There are two flight awards websites I find the most useful to score the best airline award redemptions: seats.aero and point.me.
I find myself using them for different reasons, but find them both to be pretty helpful. If you are thinking about signing up for one of these sites, but aren’t sure which, here is a quick review of both:
Seats.aero
1) A better resource if you are flexible on location and just want to find the best deal
I love seats.aero when you are looking to chase the best deals. It has the ability to select options like “USA - large airports” or “Europe - large airports.” This is really helpful when you are just looking for the best redemptions and flexible on your departure airport or arrival airport. From there, it will give you some ideas of what cities will provide the best deals and then you can narrow it down (based on location or dates) prior to booking.
2) Worse on your phone (only provides award availability 60 days out)
The only way to explore deals more than 60 days out is on your computer. And nowadays, who is on their computer?! (Okay, to be fair, I am). Their app is only useful if you are looking to find last minute deals, otherwise be prepared to head to your computer to search further out.
3) Easier to read list of award availability by city, date, and fare class
I like that you can easily sort by what’s most important to you after you get the results. Typically, I will sort the business class deals from lowest to highest so I can see which locations or airlines provide me with the best business deal flights.
point.me
1) The more appealing interface
I find the interface way easier to interact with and sort through. It also provides automatic filter options for the best deal and shortest route, so you can narrow down your options more quickly.
2) Better if you have specific dates in mind
I typically am able to find award redemption information more quickly on point.me if I have specific dates in mind, since it doesn’t give me a hectic laundry of list of options I have to sort through. It has an “Explore” tab if you want to explore different locations and are looking with a specific date range, but it doesn’t give you as extensive of a list when using this option as seats.aero
3) Better on your phone
If you are looking for some quick guidance on if award redemptions are available, I find point.me the better option since I can log on quickly on my phone. If I feel like there are some okay options, I will head to seats.aero to explore more.
I have both softwares since I am always searching for flights for friends, family and followers.
However, if I had to pick one software to go with (and you’re willing to use a computer), I would go with seats.aero.
If exploring options on your phone is preferred, then I would choose point.me.
Let’s wander wiser together.
Disclaimer: seats.aero will provide me a referral bonus if you sign up for their membership via one of the links above. Thank you for your support as always!
