Space-A Scout beta
Fly Space-A like you've done it a hundred times. Live boards, real roll-call results, and alerts from Scout, your guide on this journey.
Where do you want to go?
Type a base or a whole region (Ramstein, Germany, Japan, Hawaii) and see every flight heading that way, plus the roll-call history behind it.
Not signed up at any terminal yet? That's step one and it's free.
New to Space-A? How the game works in 3 steps
- Sign up early. Email every terminal you might fly out of. It's free, no commitment, and good for 60 days. Do it 45–50 days before you want to travel. Every terminal below has a one-click "Sign up by email" button (fill your traveler profile once and it writes the email for you).
- Set a watch. Tell us where you want to go and we'll ping your phone and inbox the moment a matching flight hits the boards.
- Compete at roll call. Schedules only firm up 72 hours out. Show up early, mark yourself present, and when they call your category, you're flying.
Your alerts
Search a destination above and hit Watch, and Scout pings you the moment a matching flight posts. Push on your phone, email everywhere else. Free while in beta.
Your traveler profile: auto-fills terminal sign-up emails
Fill this once and every "Sign up by email" button writes the whole email for you: name, category, party size, the works. This stays on your device. I don't store your profile on my servers, and that's on purpose.
Sign up at multiple terminals in one shot
Sign-up is free, no commitment, good for 60 days, and you can be on every list at once. Pick the terminals you might fly out of and we'll write one email, sent from your own inbox, so confirmations come straight back to you and your details never touch our servers. Other tools send it for you from their system; a scout keeps his own comms.
Eyes on the ground: every scout makes the network stronger
Some terminals never post their schedules online. Facebook only, or just a slide taped up behind the counter. That's where you come in. Standing in one of those terminals? Snap a photo of the schedule board, or forward the terminal's post, to fly@spaceascout.com and tell us which terminal. We'll get it on the boards with a "traveler-reported" tag, and the traveler coming through behind you gets intel they couldn't find anywhere else.
This community has always run on exactly that: somebody ahead of you marking the trail. A thirty-second photo from you might be the reason a retired Gunny and his wife make the Germany bird next week. Be the scout who called it in.
Send schedule intelThe Scout Report: free intel drops
I read these schedules every day so you don't have to. Drop your email and I'll send occasional dispatches: route trends, PE calendar changes, and hard-won lessons from the terminals. No spam, no selling your address. Marine's word.
What's free, what's Premium
Free, now and after beta
- Live 72-hour boards, all terminals
- Patriot Express 30-day outlook
- Roll-call receipts & Scout's read (seasonality + weekly rhythm)
- Watch alerts (push + email)
- Traveler profile & one-click sign-up emails
- The Scout Report
Premium: $49.99/yr (or $35 your first year, see below)
Nothing is paywalled during beta. Going Premium today backs the build, and buys what's coming:
- Trip Finder ranked game plans from a full year of roll-call results (live now, free for beta testers)
- Saved routes & multi-terminal trip watches
- Sign-up expiration reminders (60-day & Navy 45-day)
- First crack at every new feature
Share the hop, save $15: give us two Space-A-eligible friends or family to invite and your first year drops to $35. Every scout was told about Space-A by somebody. Be that somebody, get the discount.
Space-A words, in plain English
| Roll call | The moment at the terminal when staff call names and hand out that flight's seats. Be there early and marked present. |
| Category | Your place in line, Cat I through Cat VI. Emergency leave is Cat I and goes first. Retirees, veterans and Guard/Reserve are Cat VI, called last. |
| Sign up | Emailing a terminal to get on its list. Free, takes a minute, good for 60 days, and costs you nothing if you never show. Do it at several terminals. |
| Seats released | How many empty seats the crew freed up for Space-A on that flight. It can change right up to departure and often grows. |
| Made the cut | How far down the category list the terminal got before seats ran out. If they reached Cat VI, retirees got on. |
| Gateway | The terminal you fly out of. Some are far better than others for the same destination. |
| 72-hour board | The schedule a terminal posts about three days ahead. Earlier than that, plans change constantly. |
| Patriot Express | A scheduled military charter with a published 30-day calendar. Seats are unknown until about 72 hours out. |
| PCS | A permanent change of station, a military family moving. PCS season in summer fills a lot of seats. |
Reading a 72-hour schedule: seat codes
| F | Firm: that many Space-A seats are expected to be released |
| T | Tentative: seats possible but not confirmed; always show up and compete, even at "0T" |
| TBD | To Be Determined: seat count unknown until near departure (can turn into 80+) |
| SP | Seats Pending: awaiting confirmation |
| VRC | Via Roll Call: seats announced at roll call |
Remember: sign up ~45–50 days out (email is fine, it's free) · one active sign-up per terminal · schedules firm up only 72 hours out · mark yourself present before roll call · two checked bags, 70 lb each · as of Oct 2025, BWI–Ramstein is the only Patriot Express to Europe.