Changelog
What we shipped
Follow our progress as we build the best travel search platform. Every feature, fix, and infrastructure improvement — documented.
300+
Airlines searchable
89
Loyalty programs tracked
8,800+
Airports worldwide
25+
Award sweet spots
New
Deal of the Week, and a home for summer award deals
- A new Deal of the Week page features the single biggest flight discount we are tracking right now, refreshed automatically
- A new Summer 2026 award-deals hub gathers the best summer redemptions — transatlantic business, premium economy, and Star Alliance sweet spots — in one place
New
Helpful nudges at the right moment
- Search a route, come back later, and we will flag it if the price has dropped since you last looked
- When a transfer bonus makes your points worth more this week, your dashboard now points it out
- Been away for a while? We welcome you back and help you pick up where you left off
New
Share the deals you find
- Tap to share any flight deal or mistake fare with friends — they land on a clean page with the route and price
- After you book, an easy way to refer a friend: they get $10 off Pro and you earn $10 when they book
Improved
A simpler sign-up and clearer setup
- Signing up now starts with just your email — the rest comes after, so getting started feels lighter
- Setup now shows exactly what you unlock: a deal digest tuned to your points, price alerts for your home airport, and your own deal pick
- A small search-streak counter on your dashboard to keep the momentum going
Improved
Upgrade right on the page, and a faster homepage
- Upgrading to Pro now happens right on Pointify — the secure payment step appears on the page instead of sending you elsewhere
- The homepage loads noticeably faster
Fix
Real mistake fares are back in the deals feed
- Our deal finder is reliably surfacing real, current mistake fares again across the Deal of the Week and Mistake Fares pages
Improved
A cleaner look on phones and tablets
- Tidied up the top navigation so menus and buttons line up neatly and never get cut off — on phones, tablets, and desktop
- Fixed a few pages that could scroll sideways on a phone, including the blog and the award-chart cards
- Smoother, more even spacing across the site
New
Pointify is now open to everyone
- No more waitlist — sign up with your email and start searching the same day
- Cash searches are unlimited and free for everyone, on every plan
New
Find your booking from the sign-in page
- Booked as a guest? Look up your trip with your confirmation code and email — no account needed
- Opens straight to your full itinerary, e-ticket, and PDF
Fix
Smarter links and clearer search limits
- Round-trip links from emails and saved searches now open as a round-trip search instead of one-way
- Search limits now clearly say they apply to points searches — cash searches are always unlimited
- Airline logos show correctly on co-branded cards like British Airways / Amex
Improved
Faster, steadier search and booking
- Reworked how we talk to airlines and payment partners so searches and bookings stay fast even under heavy load
- Fixes the slowdown behind a reliability hiccup from late May
New
Plan a group trip together, in one place
- Split the cost of a trip fairly and see who owes what — no more spreadsheets or chasing friends for money
- Vote on the dates and destination with built-in polls, so the whole group decides together
- Pool everyone’s points and miles into one shared total, so you can see exactly what an award trip would cost the group
- See how many award seats are actually available for your whole group on a route — not just a single seat
- Share a trip photo album everyone can add to, and (if you opt in) automatically find the photos you’re in
New
Travel guides for students, grads and groups
- New destination guides for spring break, study abroad and away-game weekends
- Group-travel pages for 300+ universities, including fraternity, sorority and Greek-life trips
- Graduation travel packages built for families coordinating a big trip
- Campus group-travel ideas now featured right on the home page
New
More loyalty programs and fresh expert guides
- Added 17 more airline and hotel loyalty programs — we now track 89 programs so more of your points are searchable in one place
- New expert reads: how airlines really price award seats, the fuel-surcharge trap to watch for, how "positioning" flights can unlock a deal, and getting a whole group somewhere on points
Improved
Points and award deals are easier to find
- Award and points deals now show up front and center instead of being buried under cash fares
- Fixed the annoying issue where you had to hit search twice before results appeared
- Searches are steadier — slower searches no longer time out and lose results, and we stopped flashing a false "error" when results actually came through fine
- Expired flight and award fares now refresh on their own, with the airline’s logo shown so you know who you’re flying
New
Add your seat and bags after you book
- Choose your seat and add checked bags right from your itinerary after booking
- Fixed a glitch that was occasionally stopping valid bookings from going through
Improved
Real logos and photos across the site
