Updated 3d ago
by borski
travel-hacking-toolkit
AI-powered travel hacking and search with cash, points, miles, and award flights. Drop-in skills and MCP servers for Claude, Codex, and OpenCode.
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- 30 skills (30 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 76 forks (76 forks)
- 3d ago last update (Last updated 3d ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill alliances — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkitcp -r "travel-hacking-toolkit/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/alliances" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the alliances skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md — showing the first 30 of 48 files.
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alliances
Airline alliance membership (Star Alliance, oneworld, SkyTeam) and cross-alliance booking relationships. Maps which loyalty programs book which airlines, including bilateral partnerships outside alliances.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/alliances/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
american-airlines
Check American Airlines AAdvantage balance, elite status, and loyalty points via Patchright. Handles email 2FA with 6-box code entry. Uses persistent browser profiles to skip 2FA on subsequent runs.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/american-airlines/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
amex-travel
Search Amex travel portal for cash prices, MR points pricing, IAP discounts, and FHR/THC hotel benefits via Patchright. Use when comparing pay-with-points portal pricing to award alternatives.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/amex-travel/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
atlas-obscura
Search Atlas Obscura for weird, wonderful, and hidden gem places near any destination. Find the interesting stuff, not boring plaques. Search by coordinates, get full details with descriptions and images.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/atlas-obscura/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
award-calendar
Find the cheapest award dates for a route over a date range. Searches seats.aero across all programs, groups by date, and shows a calendar grid of the best deals. Use when dates are flexible and you want to find the sweet spot.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/award-calendar/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
award-holds
Per-program rules for placing award flights on hold before transferring points. Covers programs with holds (AA, Lufthansa, Flying Blue, Cathay, Turkish, Virgin Atlantic, ANA, Emirates, EVA Air) and those without. Includes transfer-speed reference.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/award-holds/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
award-sweet-spots
Catalog of high-value award redemptions where points dramatically outvalue cash. Tiered by legendary/excellent/good with current rates, devaluation history, and booking caveats. Includes Oceania and South Pacific plays (Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji) and transatlantic business-class sweet spots.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/award-sweet-spots/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
awardwallet
Query AwardWallet for loyalty program balances, elite status, and transaction history. Use when checking points inventory, airline status, or planning trips on points.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/awardwallet/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bilt
Search Bilt Rewards travel portal for cash and Bilt Points pricing on hotels and flights. Public REST API, no auth required. Includes Home Away From Home (HaFH) properties with $300+ benefits.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/bilt/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
booking-guidance
Step-by-step guidance for booking award flights. Covers the hold-before-transfer rule, phone numbers for major programs, and partner award booking workflows.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/booking-guidance/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
cabin-codes
IATA cabin codes (F/J/W/Y) and saver fare class codes (X/I/O) for reading award inventory and determining partner-bookable availability.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/cabin-codes/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
chase-travel
Search Chase UR travel portal via Patchright for cash prices, points pricing, Points Boost offers, and Chase Edit hotel benefits. Use for pay-with-points portal comparison on Sapphire Reserve/Preferred.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/chase-travel/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
compare-flights
Unified flight comparison across cash (Duffel, Ignav), award (seats.aero), and portal (Chase, Amex) sources in parallel. Outputs one table with transfer partner optimization and recommendations.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-flights/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
compare-hotels
Unified hotel comparison across Chase Edit, Amex FHR/THC, metasearch, and Airbnb. Highlights premium program benefits, stacking opportunities, and benefit-adjusted pricing.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
deutsche-bahn
Deutsche Bahn train schedules, journey planning, and departures across Germany and into neighboring countries (Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Belgium). Use for ICE/IC/regional rail planning and airport ground transport (FRA, MUC).
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/deutsche-bahn/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
duffel
Real-time GDS flight search via Duffel API. Accurate per-fare-class pricing, cabin selection, multi-city, time preferences. Primary cash price source. Does not include Southwest.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/duffel/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
fallback-and-resilience
What to do when a tool fails, an API hits a rate limit, or a site blocks scraping. Maps every primary tool to its best fallback so a single failure doesn't block the search.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/fallback-and-resilience/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
flight-search-strategy
Canonical multi-source flight search strategy. Source priority (Duffel, Ignav, Google Flights, Skiplagged, Kiwi, Seats.aero, Southwest), parallel workflow, market selection for international price arbitrage.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/flight-search-strategy/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
gardening
Audit and tend to existing travel reservations. Reads a user-provided reservations file, then systematically checks every booking for price drops, better cabin availability, improved routings, schedule changes, nearby airport alternatives, and award repricing opportunities. Invoke proactively on a regular cadence or when the user says "garden", "check my bookings", "audit reservations", "price dr…
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/gardening/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
getting-started
First-run setup. Detects configured API keys, points to the local setup-keys script for secure key entry, and shows sample prompts scaled to available tools.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/getting-started/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
google-flights
Browser-automated Google Flights search via agent-browser. All airlines including Southwest. Cash prices, schedules, economy/business comparison, market selection.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/google-flights/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
hotel-chains
Maps hotel brand names (Westin, Sheraton, Holiday Inn, etc.) to chain families and loyalty programs. Use when hotel results contain branded properties or deciding whether to check award rates.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/hotel-chains/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
ignav
Fast REST API flight search via ignav.com. Cash prices, booking links, market selection for price arbitrage. Include in every flight search alongside Duffel and other sources.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/ignav/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
lessons-learned
Mandatory pre-flight-search reference. Contains the Seats.aero workflow (pull ALL programs first), source accuracy hierarchy, Southwest/Companion Pass specifics, small-market caveats, and Duffel limitations.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/lessons-learned/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
partner-awards
Loyalty program airline ticketing partnerships (alliance + bilateral). Cross-references credit card currencies to booking programs for award reachability checks.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/partner-awards/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
plan-trip
Guided trip planning workflow. Asks destination, dates, travelers, class, and flexibility, then runs parallel flight/hotel search with cpp math and booking plan.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/plan-trip/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
points-valuations
Cents-per-point (cpp) valuations across major loyalty programs from four publications. Floor/ceiling rules for deciding if a redemption is good or exceptional.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/points-valuations/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
premium-hotels
Search Amex FHR/THC and Chase Edit hotels by city. Compare credits, benefits, and find stacking opportunities across card programs.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/premium-hotels/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
rapidapi
Google Flights Live and Booking.com Live search via RapidAPI. Secondary source for cash flight prices and hotel availability when SerpAPI needs a second opinion.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/rapidapi/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
round-the-world
Round-the-world, Circle Pacific, and distance-based award products across alliances. Covers Star Alliance RTW, oneworld Explorer, Lufthansa M&M, Qantas, Cathay, JAL, Aeroplan, and Iberia charts.
plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/round-the-world/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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