Meghan Coyle

And there are some that you might already have access to for free. For example, Point.me is available to Amex cardholders. So you can find out which Amex transfer partners have some availability. And Bilt cardholders also have the same thing. You just have to go through the Bilt app to see what the flight options are.

As a reminder, you can find a list of transfer partners of all the major credit card rewards programs on NerdWallet. We'll put a link in the episode description. And Craig, you wrote an article about some of these tools. What are things people should look for, be aware of as they are looking at these tools and deciding whether they should pay for them?

As a reminder, you can find a list of transfer partners of all the major credit card rewards programs on NerdWallet. We'll put a link in the episode description. And Craig, you wrote an article about some of these tools. What are things people should look for, be aware of as they are looking at these tools and deciding whether they should pay for them?

As a reminder, you can find a list of transfer partners of all the major credit card rewards programs on NerdWallet. We'll put a link in the episode description. And Craig, you wrote an article about some of these tools. What are things people should look for, be aware of as they are looking at these tools and deciding whether they should pay for them?

We always recommend setting those alerts so that way you don't have to check it yourself every single day. All right. Stay with us. We're back in a moment. All right, so let's go through some of your favorite tools. I think let's start with seats.arrow. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using that one?

We always recommend setting those alerts so that way you don't have to check it yourself every single day. All right. Stay with us. We're back in a moment. All right, so let's go through some of your favorite tools. I think let's start with seats.arrow. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using that one?

We always recommend setting those alerts so that way you don't have to check it yourself every single day. All right. Stay with us. We're back in a moment. All right, so let's go through some of your favorite tools. I think let's start with seats.arrow. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using that one?

Poinsettia has another one. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using that one? So that one doesn't do the filtering by the exact seat.

Poinsettia has another one. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using that one? So that one doesn't do the filtering by the exact seat.

Poinsettia has another one. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using that one? So that one doesn't do the filtering by the exact seat.

And when you say eight-day range, that's eight days from the dates that you searched? It's looking up live availability? Yeah.

And when you say eight-day range, that's eight days from the dates that you searched? It's looking up live availability? Yeah.

And when you say eight-day range, that's eight days from the dates that you searched? It's looking up live availability? Yeah.

Totally. What are the downsides of this one?

Totally. What are the downsides of this one?

Totally. What are the downsides of this one?

And it's a good start, right? Like you can see the one way certain like open jaw itineraries maybe. So it's a good start for trying to book those more complicated itineraries. Point.me, which is one we already mentioned, is one that you can get for free with certain card issuers. What is the service like if you use it outside of the Build or Amex version of the tool?

And it's a good start, right? Like you can see the one way certain like open jaw itineraries maybe. So it's a good start for trying to book those more complicated itineraries. Point.me, which is one we already mentioned, is one that you can get for free with certain card issuers. What is the service like if you use it outside of the Build or Amex version of the tool?

And it's a good start, right? Like you can see the one way certain like open jaw itineraries maybe. So it's a good start for trying to book those more complicated itineraries. Point.me, which is one we already mentioned, is one that you can get for free with certain card issuers. What is the service like if you use it outside of the Build or Amex version of the tool?

That makes sense. And we've got some of those step-by-step guides on the NerdWallet website as well. I want to give a special shout out to PointsPath, which is a tool a little bit unlike the others. This one is a Chrome extension that shows you how many points you would need to book a flight. And it shows up right in your Google Flights search results right next to the cash price.