- Replaced placeholder graphics with the real airline, hotel, loyalty-program and credit-card logos and photos throughout Pointify
- Every article and shared link now gets its own cover image instead of a repeated one
New
World Cup 2026 — be first in line
- New World Cup 2026 hub covering all 16 host cities across the USA, Mexico, and Canada
- Four points-and-miles game plans for getting there, plus a quick FAQ
- Join the early-access list right from the page
Fix
Group-trip photos always load now
- Fixed broken cover images on group trips that did not have a custom photo
- Every group trip now shows a real destination photo, or a clean branded fallback when one is not set
Fix
Contact form reaches us every time
- Fixed a bug that had been silently dropping contact, support, partnership, and press messages since launch
- Your message now saves, routes to the right team, and sends you a confirmation
New
Book without an account
- Check out as a guest with just your email — no account required
- Subscriptions still need an account so we can manage your plan
Fix
Saved routes actually save now
- Fixed saved routes silently failing — the routes you save now stick to your account
Fix
Honest rental detail pages
- Rental pages used to show the same placeholder villa for every listing — they now show the real property, price, and dates
- Booking hands off to the partner with the real price, clearly labeled (for example, "Book on Expedia")
Improved
Redesigned airport transfers page
- A cleaner, photo-led design for our private chauffeur service
- Clear sections for airport pickups, day trips, city-to-city rides, and corporate travel
- Plain-English pricing and a new FAQ
New
Refreshed About page
- A new About page that tells the Pointify story, with our current scale: 300+ airlines, 95 loyalty programs, 1,000+ airports
- Added an "Interested in joining Pointify?" section for people who want to work with us
New
Hotel loyalty program pages
- New pages for 12 hotel groups — Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Wyndham, and more — covering points value, perks, and brands
- Luxury collections without a points program (Four Seasons, Aman, Mandarin Oriental) point you to Amex and Chase luxury booking instead
Improved
Real partner logos
- Added real brand logos for travel-club partners AAA, AARP, Costco, and USAA
New
Live balances in your Wallet
- Your Wallet now shows up-to-date bank balances and a net-worth summary across your linked accounts
- Loyalty programs you link now appear in your Wallet automatically
Improved
Redesigned Settings
- Settings is now a clean, searchable hub with separate pages for your profile, cards, travel preferences, and privacy
- At-a-glance status for each section, like "5 cards linked"
- Deleting your account now asks you to confirm and gives a 30-day grace period
Improved
Stronger security and faster pages
- Tightened access to sensitive account data across the board and fixed everything flagged in our security review
- Tuned the database so pages and searches keep loading fast as we grow
Fix
Clearer, more reliable loyalty syncing
- Loyalty balances now sync the same reliable way for all 95 programs
- Made it clear that bank linking is only used for your Wallet, never for points balances
New
Bigger, searchable loyalty list
- Link any of 95 loyalty programs — 5 banks, 80 airlines, 10 hotels
- Just start typing to find your program instead of scrolling a long list
Improved
Real, properly licensed photos
- Switched to real, properly licensed airline and hotel photography across the site
New
Clearer booking errors with a reference ID
- If a booking hits a snag, you now get a plain-English message and a reference ID you can send to support
- Support can pull up your exact issue instantly from that ID
Fix
Lap-infant bookings and full passenger details
- Fixed lap-infant tickets, which were being rejected every time
- All passenger details — title, middle name, gender, redress number, and passport-issuing country — now carry through to the airline
- Incomplete passport entries get a clear hint before you submit instead of failing mid-booking
Improved
Fuller booking summary
- Each flight now shows its times, duration, stops, flight number, and aircraft
- Clear refund and change rules, with any airline penalty shown in your currency
- Baggage allowance and a full price breakdown (fare, taxes, fees, extras, total)
- Round-trip and multi-city trips label each leg
Improved
Better confirmation page
- After payment you now see your route, flight numbers, and times — not just "Payment Confirmed"
- Every passenger's e-ticket number once the airline issues it
- Both your Pointify reference and the airline confirmation code, and the exact total you paid
Fix
Never double-books
- Closed a rare timing issue that could create two airline bookings for a single payment
Fix
Safari icon and link fixes
- The Pointify icon now shows correctly in Safari tabs and pinned tabs on Mac and iPhone
- Fixed a couple of broken links
New
Live buy-points rate checker + Alaska Atmos deal coverage
- Interactive buy-points rate calculator at /points/buy — dial in the amount you need, see effective cents-per-point with all taxes baked in, click through to the program’s official purchase page
