Before we show you flights, here's the whole game in plain English. No jargon, no homework. By the end you'll read a results page like a pro.
Almost everything you'll hold is one of these. The difference matters when it's time to book.
Credit-card points like Chase UR or Amex MR. Flexible — you can move them to lots of different airlines.
Points that live inside one airline's program. Useful, but locked to that airline and its partners.
We call it cents per point (CPP) — how many cents of value each point buys you in a booking. Same flight, two ways to pay:
Every program has a baseline — roughly what a point is worth on an average day (Chase UR is about 1.7¢). Compare it to the CPP of the flight in front of you.
The flight gives more value than your points are usually worth. Spend them — that's a great redemption.
You'd be under-selling your points. Pay cash and save them for a trip where they work harder.
Award booking is three steps. Compair hands you the exact path — you stay in control of your points the whole way.
Move card points to the airline that flies your route — usually 1:1 and instant.
Make sure the award seat is there before you transfer — transfers are one-way.
Ticket the flight with the airline within 24 hours and you're set.
Two kinds of points, CPP tells you what they're worth, burn when it beats cash, and book in three steps. Now let's find you a flight — and the concierge can explain anything, anytime.