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Travel Hub User Guide


1. Starting a New Trip


1. Go to [travel.netgato.com/newtrip](https://travel.netgato.com/newtrip)

2. Select your destination: MCO (Walt Disney World) or SNA (Disneyland)

3. Set departure and return dates. Toggle "Dates flexible" if you can shift +/- a few days.

4. Check origin airports (GRB and ATW are default)

5. Add travelers: Rob is always included. Check Sarah. For MCO trips, optionally add Cinny.

6. If your DVC room is booked, toggle it on and select your resort — this locks the dates.

7. Review the API budget impact (shown at the bottom)

8. Click Start Monitoring


After submission:


External Service Setup



2. Monitoring / "What Are We Waiting For?"


Deal Score Tiers



Scores start as estimates based on market data. After ~30 days of collecting real Delta first class prices, they become data-driven and more accurate.


When Should I Book?



Reading the Dashboard



Notifications



3. Adding Booked Flights via Email


When you book a flight on Delta, American, or United:


1. You'll receive a booking confirmation email from the airline

2. Forward that email to travel-alerts@netgato.com

3. Travel Hub automatically parses the confirmation and creates a trip record in "Booked" state

4. If the flight matches a trip being monitored, it's automatically promoted from Monitoring to Booked

5. You'll get an iMessage: "Booked flight ingested: DL1234 GRB->MCO Oct 24. Tracking active."


What gets parsed: confirmation code, flight number, route, dates/times, passenger names, fare class, total cost.


If the parse fails: You'll get an iMessage with a link to verify/complete the entry manually.


Tips:


4. Closing Out a Trip


After your trip:

1. Travel Hub auto-completes the trip the day after your return

2. All monitoring stops automatically

3. If no other trips are being monitored, you'll get a reminder to pause paid subscriptions:

4. Trip data is preserved for future price reference


5. Ad-Hoc / Non-Standard Trips


The Travel Hub supports any Delta companion cert route, not just MCO and SNA.


Use the /newtrip form to add a new destination. The system will warn if the API budget is tight. Non-DVC trips skip the resort selection step.


6. Tips and Tricks



7. Multi-Hub Routing


Delta routes Wisconsin flights through multiple hubs, not just Minneapolis:


ExpertFlyer alerts should cover ALL likely hubs in both directions. For MCO, set up alerts for MSP→MCO, ATL→MCO, DTW→MCO AND the reverse (MCO→MSP, MCO→ATL, MCO→DTW).


8. Cabin Rules



Mixed-cabin itineraries show an orange warning: "Not all legs are first class."


9. One-Stop Maximum


Only nonstop and single-connection flights are shown. Two-stop itineraries are filtered out automatically.


10. Already Purchased Flights


If you've already booked a flight and want to add it to Travel Hub for post-purchase tracking:

1. Go to travel.netgato.com/newtrip

2. Fill in the trip details

3. Check "Already purchased this flight?"

4. Enter the confirmation code and total cost

5. Click "Add Purchased Flight"

This skips price monitoring and goes straight to post-purchase tracking.


11. Flight Purchase Ledger


All flight purchases are tracked in a SharePoint list (TechCreekwood site → Flight Purchase Ledger). Each booking gets an entry with:


Current entries:


12. Non-Delta Trips (PHX Example)


Travel Hub tracks any airline, not just Delta. The PHX trip (United First, B247W6) demonstrates:


Travel Hub v5.5.0