Top apps for travel on a shoestring
Summary: A selection of applications that are useful when you're on the road.. and save you a few cents on the way.
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Name: Airport Zoom
Developer: Flightstats
Compatibility: iOS
If you miss your flight, or its rescheduled or cancelling without you knowing, trying to get back on track can be a costly affair.
Apart from being midly addictive, Flightstats' Airport Zoom app lets you track craft by name or by airspace. Running late? Use the free app to calculate how quickly you need to dash to the airport.
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You missed a few very handy ones
Yapta will search for prices of flights, even after you have booked and let you know if you can get a refund based on your airlines policies.
Tripit lets you keep all of your itinerary information in one place.
GateGuru (when combined with TripIt above) will tell you when your flight has been delayed, if there is a gate change, etc.
MeeTicket will keep all of your electronic boarding passes for you, saving you from having to print out your boarding passes and in many cities allowing you to go straight to security if you have no checked bags.
Add Windows Phone compatability