Every travel hacker using credit card points for free travel needs to have these set of tools for:

• points searching

• managing flights

• managing credit cards

In each of these buckets there are a variety of programs and tools you can use, so find what's the best for you! Below are our brief descriptions and opintions. 

• Seats.aero - great for finding last-minute point deals on certain programs

• Roame.travel - solid search tool with live searches and Skyview for premium members, which helps with exploring multiple dates and regions 

• Point.me - Somewhat comprehensive and pretty accurate search tool 

• Expert Flyer - Helps track specific flights/routes for the award seats you're looking for

• PointsYeah - Includes flights and hotel point searches and the free account gives free alerts

• AwardHacker - A tool that's gradually become more defunct - it shows the lowest points a route COULD be

• Award Tool - A really new tool that has  a UI similar to Google Flights

For traveling and looking back

• Flighty - IOS only app for now that tracks all your flights and provides live updates

• MyFlightradar24 - an online web application that logs all your flights and provides fun data points

• FlightAware - provides real-time flight alerts

• Plane Finder - Tracks planes and  updates gate information 

For trip planning

• Hopper - Tracks cash flight prices as they fluctuate and alerts you when it's likely a good time to buy

• Google Flights - also includes the ITA Flight Matrics. The basic tool that helps you identify what routes exist and the cash price to compare your points to

• TripIt - A comprehesnive trip planner and tracker 

• Seat Guru - helps you idenitfy which seats on the plane are the best 

• Award Wallet - tracks loyalty points and miles across multiple programs - even tracks when points expire. Has a free/premium version. 

• MaxRewards - Syncs with your credit cards to activate your offers and help you maximize which card to use. Note it has your cards' login info

• Kudos - Part shopping portal, part wallet manager. Has a interesting Dream Wallet tool that can also help you recommend what card to get

• CardPointers - Identifies the best card to use for a category and tracks welcome bonuses

• TravelFreely - Probably has the most popular UI for keeping track of all your credit cards. 

• The Points Guy - Tracks your points and provides redemptoin trips 

• 10x Travel - A newer app that tracks your cards and recommends cards with a focus on travel 

• Excel - or you can be like us and track everything on excel. Reach out to matthew@wuhoogroup.com for a template if you're interested