An airplane wing above the clouds at dusk
Virgin Atlantic on ANA · 52.5k pts
Worth 5.0¢ a point against the $2,745 fare
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The best trip for the least effort. Points or Cash checks award seats, cash fares and your transfer partners, weighs the hours and the hassle, and tells you which way to pay.

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Shinjuku at night

Finds the seat your points can reach.

Award space across airline programs, nearby airports and flexible dates, matched to the points you actually hold and where they transfer.

Morning light through airplane cabin windows

Weighs value, hours and hassle.

Every option priced in cents per point against the real cash fare, with the fees, the connections and the time it costs you. Then one clear answer.

The Na Pali coast of Kauai

Guides you to the gate, calmly.

The exact transfer to make and when, the lounges your cards open on the way, and what to do if a flight changes. You stay in control of every step.

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Compare

Cash, awards and your card's portal side by side, in cents per point.

Transfer

Which of your points go where, at what ratio, and whether you have enough.

Lounges

The lounges your cards open at every airport on the trip.

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Guides to the points you hold.

Shows its working. Never moves your points.

The math, in full

Cash price, miles, fees and the cents per point they come to. Check it in ten seconds.

Fresh and complete

When each award seat was last seen, which programs were searched, and which weren't.

You make the transfer

Points or Cash prepares the steps. You confirm the seat and transfer when you book.

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Overwater villas in the Maldives

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