Built by aviation geeks, passionate frequent flyers
We're AvGeeks and frequent flyers, and 2LNR is the tool we wanted for our own trips. We're still building it. Join us.
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It started as a spreadsheet
2LNR began as a personal project: a spreadsheet of our own flights and travel strategy, plus a pile of other tools. Then friends wanted access, then their friends, and at some point the spreadsheet had to become a product.
We know travel systems and loyalty programs from the inside. Before a trip and during it, we hit the same problems you do: the data is scattered, often out of date, and slow to check by hand. The questions we wanted answered were simple to ask: why is my flight delayed, where can I travel, and when and where is confirmed upgrade space open?
Much of the travel technology we work with is decades old; some of it is still, literally, a digitized Rolodex. We care about the details that matter on the day. Which overhead bins are unusable because of oxygen bottle equipment or crew rest areas? Where is Touchless TSA PreCheck at this airport? Is my delay an estimated departure or a decision time?
Every day we check thousands of routes and process millions of data points, and when a check finds upgrade space on a flight you watch, say LAX-HND, we tell you.
The reason for all of it, in the founder's words:
2LNR is built by AvGeeks who believe in the power of travel to connect people, cultures, and history. It has the power to enrich, empower, and enlighten all those who partake in the great journey.
We want to help travelers travel more and help frequent flyers travel better.
The name, the fonts and the colors come from flying
The name
2LNR, "2 L and R", stands for door 2, left and right. On a widebody aircraft, door 2L is where passengers typically board long-haul flights. Before departure and arrival, flight attendants cross-check doors to arm or disarm the emergency slides. The cabin PA call, "doors for departure, cross-check 2 L and R", is one you have probably heard from your seat. Say it fast and you get 2LNR.
The typeface
Inter was designed to work on everything from detailed user interfaces to signage. It's the typeface for most of what you read in 2LNR, airport codes included.
The cockpit font
B612 Mono was developed by Airbus specifically for aircraft cockpit display screens, designed to be readable at a glance in high-stakes environments. The data displays in 2LNR borrow the idea: a lot of numbers, readable at a glance.
The palette
Every color in 2LNR is named for a moment in flight. Skyline Blue for open skies. Cabin Midnight for overnight flights. Crosscheck Red for the final check before departure.
If you fly enough to care which door is 2L, start with the upgrade matrix.