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The Award Seat Scout

For when you've got points and don't know how to spend them well. Pairs with seats.aero — the prompt tells you exactly what to search for.

Paste this with your points and route

I have [NUMBER] points in [PROGRAMMES — e.g. Avios, RevPoints] and I want to fly [ORIGIN] to [DESTINATION] in business class around [DATES / MONTH].

Tell me:
1. Which airlines and alliances my points can actually book, including transfer partners.
2. A realistic points price for this route, and which programme is the sweet spot to book through.
3. The taxes and surcharges I should expect per airline — flag any that are notoriously high.
4. A step-by-step plan: what to search on seats.aero, what to set alerts for, and when to transfer points (never before finding the seat).

Rule: never suggest I spend extra money to earn more points.

The rule that protects you

Never transfer points before you've found the seat. Transfers are one-way — if the availability disappears, your points are stranded in a programme you can't use. Find the seat on seats.aero first, then move the points, then book. In that order, every time.

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