point.me

point.me operates a consumer search and booking platform for award air travel. Travelers enter an origin, destination and date and the platform searches across more than 150 credit card, airline and loyalty programs in a single query, returning live award availability rather than cached or advertised fares. The company states most search results are returned in under 20 seconds and that users can spend up to 90% fewer points than through credit card travel portals.

Beyond search, the product includes an interactive deals map called Explore for browsing award availability across destinations and date ranges, price alerts, a "My Points" dashboard that consolidates balances across credit card and airline programs, and side-by-side comparisons of cash prices, credit card travel portal prices and point-transfer options. A distinguishing element described on the site is step-by-step transfer and booking instructions covering major credit card and loyalty programs. For travelers who prefer not to self-serve, point.me offers an award travel specialist service in which staff research, transfer points and complete bookings on the customer's behalf, positioned for complex multi-city itineraries, last-minute business travel, first-time points users and high-value redemptions.

Business model

Membership-based access to the award search platform, with a free tier for the Explore deals map and paid sign-up required for unlimited real-time search and member features; an assisted booking service staffed by award travel specialists is offered alongside the self-service product.

Consumer subscription/membership fees for platform access, plus a service offering in which award travel specialists handle research, point transfers and booking.

Traction

The company states that over 2 million travelers have used point.me for award flights.