Seats.aero is a fast, dedicated search engine for award travel, designed to help frequent flyers and points enthusiasts find the best flights using loyalty program miles and points. Unlike general flight search tools, seats.aero focuses exclusively on award availability, searching dozens of airlines and programs simultaneously to surface business class, first class, and economy award seats in real time.
The platform offers a free tier with no registration required, giving any user access to award availability for flights departing within the next two months. For those who want deeper access, the PRO subscription at $9.99/month unlocks up to 12 months of availability across all routes, advanced filters, SMS alert notifications, live search, and access to GDS-powered tools including a fare class viewer, seat map viewer, and a PRO fares viewer. The AI-powered assistant helps users plan trips and configure alerts conversationally.
Seats.aero supports a wide range of specific airline tools, including finders for ANA First Class, JAL First Class, Lufthansa First Class, Qatar Qsuites, Emirates upgrades, Delta One, JetBlue Mint, United PlusPoints, Etihad First Class, Air Canada eUpgrades, and Alaska upgrades. The Explore tool lets users click any airport and immediately view all award departures and arrivals, sortable by cabin class. Multi-city airport codes like LON or EUR allow broad regional searches in a single query.
- Free forever: Core search, explore, and 2-month alerts require no account
- PRO plan: $9.99/month for 12-month availability, SMS alerts, live search, and GDS tools
- AI Assistant: Conversational trip planning and alert setup
- As seen in: The Points Guy, Bloomberg, NerdWallet, Upgraded Points, Frequent Miler
- Community: Active Discord server and Facebook group for deal sharing and travel discussion
Seats.aero also provides an affiliate program, a public API for developers, a points-vs-cash calculator, a Great Circle Map tool, visa check via Timatic integration, and a hotel search companion at rooms.aero. The platform states it is not affiliated with any airline and that data is periodically refreshed. It is best suited for travelers who already hold points or miles and want a systematic, fast way to find premium award availability before it disappears.