AwardWallet
AwardWallet是美国的飞行常客里程及积分跟踪网站。[1][2][3]被认为是同类型网站中的首家公司。公司成立于2004年,总部位于宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒。截至2011年,AwardWallet可从从400多个网站跟踪各类常客奖励计划会员及积分数据。[4]2012年,AwardWallet卷入了与美国数家航空公司的一系列纠纷,这些航空公司以用户隐私问题为由拒AwardWallet的跟踪软件访问公司客户数据。[5][6][7] 尽管如此,截至2021年,AwardWallet仍拥有70万用户。[8]
AwardWallet, LLC | |
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公司类型 | 私人公司 |
成立 | 2004 |
创办人 | Alexi Vereschaga |
总部 | 美国伯利恒 (宾夕法尼亚州) |
产业 |
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网站 | awardwallet |
历史
AwardWallet于2004年由亚历克斯·维雷斯查加(Alexi Vereschaga)和托德·梅拉(Todd Mera)创立,两人此前是Aelita软件公司的软件工程师。[9][10]AdwardWallet最初通过跟踪多家航空公司的飞行常客奖励计划,方便用户一站式管理在多家公司的奖励积分,后又加入对酒店、租车、餐饮乃至购物等多种其他类型常客奖励计划的跟踪,扩大了服务范围。[3][11][12][13] AwardWallet 在 2010-2011 年为 iOS 和 Android 设备开发了移动应用程序。[1][14][15]
截至2021年,AwardWallet已拥有超过70万名用户。[8]纽约时报、英国广播公司(BBC)[16]、美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)[17]、彭博社[18]、福布斯[3]、洛杉矶时报[19][20]、CNBC [21]和华尔街日报[4]等媒体的旅游和技术版块曾报道或论及这款应用及服务。
2022年起,优步开始与AwardWallet合作推出优步旅程(Uber Travel),用户可通过此功能预订整个行程中所需的乘车服务,比如从机场到酒店和餐馆的交通。该功能将航班、酒店和餐厅预订整合到优步应用程序中。[22]2024年,AwardWallet已跟踪700多家旅行和零售公司的常客计划和奖励系统,为用户提供行程提醒、航班异常的电子邮件通知等服务,并通过分析消费纪录来帮助用户优化奖励积分的累积。[23]
技术
AwardWallet软件配备了多个与旅行领域相关的应用程序接口(API),包括AwardWallet电子邮件解析API、AwardWallet网络解析API和AwardWallet账户访问API。例如,电子邮件解析API可从用户收到的预订确认邮件中抓取旅行预订信息,经过解析后,以结构化的JSON 格式返回预订数据。[24]AwardWallet账户访问API通过开放授权协议运行。[25] AwardWallet网络解析API可从在线账户中读取积分余额、会员等级、会员到期日等信息,通过它还可以访问差旅行程和账户活动历史纪录。[26]一些观点[27][28]将AwardWallet软件视为新兴的“API 经济”[29][30]的一部分。
航空公司数据跟踪争议
2012年下半年,AwardWallet(以及同类网站TripIt 和MileWise)收到来自美国航空、达美航空[7][31]、美国联合航空[5]和西南航空公司的多份制止函,责令AwardWallet等软件不得访问它们的网站来跟踪客户的里程奖励计划。[6][2] 2013年8月,美国航空又将AwardWallet的软件接入到公司的API系统,恢复了AwardWallet对公司会员数据的跟踪访问。[2][15][32]
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