Hank,

Yes. We have to pay for the flight schedule data that we display within the Jumpseat Tool. As the site has grown (rapidly) more popular, the associated costs have kept pace to the point where we have no choice but to pass some of that along.

Everyone gets 5 free lookups/listings, which should give a regular commuter most of a month to decide if it's worth the time savings or not vs. the old manual way with myIDtravel. Overall the feedback has been pretty positive, but we're more interested in hearing what could be done to make it better. If you haven't tried it yet, give it a shot (no obligation) and let me know what you think:

https://flightcrewtools.com/jumpseat

Tools on the site that have minimal associated costs for us (i.e. the Seniority Tool & AE Tools) are free for all Delta pilots:

https://flightcrewtools.com/delta