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Powerful, self-serve products and growth analytics to help you build, check, and be confident in your bid. Trusted and used by the PBS Helpdesk.

BidGrid™

The crystal ball of bidding. BidGrid compares your bid against historic awards and upcoming pairings to predict what you can hold.

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Reserve Legality Checker™

Check for errors in your reserve bid. Know instantly if your bid contains errors and what those errors are. No more guessing.

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Manual Plus+

The latest bidding strategies, tips, and info right in your browser. Hover over any property to get instant definitions, cautions, and tips.

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Bid Checklist

Get the master checklist for a systematic approach to bidding each month. It's our tried-and-tested method of trapping common bidding errors.

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Vacation Pay Calculator

Take the confusion out of deciding whether or not to bid reserve during your vacation. Calculate your projected pay and days of reserve obligation.

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Video Resources

Free library with bidding basics, strategies, and property info. Created by PBS Help Desk instructor who has evaluated 10,000+ bids.

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How it Works

BidGrid™

Predict your bid success

Ever wished for a crystal ball to predict your bidding success? BidGrid is your next best thing! It compares your practice bid against historic awards and new upcoming month pairings to see predict what you can hold. And allow you to find the best of what you can hold.

You don't like to fly blind so don't bid that way either. BidGrid crunches over 40 million data points to answer to the question, "Can I hold that pairing with my seniority?" Check out our latest update here!

40 million

Past awards segments analyzed

100%

Current pairings analyzed each month

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Reserve Legality Checker™

Check your reserve bid for errors

Bidding reserve can be as intricate as trying to teach a cat calculus using a laser pointer and a bowl of catnip. Ensure your bid is error-free with the Reserve Legality Checker. Input a practice bid into our RLC and instantly know if your bid is correct or if it contains errors, without any guesswork.

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Manual Plus+

Instant bidding information

Instantly zap the PBS manual into your mind — just kidding. But it does feel like it has magical capabilities. Download our Bidliner Chrome Extension and hover over any property in PBS to get instant info, tips, cautions, and strategies. Just let that manual keep collecting dust.

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Vacation Pay Calculator

Vacation reserve bid made easy

Say goodbye to the headache of deciding whether to bid reserve when you've got vacation plans. Let the vacation pay calculator work its magic and make your life easier.

Rational decision making

Make rational informed decisions by calculating your projected pay and days of reserve obligation.

Projected pay advantages

Bidding reserve on a month where you have vacation can be extremely lucrative.

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Bid Checklist

Your master checklist for bidding

This is the ultimate bidding checklist—a systematic approach to bidding each month. Covering everything from top-level strategy to those pesky details that are easy to forget.

12 Steps for how to: plan, test, enter, and check your bid.

Formula calculator for how many pairings you should bid.

Specifics for your pairing, line, days off, and reserve bids.

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What pilots are saying about Bidliner

Here are some quotes from AA pilots using our tools for their PBS bid.

For the first time in my PBS bidding experience, I solved in layer 1!!! This speaks clearly about the service Bidliner provides. THANK YOU!!

Ken

320 Captain

Bidliner is one of the BEST tools for any type of Pilot, whether you are junior or senior. This product allows you to see in real time a more in-depth understanding of what you are bidding along with some of the 'gotchas' PBS can be know for.

Barbara

First Officer

When I started working at the PBS Help Desk two years ago, Bidliner was invaluable to me. It made me look like a rockstar.

Shawn

PBS Help Desk Instructor, 320 Captain

I've been a help desk instructor for 8yrs. Bidliner is a solid product and BidGrid is a game changer and a must have.

Nick

737 Captain, PBS Help Desk Instructor

I use my own software and it works. I tested my own bid with BidGrid and it prompted me to change my bid resulting in a much more advantageous award.

Eric Johnson

320 Captain, PBS Help Desk Instructor, Founder

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