary flight is the one we base all of your alerts off of. For example, when we send you alerts for your flight(s) at 12 hours before departure, we use this time for reference. So you should choose the flight that you would like to be on as your primary choice.

The next step is to choose your back up flights. You don’t have to choose backup flights if you want, but this gives you more information incase your primary flight cancels, fills up, is delayed, or for some reason you miss the flight. You can choose up to 2 back up flights.

If you select a flight were we can check you in, such as US Airways^®, when you select that flight, a little window will open up and ask you for your Confirmation Code (CC), Passenger Name Record (PNR), or a Record Locator (RL). Enter your 6 alpha numeric code now. If you don’t know it, or don’t have it yet, just answer “no” to the check in question and you can always add it later. (You must be an E-Ticketed, adult passenger with no flights on your itinerary flying internationally.)

Once you have chosen your primary and backup flights, click submit and the next page will ask you to set up your notifications and alerts.

With this screen you can choose at which times you would like to be sent mobile alerts to your phone. The default for this screen is at 24, 12, 4 and 1 hour prior to your primary departure time.