Affiliate disclosure

Honest about how we make money

This disclosure satisfies U.S. Federal Trade Commission guidance (16 C.F.R. Part 255), UK CMA rules, and comparable disclosure laws around the world. Read this once; then spend your time on the actual tools.

The short version

Some of the links on Pointify Travel \u2014 specifically, links that start with /go/ or that appear on credit-card recommendation modules and deal round-ups \u2014 are affiliate links. If you click through and later take an action (apply for a card, buy points, book a hotel), Pointify Travel Technologies LLC may earn a commission from the partner. You pay the same price either way.There is no upcharge, no hidden fee, and no difference between a link that earns us money and a link that doesn\u2019t.

What affiliate revenue does and does not do

Affiliate revenue is how Pointify pays its bills. Here\u2019s what it changes:

Keeps the consumer product free to search.
Keeps us honest about rating deals \u2014 if we only recommended the highest-paying link, readers would stop trusting us, our traffic would drop, and our commissions would drop with it. The only durable business is one that calls good deals "good" and bad deals "bad."

Here\u2019s what it doesn\u2019t change:

Search rankings. Flight, hotel, car, and cruise results are ranked by value to you \u2014 cash price, cents-per-point, travel time \u2014 not by whether a given result pays us. Affiliate eligibility is never a ranking input.
Buy-points rate calculations. The cents-per-point you see on /points/buy is computed the same way regardless of whether we earn on the click-through.
Editorial coverage. When we write that a sale is a great deal, it\u2019s because the math says so. When we write that a sale is a trap, we say that even if the link pays us.
Your data. We do not sell user data. Ever. Affiliate attribution happens via a short-lived click ID and browser cookie \u2014 partner sites don\u2019t get your email, card, or search history from us.

Who pays us

Our current affiliate relationships include:

Travelpayouts (flight and hotel booking partners, including Booking.com, Hotels.com, Kiwi, and several OTAs)
Points.com (buy-points redirects when programs route through them)
Credit card issuers (American Express, Chase, Capital One, Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Bilt, and others), typically via networks like CardRatings, Impact, and CJ Affiliate
Direct airline and hotel programs where the program runs its own referral scheme

When you click a credit-card "Apply" button on Pointify, the application and approval happen directly between you and the issuer. Pointify never sees your Social Security number, income, or approval status.

How to spot an affiliate link

Affiliate links on Pointify carry the HTML attribute rel="nofollow sponsored"and route through our own /go/<slug> redirect so we can attribute the click fairly. Inline "Apply" and "Check rate" buttons in product-card modules are affiliate links. Links to primary sources (airline websites, program T&Cs, news articles) are never affiliate links.

Questions?

If you think a specific recommendation reads like it\u2019s driven by commission rather than the math, write to support@pointifytravels.com. We take that feedback seriously \u2014 we\u2019d rather change a recommendation than lose your trust.