Amadeus.... it's Mozart year, after all

As a frequent visitor to travel-related sites (airlines, hotels, etc.) I've also used Amadeus regularly, because they can handle itineraries across airlines better than dedicated airline reservation engines. One thing that Amadeus provides, which is also very useful is the included CheckMyTrip service. With your record locator and your last name, you can see all relevant details about a booked itinerary. So far so good, nothing special there. But I just noticed a little icon on the page that says Add to calendar and this is a real convenient service. Through a little piece of software called Infotriever, all flight details are downloaded and accurately placed into the organizer, regardless of whether you use Outlook, Notes, PDA, or more. No more entering flights, hotels, rental car info by hand, certainly not with that level of detail (directly pulled from a calendar entry):

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Lufthansa LH4795
From: London / Heathrow (LHR), London United Kingdom 7:25 PM
Terminal: 2
End of check-in time: 6:55 PM
To: Hamburg / Fuhlsbuttel (HAM), Hamburg Germany 9:55 PM
Terminal: 2

Status: Confirmed
Cabin: Coach
Duration: 1:30
Stop(s): 0
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Seat(s): Non-smoking
Mileage: 471 miles
Meal: Refreshments

Of course, there is still a little gotcha because of timezones. The Infotriever adds flight information based on local time, not Outlook time. This can cause a little confusion: in March, I will be flying to Tokyo, then Denver, then home again. Because I will be crossing the dateline, the departure times for the flights from Japan to the US get mixed up in the calendar, when the connecting flight appears earlier than the original outbound. Anyway, still much better than cut and paste, particularly on extended routings.

What Mozart would have said to all this? Probably nothing, but write another symphony in the same time I wrote this posting.