About MyAtlasPal
I'm a system architect who spends most of his time in premium cabins on long-haul international flights—but that's on the company dime. When I'm flying for personal travel, I'm a lot more careful with money.
One big exception: when I'm traveling with my mom, she gets the good seats. She deserves it.
How This Started
I had a personal trip to London coming up, and I found myself obsessively checking the Delta app to see if upgrade prices had dropped to what I considered reasonable. Check, refresh, check again. You know the routine.
Then it hit me: "Wait a minute, I really don't have to be doing this manually."
I'm a system architect—I automate things for a living. So I built a tool to do the obsessive checking for me. Problem solved.
But as I kept building, I realized other people could really use this too.
The Community That Inspired This
I spend time on the Delta subreddit, where people constantly share screenshots of upgrade prices—both the insanely expensive ones and the surprisingly cheap deals. I kept thinking how useful an automated tracker would be for that community.
As I built more features, I started incorporating all the tools and knowledge I use when booking flights. I have pretty obsessive knowledge of Delta's entire fleet and the cabin differences between aircraft. Why not make that accessible to everyone?
Why Aircraft Details Matter
Here's something most people don't realize: not all premium cabins are the same.
The A350 Difference
Your Delta One experience on a 767-300 is going to be night and day different from an A350-900. Different cabin noise, different seat quality, completely different value for your money.
The LATAM-configured A350 has a 2-2-2 layout with no privacy but lovely seats (perfect if you're traveling with someone). The regular A350 configuration has the biggest suites in Delta's entire fleet—slightly bigger than even the A330-900neo.
Value Assessment
This stuff matters when you're deciding whether to spend $500 on an upgrade.
That same $500 for Delta One on an A330-900neo for an 8-hour flight? Great value. The same cost on a regular A330-300 for the same route? Not so much.
The Tools I Use (And Built Into This)
I use Aerolopa exclusively for seat maps—they have the best seat selection tools available. That's getting integrated into MyAtlasPal.
There's also a YouTuber who has cabin walkthrough videos for literally Delta's entire fleet. (Big shoutout to him—I use those videos constantly to double-check cabin arrangements.) I'm working on incorporating that kind of visual intelligence too.
All these tools and knowledge points I use personally are getting rolled into one intuitive experience.
Why It's Free
I want to keep this free as long as hosting costs stay reasonable. This isn't a business for me—it's a tool I built for myself that happens to help other people.
Why keep the code private then?
Simple: I don't want someone to easily copy this, slap ads on it, and start charging people for what should be accessible to everyone.
What Makes This Different
I Actually Live This Problem
I fly 80% long-haul international routes, mostly for work. I know which aircraft are worth upgrading on and which aren't. I know the difference between a good deal and highway robbery.
Built The Tool I Wished Existed
Not just price tracking, but the complete intelligence you need to make smart upgrade decisions.
Sharing Gatekept Knowledge
Aviation enthusiasts and elite status holders know this stuff. Everyone else is flying blind. That doesn't seem fair.
The Mission
Premium cabin upgrades shouldn't be mysterious or exclusive. Sometimes they're incredibly reasonable—you just need to know when to look and what to look for.
MyAtlasPal gives you both: the timing (through automated tracking) and the knowledge (through aircraft intelligence) to make smart decisions about when spending extra money actually makes sense.
Built by someone who got tired of manually checking upgrade prices • Always free • Minneapolis to everywhere