Get the the status of the United Airlines flight you're currently on, provided your flight has wifi (just need to be connected, not paying for it). Implementations in node and curl.

united_flighttime.bash

curl 'https://www.unitedwifi.com/payment/ajax/notification.do' --data 'actionkey=FLIGHT_TIME_NOTIFICATIONS' --compressed
# [{
#   "class":"com.bluebird.business.flightimebar.FlightimeBarResponse",
#   "destinationIATA":"MCO",
#   "eventType":"FLIGHTTIMEBAR",
#   "flightETA":"8:58PM",
#   "flightRunningStatus":89,
#   "flightStatusText":"0h 33m with United Wi-Fi!",
#   "flightTotalDuration":332,
#   "markers":[{
#     "class":"com.bluebird.business.flightimebar.ConditionalMarker",
#     "position":0,
#     "state":"DESCENT",
#     "text":"ARRIVAL"
#   },{
#     "class":"com.bluebird.business.flightimebar.ConditionalMarker",
#     "position":4,
#     "state":"TAKE-OFF",
#     "text":"DEPARTURE"
#   }],
#   "message":null,
#   "originIATA":"SFO",
#   "promotionText":"",
#   "showWelcomeText":false,
#   "welcomeText":""
# }]

united_flighttime.js

// npm install request
var request = require('request');

request({
  method: 'POST',
  url:'https://www.unitedwifi.com/payment/ajax/notification.do',
  form: {'actionkey': 'FLIGHT_TIME_NOTIFICATIONS'}},
  function(error, response, body){
    if (response.statusCode === 200){
      var data = JSON.parse(body)[0];
      console.log("United flight destination:", data.destinationIATA);
      console.log("ETA:", data.flightETA);
      console.log("Arriving in:", data.flightStatusText.split(" ").splice(0, 2).join(" "));
      // United flight destination: MCO
      // ETA: 8:58PM
      // Arriving in: 0h 14m
    }
    else{
      console.log("There was an error getting flight info.");
    }
});