No idea if this was added in a recent DP or has always been there since the start but in Mail.app flight numbers are now hyperlinked. Tapping on them brings you to a flight preview screen which shows you the route and time of departure and arrival, along with delays. Pretty neat
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Mail.app now gives you flight previews
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Was fully expecting this to not work in Canada. Rather surprised to get the option to Preview Flight!
But...
Then...
"Flight information unavailable"
Still feelin' the love, Apple.
Sincerely, Canada.
But...
Then...
"Flight information unavailable"
Still feelin' the love, Apple.
Sincerely, Canada.
Was fully expecting this to not work in Canada. Rather surprised to get the option to Preview Flight!
But...
Then...
"Flight information unavailable"
Still feelin' the love, Apple.
Sincerely, Canada.
What were your flight numbers? Were they included in your booking confirmation email
I think it might require the airline code for the number, e.g the BA for British airways in BA1234
Yeah I checked from the confirmation email - the link appeared but errored out at the time. Just noticed today that I used messages to send my flight number to the person picking me up and it recognized the flight number and offered my flight information from there.. And today it works!
Jeez, that will be one expensive beta-test.
http://www.flightradar24.com/N6919M/71cc90a
Tap a plane take the tracking number and do the thing with the thing. Enjoy the money you just saved.
At what point does Apple start building out hidden but very useful features like this, package tracking, dictionary and others into their own applets a la stocks or weather? Would it be that hard to build small apps with limited functionality like that if it's already in the OS?
