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Hotels
World of Hyatt Marriott Bonvoy Hilton Honors IHG One Rewards iPrefer Choice Privileges
How it works
See Award Buddy in action
Award Buddy searches months of award availability — pulling real-time data directly from the airline — and shows you exactly when seats are open.
Browse award seat availability across entire months at a glance. Some programs pull live data; others read cached calendars — click any date to confirm with a Live Search.
Search on the hotel's website as usual — Award Buddy adds a button to each result. Click it to instantly see months of point pricing on a color-coded calendar.
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Connect your account
One-time setup. Award Buddy captures a session token from the airline page — no passwords stored, no data leaves your browser.
Award Buddy
FlightsHotels
AV
CXCathay
JL
CI
BR
JX
AS
Live Search
Fast Calendar View
✓
Open Cathay Pacific
Tab opened
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Log in & search any flight
Any route and date is fine
Check login →
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Connect
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Set route & date range
Pick origin, destination, cabin class, and a date range. Hit search — Award Buddy does the rest.
Award Buddy
FlightsHotels
AV
CXCathay
JL
CI
BR
JX
AS
Live Search
Fast Calendar View
From
HKG — Hong Kong
To
LHR — London
Dates
📅 Apr 1 – May 31, 2026
Cabin:
Search 61 days
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See results & book
Click any date to expand flight details — segments, cabin, miles cost, and a direct link to book on the airline's site.
Award Buddy
FlightsHotels
AV
CXCathay
JL
CI
BR
JX
AS
Live Search
Fast Calendar View
FJY
12 dates found
Date
Flight
Time
F
J
Apr 2026
Apr 4
CX251
00:05→06:20 13h15m
2
4
→
CX251HKG 00:05 → LHR 06:20Fnon-stop
Apr 7
CX239+CX251
22:30→06:20 15h50m
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2
→
Apr 11
CX251
00:05→06:20 13h15m
1
3
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Browse the monthly calendar
Green cells have award seats. Each cell shows which cabins are open. Scroll through months without running individual searches.
Award Buddy
FlightsHotels
AV
CXCathay
JL
CI
BR
JX
AS
Live Search
Fast Calendar View
April 2026 · HKG → LHR
Su
Mo
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We
Th
Fr
Sa
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2
Biz
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FirstBiz
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Biz
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Biz
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First
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Click a date to run Live Search
Spot a promising date? Click it — Award Buddy switches to Live Search and fetches real-time flight details for that day.
Award Buddy
FlightsHotels
AV
CXCathay
JL
CI
BR
JX
AS
Live Search
Fast Calendar View
April 2026 · HKG → LHR
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
1
2
Biz
3
4
FirstBiz
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Biz
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Apr 4 — Live search results✕
Flight
Time
F
J
CX251
00:05→06:20 13h15m
2
4
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Search on the hotel site
Search normally on the hotel's official website. Award Buddy injects an "Award Buddy" button into every hotel listing in the search results.
🏨
Kimpton Da An Hotel
★★★★★88 reviews
1.15 mi from city center
From284USD
258 room + 26 fees per night
AWARD BUDDY
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Click "Award Buddy" to see months of availability
Award Buddy pulls point costs and displays them on a color-coded calendar — green for cheap, red for expensive. Pro users can filter by room type or FNA (Free Night Award) to find nights that fit your certificate.
Award Buddy
FlightsHotels
HYMAHIIHIPCH
Kimpton Da An Hotel
Hotel code
TPEKM
Month
April 2026
Duration
6 months
Nights
1
Search
849 results
CalendarTable
LowHigh
April 2026
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Why Award Buddy
Built different from the start
Other Mileage Sites
Seats.aero · Point.me
👤
Your Browser
Send query
passes to
🖥️
Their Server
Fetches from airline on your behalf
middleman
queries
✈️
Airline
Returns availability
⚠️ Falls back to cached data when server is busy. Can't support login-required programs.
Award Buddy
Chrome Extension
🖥️
Award Buddy Server
(parse data)
parse data
👤
Your Browser + Award Buddy
Using your login
queries directly
✈️
Airline
Returns availability
real-time
✅ Always real-time. Unaffected by others' server load. Supports login-required programs.
Manual Search
Airline website, yourself
👤
Your Browser
One day at a time
direct
🖥️
No middleman server
100% real-time data
queries
✈️
Airline
Returns availability
real-time
⚠️ Accurate, but you click through every date one by one.
Award Buddy queries airlines directly from your browser — no third-party servers in the middle. Real-time results, always, and support for programs that need a personal login session.
Manual searching is accurate but slow. Award Buddy's Fast Calendar and Live Search scan months of availability in seconds — not hours.
Supported Programs
Everything you can search
Search directly from your browser — real-time, accurate, and fast.
Program
Live Search
Fast Calendar
Partner tickets
LifeMiles · Avianca AV
✓
✓ Cached
✓
Asia Miles · Cathay Pacific CX
✓
✓ Cached
✓
Mileage Bank · Japan Airlines JL
✓
✓ Live
—
Dynasty Flyer · China Airlines CI
✓
✓ Live
—
Infinity MileageLands · EVA Air BR
✓
✓ Live
—
COSMILE · Starlux Airlines JX
✓
✓ Live
—
Mileage Plan · Alaska Airlines AS
✓
✓ Live
✓
† Partner award tickets are searchable on Asia Miles, LifeMiles, and Alaska Mileage Plan. All other programs search own-metal award seats only.
