check_fares config options

[bleugray]

my current config is below. i have two flights scheduled. one i booked on southwest.com and the 2nd was book via my companies travel site. i have check_fares configured and it is working successfully and has provided lopwer fares for my book trip but it then gives an error - "Requesting error during fare check. Forbidden (403). Skipping..." I am thinking due to how the 2nd trip was booked and the possiblity that i have no control (outside of checking in) to this flight.

is there a way to add check_fares to my flight and not the 2nd? (possibly using the confirmation number under reservations?

{ "check_fares": true, "notification_urls": "pover://xxxxxxx", "notification_level": 1, "retrieval_interval": 6, "accounts": [ { "username": "xxxxxxxx", "password": "xxxxxxxx", "healthchecks_url": "https://hc-ping.com/xxxxxxx" } ], "reservations": []

[jdholtz]

but it then gives an error - "Requesting error during fare check. Forbidden (403). Skipping..."

This is a problem that the script has been running into for a while (see #277), and as far as is known right now, isn't linked specifically to how a reservation is booked.

is there a way to add check_fares to my flight and not the 2nd? (possibly using the confirmation number under reservations?

To do this, yes, you would need to put your flights under reservations instead of your account. With accounts, these schedule flights over long periods, so there isn't a way to only check fares for certain flights that are scheduled with an account. So your config would need to look something like this:

{ 
    "check_fares": true, 
    "notification_urls": "pover://xxxxxxx", 
    "notification_level": 1, 
    "retrieval_interval": 6, 
    "reservations": [
        {"confirmationNumber": "personal flight", "firstName": "xxxx", "lastName": "xxxx"},
        {"confirmationNumber": "business flight", "firstName": "xxxx", "lastName": "xxxx", "check_fares": false}
    ]

[bleugray]

is there any benefit of using account vs reservation
and is it possible to do a mixture of both or will they conflict with each other?

[jdholtz]

Accounts will automatically schedule new flights that you schedule, so less manual intervention is needed. Reservations could be used for adding just individual flights, so it works better in situations like these or if you are running the script for friends/family that don't want to share their login credentials.

and is it possible to do a mixture of both or will they conflict with each other?

If there is a reservation tied to an account in the config, then the flight would currently be scheduled twice for check-in. There wouldn't be conflicts that affect the actual check fares/check-in process for each flight though.