Autopilot just got a whole lot more useful.
The free-to-use fare monitoring and repricing platform now supports Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways, bringing its total airline coverage to five: American, Delta, United, Alaska, and JetBlue. If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines because your preferred airline wasn’t covered, this might be the update that changes that.
For anyone unfamiliar with how Autopilot works, the concept is simple. You book a flight directly with the airline, forward your confirmation email to them (or connect your inbox for automatic imports, or add it manually), and Autopilot monitors the fare from booking until departure. If the price drops, they handle the repricing for you. You pay nothing unless you save, and when you do save, Autopilot takes 25% of the savings. The other 75% is yours.
It’s one of those tools that costs you nothing to set up and only charges you when it actually delivers value, which is my favorite kind of recommendation to make.
Why I Am Excited About These Additions
These two additions aren’t random. Alaska Airlines has been Autopilot’s most requested airline, which makes sense especially for us points people, because with their Pro version, Autopilot will also send you alerts for award-price changes on any flights booked with Alaska Miles – even if that flight is operated by a partner, like JAL for example.
This works for all 5 airlines mentioned above, by the way. Every flight booked through any of these airlines counts for price-drops and auto-adjustments, even if the actual flight is operated by another partner airline.
Alaska and JetBlue now cover a significant base for West and East coast travelers. I know they say “more isn’t always better”, but when it comes to this, it certainly is.
What This Means in Practice
Let’s say you book a JetBlue Mint fare from JFK to LAX for $800. You forward the confirmation to Autopilot, then forget about it entirely. Three weeks later, the fare drops to $650. Autopilot catches it, reprices your ticket, and you save $150. They take $37.50 (25%), you pocket $112.50 in savings, and you never had to check the price once.
That’s the whole pitch. Basically a set-it-and-forget-it safety net running in the background for you.
How to Get Started
If you already use Autopilot, there’s nothing new to do. Just forward your Alaska or JetBlue confirmations the same way you would for any other airline. If you haven’t tried it yet, you can sign up through our link at withautopilot.com and start adding your upcoming flights.
The setup takes about two minutes, and since you only pay when Autopilot actually saves you money, there’s genuinely no downside to letting it run. I’ve been recommending it to readers since it launched, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive from people who’ve had fares repriced without lifting a finger.
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