Program
Calendar View
Table View
Length of Stay
FNA Filter
World of Hyatt
✓
✓
✓
—
Marriott Bonvoy
✓
✓
—
✓
Hilton Honors
✓
✓
✓
—
IHG One Rewards
✓
✓
✓
✓
iPrefer
✓
✓
—
—
Choice Privileges
✓
✓
—
—
† Length of Stay filtering is supported by Hyatt, Hilton, and IHG. Click any calendar date to open the booking page with the correct check-in/check-out dates.
Advanced filters — miles cap, Free Night Cert match
Multi-city search
Search history
Priority support
Early access to new programs
FAQ
Common questions
Anything else? Reach out via the contact form below.
For flights: Asia Miles (Cathay Pacific), Mileage Bank (Japan Airlines), LifeMiles (Avianca), Dynasty Flyer (China Airlines), Infinity MileageLands (EVA Air), COSMILE (Starlux Airlines), and Mileage Plan (Alaska Airlines). For hotels: World of Hyatt, Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton Honors, IHG One Rewards, iPrefer, and Choice Privileges. More programs are on the roadmap — Pro subscribers get early access.
No — Award Buddy finds available dates and gives you a direct link to the airline's booking page. You complete the booking yourself on the airline's website.
Award Buddy works as a Chrome extension and makes requests directly from your browser — using your own airline login session. No data passes through our servers. The results you see are the same ones the airline's own website shows you.
No. Award Buddy never sees your password. It captures a short-lived session token from the airline page — the same kind your browser already uses — and discards it when the session expires. Nothing is sent to our servers.
Award Buddy sends the raw response from the airline's search API to our servers for parsing. The parsed results are then returned and displayed to you. This approach lets us quickly adapt to any changes on the airline's website, keeping your experience reliable and up to date.
Different airlines have varying tolerances for high-volume award search activity. Querying a large number of dates with this tool could get your account flagged, potentially affecting your account access and the miles inside it. We recommend registering a separate mileage account to use with Award Buddy, then completing the actual booking through your main account. We've built in protective measures to reduce the risk of triggering anomaly detection from overly rapid queries. That said, some risk remains — we are unable to assist with account recovery or provide compensation for any account issues arising from the use of Award Buddy.
It depends on the program. Japan Airlines, China Airlines, EVA Air, Starlux Airlines, and Alaska Airlines query live availability in Fast Calendar — what you see reflects current seat inventory. LifeMiles and Asia Miles read from the airline's cached availability calendar, which is updated less frequently than the real-time booking engine. For those two programs, use Live Search to confirm before booking.
There are a few reasons this can happen. Although Live Search pulls real-time data, award seats are limited — by the time you go to book, someone else may have already claimed them. Airlines can also show "phantom" availability: seats that appear in search results but can't actually be ticketed. We recommend booking as soon as you spot an available seat. If you're using Fast Calendar View with LifeMiles or Asia Miles, note that their calendars are updated periodically rather than in real time — they may not reflect current availability. Click a specific date to run a Live Search and confirm before booking. Japan Airlines, China Airlines, EVA Air, Starlux, and Alaska Airlines use live calendar data.
The Free plan gives you access to all 13 programs with usage limits: Live Search covers 7 days per search within 90 days, and Calendar View shows 3 months. Pro removes all limits — unlimited search days, full calendar range, multi-city search, search history, and priority support.
Subscription fees are generally non-refundable. If you cancel, you keep access until the end of your billing period. Because Award Buddy connects to third-party airline and hotel websites, these sites may change at any time, and we reserve the right to add or remove supported programs accordingly — service disruptions caused by such changes are not grounds for a refund. Refunds may be considered only if a bug in our own code prevented you from using the service, or if you were charged in error. To request a refund, contact us at [email protected] within 7 days of the charge. See our Refund Policy for full details.
Award Buddy tries to guide you through common issues with on-screen prompts. Typical causes include: an expired airline login session (re-login and try again), triggering the airline's rate-limiting by searching too many dates at once, or a mileage program that requires its search page to stay open while Award Buddy runs. In rare cases, the airline may have updated their website in a way that breaks our parser — this is outside our control, but we fix these as quickly as possible. If you're still stuck, please use the support form below.
We're working to cover as many programs as possible, with priority given to popular mileage programs that other tools on the market can't search. If you'd like us to support a specific program, consider subscribing to Pro to support our work — and let us know which program you want via the support form below.
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Asia Miles · Cathay Pacific 
Mileage Bank · Japan Airlines 
LifeMiles · Avianca 
Dynasty Flyer · China Airlines 
Infinity MileageLands · EVA Air 
COSMILE · Starlux 
Mileage Plan · Alaska Airlines 
World of Hyatt 
Marriott Bonvoy 
Hilton Honors 
IHG One Rewards 
iPrefer 
Choice Privileges