- Covers Alaska Atmos, United, American, Delta, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, JetBlue, Aeroplan, Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, and more
- Each program shows its own prerequisites (account-age, annual cap, how the card codes the purchase) so you can confirm eligibility before buying
- New blog post on the Alaska Atmos Rewards 100% buy-points bonus (active through May 2) with four specific arbitrage itineraries and a stopover deep dive
- Alaska × Hawaiian merger explainer: what happened to your miles, which partners you gained, what the Atmos Rewards rebrand means
- Live deal banner on the homepage and on the Search page, auto-dismissible
Improved
Blog reading experience
- Typographic upgrade across every post: drop-cap on the opening paragraph, serif pull-quotes for key lines, stat-card callouts for the important numbers
- Inline product cards next to every credit card, buy-miles link, or bank mention — so you can evaluate the offer without leaving the article
- Faster filtering on the blog index: search, category tabs, author filter, year filter, read-time buckets, sort by newest / oldest / quick-read / deep-dive
- New grid-and-list view toggle for the blog index
Improved
Navigation and discovery
- New /sitemap page with every public section grouped by topic
- Footer reorganized into five columns with a dedicated Resources section (Status, Sitemap, Roadmap, Transfer Bonuses, Sweet Spots, Visa Checker)
- Destinations page rebuilt: search, region chips, featured-destinations row, A–Z index
- Airlines directory now shows the real airline brand logos instead of IATA-code placeholders
Improved
Seat map and booking polish
- Interactive seat-map view during booking with pricing and availability
- Search results now render return-leg and stopover details, with an option to filter to bookable results only
- Cleaner mobile checkout: native date picker for date of birth, clearer copy on the confirm step
- Cruise search wired to a daily-refreshed inventory source
Improved
Sign-in, security, and reliability
- Faster phone sign-in with fewer steps
- Nothing double-charges or double-books if a payment is retried
- Accessibility and dark-mode polish across 25+ parts of the site
New
Mobile app, iOS TestFlight update
- Passport OCR (scan-to-fill) on the booking form — runs entirely on-device, nothing leaves your phone
- Real Pointify brand mark on the iOS app icon and inside the app
- Trending routes carousel on the mobile search landing
- Account sync-status badges on the Profile screen so you can see which linked programs are fresh and which need a re-link
- Snappier app launch: in-app purchase prompts are now lazy-loaded
New
Live cash booking + points-plus-cash
- Flight bookings with cash now fully live: search, select, book, receive itinerary and e-ticket end-to-end
- Link your bank accounts via a secure provider so Pointify can score the best way to pay (cash / points / mixed)
- Award-availability scanner across major airline and hotel loyalty programs
- Visa requirements checker: pick a passport, pick a destination, see the answer
- Route map view with flight-duration and distance info
Improved
Faster search and cleaner emails
- Cold-start search latency cut dramatically — first result now appears in seconds instead of tens of seconds
- Every transactional email redesigned for better readability on mobile and dark-mode inboxes
Improved
Waitlist and credibility
- Dedicated waitlist page with email capture and live counter
- Partner ecosystem section showcasing airlines and loyalty programs we integrate with
- Mobile navigation, filter bottom-sheets, and card layouts tightened up
New
Search filters, calendar view, compare mode
- Filter results by stops, airline, price range, with clear "active filter" badges
- Calendar fare grid: scan a whole month for the cheapest day to fly
- Compare mode: pick up to 3 flights and see them side by side
- Shareable deal links with a preview card for social
- Fare-score badges (Deal / Mistake Fare) on results so outliers stand out
- Transfer-partner pages with bonus tracking and sweet-spot redemptions
- Honest "Pointify vs the alternatives" comparison page
New
Guides, destination pages, and FAQ
- Airline detail pages with award programs and popular routes
- Route pages with booking tips and price-trend context
- Cabin class deep-dives (economy, business, first)
- Expert guides: how points actually work, mistake fares, best time to book, hidden-city flights
- FAQ with the 20 most-asked questions
- Sitemap expanded so search engines find everything
New
Core product ready
- Flight search across hundreds of airlines with cash prices
- Hotel search with points redemption side-by-side against cash
- Smart sort tabs: Cheapest, Fastest, Best Value
- Command-palette (Cmd+K) quick nav with destinations and shortcuts
- Navigation cleaned up to six focused sections
- Destination detail pages for 50 cities worldwide
New
Deal alerts and post-booking essentials
- Booking confirmation emails with full itinerary summary
- Price-alert subscriptions: pick a route and target price, get notified when it hits
- Honest flight-status badges with real-time data (no padded or outdated estimates)
- Share button on flight cards (native Web Share sheet where supported)
