An open-source AI travel agent
Travel Hacker searches award and cash fares side by side and tells you which way to pay. Knows your balances, the cents-per-point math, and the sweet spots most people miss. Works just as well on cash. Free. Open source. Runs in Claude, Codex, or OpenCode.
What this is
Most travel AI can write a poem about Tokyo. Travel Hacker finds the cheapest business class seat to Tokyo, calculates cents-per-point on every program that flies the route, and tells you which credit card points to transfer.
It searches award availability across 27 mileage programs at once. Compares cash and points side by side. Pulls your AwardWallet balances automatically. Stacks credit card benefits you forgot you had.
You don't need points to use it. Cash flight search works with no configuration. If you do have points, the toolkit turns them into real savings instead of someday-trips you never book.
How it works
Two commands inside Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode. No config files, no API keys required to start. Run /travel-hacker:getting-started for an optional walkthrough that adds your loyalty programs and unlocks award search.
Type what you want in plain language. "Cheapest business class to Tokyo." "Hotel in Paris with my Amex Platinum benefits." Or run /travel-hacker:plan-trip for a guided trip-planner that asks the right questions in the right order.
Get a recommendation with the math done. Cash equivalent, cents-per-point, transfer instructions, the works.
What it can do
Searches every airline, every fare class, in one shot. Cash and points side by side, with cents-per-point math built in.
Compares Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts, Chase Edit, Booking.com, Airbnb, and corporate-perks portals. Stacks card credits automatically.
Pulls your real balances. Knows transfer ratios, current bonuses, surcharge gotchas, and the sweet-spot redemptions you're sitting on.
Atlas Obscura for the unusual stuff. TripAdvisor for ratings. Plans the experience, not just the logistics.
German trains via Deutsche Bahn. Ferries across 33 countries. Nordic transit. Wikipedia airport routes when fare tools come up empty.
Aircraft seat maps. Cabin comparisons. Visa requirements. EV charger availability. The stuff that ruins or makes a trip.
Try it
Type any of these into your AI. Travel Hacker handles the rest.
"find me the cheapest business class to tokyo in october"
Returns 5+ options across cash, points, and portal pricing. Best cents-per-point flagged.
"what's the best hotel deal in paris for 4 nights with my amex platinum"
FHR properties with breakfast plus $100 credit. Stacks against Chase Edit. Honest comparison.
"find one outsized redemption I'm not using right now"
Cross-references your balances against the legendary-redemptions catalog. Concrete trip suggestions.
"plan a 10-day trip to scandinavia in august on points"
Flights, hotels, transit between cities, hidden gems, the works. Full itinerary with costs.
"should I pay cash or use points for SFO to london in june"
Runs both. Surfaces cents-per-point on each option. Tells you the play with reasoning.
"i need a rental car in san diego, real agency only, mid-size sedan"
Compares Hertz, Avis, National, Enterprise. Factors elite status. Recommends one, with the math.
Install
Free forever. Open source. Most of the toolkit works without API keys.
/plugin marketplace add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit /plugin install travel-hacker@borski
Run inside Claude Code. Restart and you're done.
codex plugin marketplace add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit codex # then run /plugins and install Travel Hacker
Or in the Codex desktop app, open the Plugins UI and add the marketplace from there.
git clone github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit cd travel-hacking-toolkit && ./scripts/setup.sh
For OpenCode users and anyone who wants to hack on it.
How this came to be
In March, I was trying to plan a Scandinavia trip on points. Nothing existed that combined award search, transfer math, and the boring-but-essential stuff like seat maps and ferry schedules. So I wired the agents I was already using into the data sources that mattered.
The Scandinavia trip got booked. Friends asked for the toolkit. I open-sourced it. Same toolkit booked a rental car this morning in San Diego. Three minutes, four agencies compared, elite status applied, insurance stacking factored.
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