AirClx
From the founder

I have 26 credit cards. This is the tool I needed.

I run a few companies, and somewhere along the way I ended up with 26 credit cards. Amex, Chase, Capital One, Citi, Bilt, Wells Fargo, and a stack of cobrands I forget I am holding. Every one of them earns points, and every program plays by different rules.

Here is what nobody tells you. Amex transfers to Air Canada Aeroplan at one to one, but to JetBlue at zero point eight. Chase and Bilt are the only way I can reach United. American only comes from Citi. Delta only comes from Amex. Alaska only comes from Bilt. Half the time there is a transfer bonus running, and I find out about it a week after it ends.

So when I actually wanted to fly somewhere, I was staring at six loyalty dashboards and a spreadsheet, trying to work out which card got me the seat for the fewest points. Miss one ratio or one bonus and you overpay by tens of thousands of miles without ever knowing.

I built AirClx because I was tired of doing that math by hand. You tell it where and when. It searches award space across the programs, prices every result in the points you actually hold, applies the live bonuses, and shows you the cheapest way to book. That is the whole idea.

Nour, founder of AirClx

Why this is hard

Every program is reachable from a different card

The assumption that every card transfers to every airline is wrong, and it is the single most expensive mistake in points travel. Here is who actually reaches who.

United MileagePlusChase and Bilt only
American AAdvantageCiti only
Delta SkyMilesAmex only
Alaska Mileage PlanBilt only
Air Canada AeroplanAmex, Chase, Capital One, Bilt
Virgin Atlanticalmost everyone, ratios vary

How it works

01

Search award availability across many airline programs at once, by route, date range, and cabin.

02

We price every result in your transferable points, using the real transfer ratios and any bonus that is live.

03

Book through the program that costs you the fewest points, and set an alert so we keep watching the route after you leave.

The transfer optimizer

Most tools show you the miles price and stop there. AirClx goes one step further. For each award it works out which of your card currencies can reach the booking program, applies the real transfer ratio, adds any active transfer bonus, and ranks every result by the points it would actually cost you. The cheapest path wins, not the loudest one.

Sweet spots

The kind of result AirClx surfaces

SFO to LHR
Business, one way
55,000
points
Amex MR to Aeroplan
JFK to CDG
Economy, one way
25,000
points
Chase UR to Aeroplan
LAX to NRT
Business, one way
47,500
points
Amex MR to Virgin Atlantic
SEA to ICN
First, one way
70,000
points
Bilt to Alaska

Illustrative examples of the cheapest path AirClx finds. Live availability and prices change; run a search to see what is bookable today.

The points you already hold

Amex Membership RewardsChase Ultimate RewardsCapital OneCiti ThankYouBiltWells Fargo

We track which of these transfer to aeroplan, united, american, delta, alaska, virginatlantic and the rest, at what ratio, and when a bonus is live. The matrix is maintained by hand and verified, because a stale ratio quietly corrupts the answer.

Programs we book through

aeroplanunitedamericandeltaalaskavirginatlanticflyingblueaviancabritish_airwaysanaand more
Set it and forget it

Watch a route and we will tell you when it opens

Award space appears and disappears in minutes. Save a route, a date window, and a cabin, and AirClx keeps checking. The moment a seat opens that you can book with your points, you get an email. It keeps watching until you tell it to stop.

Start a search

Pricing

Free

Cached search across a short date window, with a couple of route alerts to get you started.

Pro

Wider date windows, the full 60 day region search, more alerts, and live search when it lands.

Questions

The short answers

Do I need to connect my airline or card accounts?

No. You tell AirClx which card currencies you hold, and it prices results against those. There is nothing to link.

Where does the availability come from?

Award space is sourced from a licensed data provider. We never scrape airline sites or other tools. The transfer matrix is our own, maintained by hand and verified.

Why is the cheapest result not always the obvious airline?

Because the cost depends on your cards. A program you can reach at a transfer bonus often beats a lower sticker price you would have to overpay to reach.

Is it free?

There is a free tier with a short search window and a couple of alerts. Pro widens the window, opens the full region search, and adds more alerts.

Stop doing the math by hand.

Search award space across every program at once, and book it with the fewest of the points you already hold.

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