Travel Hacking Toolkit
Productivity
travel planning
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How HN took it
9 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.56.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful and clean approach with skills as plain markdown
From 2 comments
Really clean approach — using skills as plain markdown files is smart. The barrier to entry is basically zero. The fact that 5 of 6 MCP servers need no API keys makes this…
Asuka-wx on HNJust sent this to my partner. He’s super into travel hacking and this will be a nice add to his toolkit.
zephyreon on HN
Zero API keys needed for most servers makes it easy to try
From 1 comment
Really clean approach — using skills as plain markdown files is smart. The barrier to entry is basically zero. The fact that 5 of 6 MCP servers need no API keys makes this…
Asuka-wx on HN
Objections
Points value has declined, so cash is often better now
From 2 comments
good idea, but would've been useful 10 years ago when points and the churning game were peak. in 2026, the optimal strategy is now: - "want first, buy first" (pay cash when you…
SFO_SIN on HN> I just booked biz class flights to Scandinavia in August for 140k pts. > Cash was about $7k for the same flights. Cash price US$3,500…
SFO_SIN on HN
Points redemptions are not always a good deal once fees are counted
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> Thanks for proving my point, as I was booking for 2pax, which is about $3500/pax indeed. And the 140k pts was total for both (+ ~$1200 total for fees, etc., in the interest of…
SFO_SIN on HNyour 70k points + $600/pax is equivalent to $1300 so $600 fees is 46% of the points + cash you paid you could've cashed out 70k points as $700, therefore the 70k points becomes…
chronic29521 on HN
Requests
Integrate more award search sources beyond Seats.aero
From 1 comment
It uses Seats.aero under the hood, which is a Roame competitor, but I’d love to integrate it with others. Seats.aero is the only one with an API, though, which I believe is a…
borski on HN
Add Amex and Chase hotel portal and credit support
From 1 comment
This looks very nice and useful! While Trivago covers major hotel sites, I sometimes find “shady” small sites often times offer better prices for hotels. I’ve been using…
yodahuang on HN
Alternatives named
Seats.aero
From 2 comments
It isn’t, you need to just make sure you play the game properly. For example one of the biggest ways to always fly business was being able to transfer Hawaiian points to Alaska,…
rootsudo on HNIt uses Seats.aero under the hood, which is a Roame competitor, but I’d love to integrate it with others. Seats.aero is the only one with an API, though, which I believe is a…
borski on HN
Roame
From 1 comment
What about businesses like roame.travel (YC company)? I think this toolkit just replaced services like that entirely
Onavo on HN
CardPointers
From 1 comment
The difference here is that I’m already earning points. I’m not doing anything new to earn them; I mostly remember “restaurants on this card, online shopping on that one” and…
borski on HN