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Find Flights for Me, a source behind some of the best business and first class award availability I’ve shared here, has launched a paid email subscription. For $119.99 a year, their Find Flights for Me Club sends award deals with the available dates, which points to use, and instructions for actually booking the tickets.
They’ve flagged Qatar Qsuites, Japan Airlines business class, and Cathay Pacific first class space. I wanted to give their new service some attention because they’ve been doing useful work for quite some time.
I’ve Been Sharing Their Finds For Years
Here are a few of the opportunities I’ve written about that came from Find Flights for Me:
In the comments on that Japan Airlines post, one reader reported booking two roundtrips between Chicago and Tokyo for 120,000 miles per person. Other readers reported that they couldn’t find space. Getting the alert sooner can make a real difference. The person behind Find Flights for Me is Alec Legg, who left his Wall Street job after nearly seven years to work on this full time. He started posting deals in 2023. In explaining the subscription, he says he wanted to devote his full effort to the service before charging for it.
What The Subscription Includes
They tell me to expect an average of at least three business and first class award deals per week, focused on major North American cities and long haul international travel. Each alert includes:
- The exact dates they’ve found with award availability.
- Which airline miles and credit card points you can use.
- Step-by-step booking instructions, including whether to book online or call.
- Relevant transfer bonuses and advice on which program to book through, taking account of both price and cancellation rules.
Their pitch is getting difficult awards out quickly, before the opportunity has been widely circulated. That’s a sensible focus when there may only be a couple of seats on each flight.
I’ve also covered their tips for finding cheaper Air France KLM awards by searching connecting itineraries. A flight to Paris could cost fewer miles when booked as part of a trip to Spain. The details of how you search and which program you use can be as valuable as knowing that seats have opened up.
You book the tickets yourself, using your own loyalty accounts. This is an alert subscription, with instructions, rather than someone handling a custom award booking for you.
Who I’d Consider This For
I’ve written favorably about Thrifty Traveler’s alerts and shared finds from Spencer Howard’s Straight to the Points. There’s value in having someone look for opportunities you wouldn’t have known to search for.
And I’ve covered Points Path’s tools for tracking specific flights and more flexible searches, too. If you need a particular destination on particular dates, monitoring that trip is better than waiting for it to turn up in a general newsletter.
Find Flights for Me makes the most sense if you’ve accumulated points with programs like American Express, Bilt, Capital One, Chase or Citi, and can build a trip around an opportunity. You don’t need to want every deal, just to come across an occasional one you can use.
They don’t currently offer a departure-city filter. Their explanation is that scarce awards can be worth traveling to another city to catch. Living in Austin, I understand the appeal of a great international award out of Dallas or Houston.
$119.99 Per Year, With 60 Days To Try It
The annual subscription costs $119.99, or about $10 per month paid upfront. Monthly membership is $14.99.
Annual subscribers can request a full refund within 60 days of signing up, no questions asked, by emailing support [at] findflightsfor.me. Monthly subscriptions aren’t refundable. Cancellation instructions are included in the emails.
For someone with points to spend and flexibility to act, one useful premium cabin booking can easily justify $120. The value is finding a trip you’d actually take, or saving hours searching for one. I wouldn’t measure it against a $10,000 retail fare you’d never have paid.
There’s also still a free weekly newsletter with a points and miles recap and one free award deal, if you’d like to see their work before subscribing.
