January 17, 2007

A very cool paycheck calculator

PaycheckCity.com - Paycheck Calculator -- this calculator lets you put in a yearly salary amount, specify the frequency you receive a paycheck (as well as let you specify filing status, deductions, etc) and it will tell you how large/small your paycheck will be!

It will tell you how much is withheld for federal, state, social security, medicare, etc and come up with a Net Pay.

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January 04, 2007

Searching for Frequent Flier available flights

KVS Availability Tool -- This program interfaces with the various airline site (Apollo, Sabre, WSpan) and looks up flight availability by booking class, seat maps, etc.

AA Booking Classes -- shows what the AA Booking (and award/upgrade) classes are: (these are the important codes to me)

  • A: "Upgraded": "from coach on 2-class flight using miles/VIPOW"
  • F: "Award": "AAnytime award travel" in First class
  • J: "Award": "AAnytime Award travel" in Business Class
  • T: "Award": "Plan AAhead Award travel" in Economy Class
  • U: "Award": "Plan AAhead Award travel" in Business Class
  • Z: "Award": "Plan AAhead Award travel" in First Class


UA Booking Classes -- shows what the UA Booking (and award/upgrade) classes are:

  • Apollo: Awards/UA
    • R/XF X/NF O/XC I/NC N/XY


    • Another, slightly easier way to check for UA flights, is the program UaFinder which is Automated Award Finding Software.

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