Gate Guru

Written By dan | 1 comment 

How many miles do you fly a year?
I really don’t know exactly how much I fly. I have never added it all up, but I do fly very, very often.

What is your home airport?
My home airport is Chicago O’Hare or Midway, it depends on who I’m flying out on. My favorite airport is Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. So much to see and buy. Its a big open space as well and very modern feel.

What is your favorite airport amenity?
My favorite restaurant is in The Tuscany Cafe, located at Concourse B in O’Hare Airport. The reason I like it so much is that the staff is very friendly and the food is great.

How do you use GateGuru?
I love GateGuru. I’m always launching it in different airports to see what food is available and the reviews from fellow travelers. It makes the travel experience much more relaxing.

What is your favorite feature of GateGuru?
I love that you added the maps of airports.

What would like to say to JetBlue?
Thank you so much for the airplane tickets. Flying is expensive and this will give me and my boyfriend a great opportunity to take a nice vacation that we both desperately need. We are already thinking about a cruise out of San Juan or a all-inclusive somewhere in the Caribbean. I haven’t ever done either, nor have I ever flown JetBlue, so I am looking forward to experiencing your airline.

Posted in Uncategorized

Written By dan | 1 comment 

If you haven’t yet downloaded the update to GateGuru, you are going to want to get it ASAP! GateGuru 1.5 has several new and exciting unique features that will be invaluable to any traveler in the 100 airports that we cover.

1) Maps – our #1 requested feature is here! Let the GateGuru maps show you where your gate is, where security is, or where baggage claim is located. Never again guess your way around the airport.

I know what you are thinking “Oh, maps, that is a neat feature, but seriously what else is there?” Well, we have 2 other amazing features that will completely change your airport experience!

2) High Flyers Contest sponsored by JetBlue – since we launched, the community aspects of GateGuru have been the features that our user base cares about the most. This includes the leaderboard, and we are thrilled to announce an exciting contest for GateGuru users to win free JetBlue tickets and vouchers! The winners of the High Flyers leaderboard in the month of June will get 2 free tickets on JetBlue (National Winner) or free $100 travel certificates (Regional Winners). Stuck on a summer delay? Write a few reviews, snap some photos, all in the name of getting to that #1 spot on the GateGuru leaderboard. Seriously, it’s that easy.
3) Get Discounts and Deals on Airport Retailers – You know those stores that you pass in the airport but don’t go in that much because there is no incentive? Well now there is! We are partnering with top airport retail brands to give exclusive deals and offers to GateGuru users. Get free stuff, get huge discounts, all just for shopping!

Go download GateGuru 1.5 and start enjoying the airport!

Posted in Features and Functionality, Uncategorized

Written By dan | No comments 

This afternoon, KAYAK’s iPhone apps (both the free and paid) were updated. The reason we mention this here, on the GateGuru blog, is because we are excited to now be a part of the KAYAK app. With this update, a new feature has been added to the KAYAK app, under a tab called Airports, which is basically the GateGuru database of airport amenities. The GateGuru and KAYAK content is very complimentary so we are excited to see users of the KAYAK app have this new feature.

So the next time you are searching for a flight, using their trip planning tools, or wandering aimlessly around the airport make sure you check out the Airports tab in the KAYAK app. Through the GateGuru logo on the bottom, you can launch GateGuru directly (to get reviews, see photos, or view the High Flyers for that airport) or go to our page in the App Store. You can see the full press release here

Safe Travels!

Posted in Uncategorized

Written By dan | 1 comment 

Posted in Uncategorized

Written By dan | No comments 

Obviously everyone is well aware of the disaster that has struck Haiti. At GateGuru, we have donated personally to the relief efforts, but we decided that we could do more. So we have decided to donate all proceeds from app sales today (January 20th) to Haitian Relief via the American Red Cross. Just to make it completely clear, we (GateGuru) will not receive any money from app sales today; any revenue that we generate will be sent directly to Haiti through the American Red Cross. As everyone knows, this is a worthy cause.

We hope that you will join us in the support effort.

Thanks.

Posted in Uncategorized

Written By dan | 2 comments 

We are very proud to have been named a finalist in App Star’s “up and coming” apps competition! There are 35 finalists and the 3 winners will be chosen and announced at LeWeb conference (an amazing tech conference held in Frnace) on stage Dec 9th in front of 1800+ savvy internet users, bloggers, journalists. This is an amazing achievement for us, given that GateGuru was not even launched when the competition was announced.

Also check out this video which has a nice plug for GateGuru at the 0:24 mark.

Posted in App Reviews/Rewards, Uncategorized