- Recent searches saved locally for fast re-searching
New
Accounts and branding
- Password reset flow with secure email tokens
- Email verification with resend
- Pro and Business plan checkout
- Airline logos attached to every search result for instant recognition
- Honest trust badges: updated daily, data-driven, no signup required to search
New
Current platform foundation
- Everything rebuilt on a single, unified codebase: web, mobile, search, booking, points tools, and the underlying data layer
- Migrated off the previous iteration of the product and onto what we run today
- Goal: make it simple to see whether cash, points, or a mix gets you the better deal — in one search
Improved
A fresh new look
- New Pointify brand color and look across web, mobile, and email
- Cleaner, more readable typography throughout
- A polished dark mode with a matching light theme
Improved
Fifth-generation platform rewrite
- Decision to collapse web, mobile, search, booking, points tools, and the backing data layer into a single unified codebase
- Prior four generations had taught us which pieces had to live together and which could stay independent — this is the architecture we kept
- Six weeks of quiet rebuilds before the March 16 unified platform went live
New
First shareable flight-deal cards
- Flight results became shareable links with a custom preview card for social and iMessage
- Early precursor to the Deal and Mistake-Fare badges that shipped on the current platform
New
Prototype v4: points-aware consumer search
- First serious consumer search: cash prices and award prices on the same row, with a cents-per-point verdict inline
- Sat on top of the same data we were already serving to developer customers through the API
- Closed the loop between search, the points-math calculator, and booking in one flow instead of three separate tabs
Improved
Hotels and award-chart coverage expanded
- Hotel search with points redemption next to cash pricing added to the consumer prototype
- Award-chart data expanded beyond airlines to cover major hotel loyalty programs
New
Consumer beta opens
- First invite-only public beta for a handful of friendly testers — real bookings, real feedback
- Confirmed the central thesis: showing cash and points side-by-side materially changes which ticket people buy
Improved
Expanded API surface
- Broader set of endpoints for flight search, hotel rates, and points-aware pricing available to developer customers
- Heavy internal testing cycles before anything reached the public — most of what you see today was validated against real traffic under the covers first
New
Prototype v3: award-chart comparison tool
- Side-by-side award-chart comparison across major programs — pick a route, see how many miles each program costs
- Still static-data-driven at this stage, but enough to answer "which of my miles is worth the most on this trip" quickly
New
Prototype v2: trip-planning and credit-card matcher
- Added a simple trip-planner on top of the original API — input a budget and a vibe, get a few destination suggestions
- First credit-card recommendation flow: enter what you already hold, see which card gives the biggest marginal value for your next trip
- First version to look and feel like a real product rather than a calculator
Improved
Developer API: expanded data coverage
- Real-time cash-fare lookups added to the points-math endpoints
- Loyalty-program metadata (transfer partners, transfer ratios, monthly promos) cleaned up and exposed uniformly
- Customers at this stage were mostly other travel startups and fintech apps embedding the data inside their own flows
New
First public site and waitlist
- Very first pointifytravels.com site: short landing page, email capture, and a live counter of how many people had already signed up
- No product behind it yet — we were building toward the consumer experience that shipped in 2025
New
First Figma designs
- Spent the summer in Figma instead of code — sketching what a "cash or points" flight search would actually look like for a real traveller
- Decisions made in these mockups (the cpp pill next to each result, the sweet-spot callout, the combined cash-plus-points comparison) are still the defining visual cues on the product today
New
Day one: Pointify starts as a developer API
- Pointify began as a small set of API endpoints other apps could call for points-math and loyalty-program data
- No consumer site yet, no app — just clean data and one honest question: is this trip a better deal in cash or in points?
- Everything on Pointify today is the result of iterating on that original API, testing with real traffic, and gradually learning what a traveller actually wants to see
Upcoming
Coming soon
- Book select hotels directly on Pointify and pay with cash — with your room details, confirmation, and cancellation terms all in one place
- More programs on the buy-points rate checker
- A weekly deal digest email with the best buys we found across the points world
- A growing library of polished, magazine-style travel reads
- A native Android app (iOS is already in TestFlight)
- Points-earning estimator — "if I booked this with card X, how many points would I earn?" — alongside the redemption math
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