Award Travel Tools for Airfare, Rental Cars and Hotels

Airfare Award Availability:

  • Points.Me – Date search of all airlines ASFAIK. Integrates with AwardWallet.com. (paid, $12/mo or $129/yr)
  • AwardLogic.com – Alerts/Date search of all airlines ASFAIK (paid, $4.99 day, $19.99/mo or $199/yr)
  • AwardFares.com – Alerts/Date search of Star Alliance only (paid, $9.99+)
  • Seats.Aero – Alerts/Date “list” of AA, Delta, United, AeroMexico, Avianca, Etihad, Virgin.  (free, upgrade to Pro $7.99/mo. “Search up to 361 days of availability on certain routes, set alerts on that extended availability…”)
  • A[ir]C{anada]AwardSearcher – Searches Air Canada award availability (free, requires registration)

Airfare Award Alerts:

  • AwardNexus.com – Alerts/Date search of all airlines, including JAL (Paid, weird point based system)
  • ExpertFlyer.com – Alerts/Date search a lot of airlines AFAIK, recently lost access to additional airlines data (Paid, $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr)

Hotels Search and Alerts:

  • MaxMyPoint.com – Award availability and alerts (free, more alerts and searching available for $7.95/mo for Platinum)
  • StayWithPoints.com – Award availability and alerts (free, pro plan coming)
  • OpenHotelAlert.com – Cash availability rates and alerts (free, can select specific room type)
  • HiChee.com – Search availability and compare prices for AirBnB, Booking.com, VRBO, and Direct vaction rentals

Monitor AirFare Price Drops:

Monitor Hotel Price Drops:

Monitor Car Rental Price Drops:

Map hotels in a certain loyalty programs

Point and Travel Management Tools:

  • AwardWallet.com – Tracks points balances + travel plans.  Syncs with some cloud email like Gmail.com, Outlook.com and Office 365. (paid, $30/yr)
  • TripIt.com (paid, $49/yr) – Track travel plans.  Syncs with some cloud email like Gmail.com/Outlook.com (not Office 365).
  • Flightly App – Track flights, syncs with TripIt.com. Works with free Wifi messaging on some airlines. (paid, $8.99/month or $69.99/year)