Award Travel Finder

What Award Travel Finder MCP server does

The Award Travel Finder MCP server exposes award-travel functions through a hosted MCP endpoint at https://mcp.awardtravelfinder.com/mcp. It is intended for AI assistants that need to search flight awards, compare redemption costs, inspect loyalty-program rates, and organize travel points information.

Coverage includes 28 airlines for individual availability searches, 11 airlines in the combined fan-out search, 23 loyalty programs with award-chart data, and four hotel programs: Marriott, Hilton, IHG, and Hyatt. The repository contains client-facing manifests, plugin metadata, setup files, commands, and skills; the hosted service provides the MCP functionality.

How it works

An MCP client connects to the remote endpoint and invokes tools for a specific route, date, airline, program, currency, or account-related task. search_availability checks one airline, while search_all_airlines searches the supported fan-out group in one request. search_monthly_availability checks each day in a month, and search_hybrid handles cash-and-points combinations.

Other tools return route pricing, complete program award charts, estimated points valuations, transfer routes from cards, and comparisons of transfer options. Hotel searches cover award nights, while portfolio and booking tools expose tracked balances and trip-log functions. The service also includes status-match information.

The Award Travel Finder MCP server can be inspected before authentication: an MCP tools/list request returns the tool catalogue without signing in. Award inventory is sparse, so an empty result can indicate that no seats were available rather than a failed search.

Setup and configuration

Use the hosted URL directly in clients with native remote-MCP support. For clients that require a local command configuration, use npx mcp-remote with the hosted endpoint. Claude Code has a plugin installation flow, and Gemini CLI or Antigravity can install the repository as an extension. Client-specific instructions are maintained at the provider's MCP setup page.

Authentication uses OAuth 2.1. Do not add Authorization or X-API-Key headers; an old static header can override the OAuth token and cause authentication failures. A free account supports everyday trip planning, while premium access adds unlimited searches and every cabin.

Tools and capabilities

The Award Travel Finder MCP server includes tools for:

• Searching one airline, multiple airlines, or a full month of dates.
• Checking cash-and-points options and route award pricing.
• Reading award charts and points valuations.
• Finding and comparing card-to-program transfer paths.
• Checking elite status-match opportunities.
• Searching hotel award nights across four programs.
• Viewing tracked points balances and recording flight bookings.

The repository also documents task skills for trip planning, portfolio review, transfer-bonus evaluation, booking checklists, hotel price monitoring, status matching, group travel, alerts, and award changes. These skills require the MCP connector.

Limitations and notes

The repository is not the implementation of the hosted service. It publishes the MCP registry manifest, client configurations, plugin files, commands, skills, and related metadata. Actual searches depend on the service's supported coverage and the availability returned by participating programs.

The README contains differing airline counts in its high-level description and detailed coverage section; the detailed section lists 28 airlines for single-airline searches and 11 for the fan-out tool. The current tool table describes the combined search as covering nine airlines, so verify live tool metadata when exact fan-out coverage matters.

Account-related tools such as portfolio and booking records also presume that the relevant tracked information exists in the service.