Know your date
The month your balance finally clears the moving cost of your trip.
TRAVEL REWARDS, PROPERLY PRICED
Your points are not savings.
They are a depreciating asset.
See the month your balance finally covers the trip — and what the wait costs to get there.
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THE COST OF WAITING
Two lines.
One honest answer.
Enter your balance and a trip in both points and cash. Points Compass plots what you will hold against what the trip will cost. Where the lines meet is the earliest month you can book.
The gap before that month is priced in dollars, split between award inflation and devaluation.
Booking windowOctober
PROJECTED BALANCETRIP COST
Waiting cost$412
Time to book8 months
VerdictHold, for now
HONEST IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
Sometimes, the right move
is to keep waiting.
When your miles have gained value or the award price has stayed flat, Points Compass says so. When points are the expensive way to buy the trip, it tells you to pay cash.
Price the drift
See what each currency is shedding in dollars every month.
Protect the balance
Find hard expiry cliffs, last safe reset dates, and the cost of missing one.
Choose cash or points
Compare this redemption with simply paying cash, using assumptions you control.
PRIVATE
BY DESIGN
BY DESIGN
NO CONNECTIONS. NO BLACK BOX.
Your travel plans stay yours.
There is no airline login, hotel login or bank connection. The app is not connected to any of them and never asks.
HOW THIS WAS WORKED OUT
Starting balance142,500 pts
Monthly earning rate+4,200 pts
Award inflation7.2% annual
Estimated waiting cost$412.00
Every figure is arithmetic you can see. Every assumption is editable.
CHOOSE YOUR DEPTH
The free plan is not a demo.
It prices one trip completely, end to end, including the part this app exists for.
POINTS COMPASS
Free
$0 forever
- One complete trip projection
- Booking month and waiting cost
- Cash-versus-points verdict
- Transparent, editable assumptions
FOR THE FREQUENT FLYER
POINTS COMPASS PRO
Plan every trip.
$4.99 / month
or $39.99 per year · 7-day free trial for eligible accounts
- Unlimited trips side by side
- Burn order, with every reason
- Transfer paths and full history
- Complete, graded decision log
- A plain-English second opinion
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