#166: Award search pros Greg Davis-Kean and Chris share insider tips to save hundreds (or thousands) of dollars when utilizing points and miles to book flights. They showcase practical use cases to help evaluate the pros and cons of the best award flight tools out there, both free and paid versions. They also discuss the best tools for flight trip monitoring and seat alerts.\nGreg Davis-Kean is the founder of Frequent Miler, a blog dedicated to helping people maximize their travel rewards and loyalty programs, mostly without flying. He is also the host of the Frequent Miler on the Air podcast.\nLink to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/greg-frequent-miler-flight-award-tools\n\nPartner Deals\nSuperhuman: Free month of the fastest and best email with code ALLTHEHACKS\nBilt Rewards: Earn the most valuable points when you pay rent\nNetSuite: Get a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program\nGelt: Skip the waitlist on personalized tax guidance to maximize your wealth\nDeleteMe: 20% off removing you and your family's personal info from the web\nFor all the deals, discounts and promo codes from our partners, go to:\xa0allthehacks.com/deals\n\nResources Mentioned\nGreg Davis-Kean: Frequent Miler | Frequent Miler on the Air | Twitter\nFlight Award Search Tools\n\nPointsYeah\n\n\nAwardTool ($20 off annual plans with code ALLTHEHACKS)\n\n\npoint.me (20% off annual plans with code ALLTHEHACKS20)\n\nRoame.travel\n\nSeats.Aero\n\n\nPoints Path Chrome Extension\n\nSeatSpy\n\nAwardLogic\n\nPointHound\n\nReward Flight Finder\n\n\nExpertFlyer (Free Seat Alerts)\n\nOther Travel Tools\n\n\nFlightConnections (Find direct flights)\n\nFlighty\n\nTripIt\n\nGoogle Flights\n\nFrequent Miler Blog Post: Which award search tool is best?\nAward Search Tools Comparison Spreadsheet\nAll the Hacks Episode #167: Best Tools for Booking Hotels with Points & Miles with Greg the Frequent Miler\n\nFull Show Notes\n(00:00) Introduction\n(02:30) Overall Episode Topic Breakdown\n(06:41) Important Info to Know Before Using Award Flight Search Tools\n(09:27) Essential Award Flight Search Tool Features\n(12:34) Why You Should Always Set Flight Alerts\n(14:59) The Best Award Search Tools (April 2024)\n(20:43) How to Find Which Airlines Fly Direct\n(22:45) Paid Features on PointsYeah & AwardTool\n(23:33) Review of point.me\n(32:48) The Impact of Award Flight Search Tools\n(39:11) Roame Travel\n(40:09) Flight Discovery for the Best Deals\n(44:39) Seats.Areo Review\n(53:46) How to get Free Access to point.me\n(55:29) More Flight Tools\n(59:23) ExpertFlyer for Seat Alerts\n(1:00:34) Tools for Trip Monitoring\n\nConnect with All the Hacks\nAll the Hacks:\xa0Newsletter\xa0|\xa0Website\xa0|\xa0Membership\xa0|\xa0Email\nChris Hutchins:\xa0Twitter\xa0|\xa0Instagram\xa0|\xa0Website\xa0|\xa0LinkedIn\n\nEditor\u2019s Note: The content on this page is accurate as of the posting date; however, some of our partner offers may have expired. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post.