Since its time of introduction, Seats.aero has changed the international award travel for miles & points enthusiasts. I have compared Seats.aero with two other programs in my earlier post (review).
Premium Flight Award Search Engine Master Comparison
| Parameter | Seats.aero | Pointsyeah | AwardTool |
| Support for Domestic Connecting Flights | No | Yes | Yes |
| International Nonstop Flights | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Region-based search using the same search bar (e.g., USA or Europe) | Yes | No (regions allowed only under Panorama Search) | No (regions only allowed under Daydream Explorer) |
| Create custom region codes | Yes | No | No |
| Bookmark your favorite searches with preserved filtering criteria | Yes | No | No |
| "Search From" Airport Code Limit | Unlimited | 2 | 16 |
| "Search To" Airport Code Limit | Unlimited | 2 | 16 |
| Max Number of search days | Multi-Airport/Region: +/- 28 days. Single Airport/Region Search : +/- 180 days. | 8 days with next/prev option | 16 days (with 1+1 from/to airports); 4 days (with 2+2 from/to airports); 1 day with multiple from/to airport codes. |
| Ability to choose minimum number of seats | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to choose flight duration | Yes (only after selecting "Show Individual Flights"). | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to choose number of flight connections | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flight Connection Time Limiter | No | No | Yes |
| Ability to choose alliances (e.g., Oneworld) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to choose Airline Programs (e.g., Aeroplan) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to choose flight carrier (e.g., JAL) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to choose Credit Card Transfer Partners (e.g., Amex) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Premium Cabin % Limiter | None | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to see ECO, BUS & FIRST Award Space next to each other | Yes. They appear in vertical columns next to each other. | Must select each class individually | Extensive with "give me all" option. |
| Max Taxes Limiter | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Points Limiter | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Choose Arrival & Departure Times | No | Yes | Yes |
| Select Type of Aircraft | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Number of Search Days with Daydream Explorer | N/A | 60 days with next/prev option | N/A |
| Max Number of Search Days with Panaroma | N/A | N/A | 90 days |
| True Calendar Result View | No | No | Yes |
| Number of alerts | Unlimited | 32 | 35 |
| Specialized Tools | ANA First Class finder, Delta One finder, Lufthansa First Class finder, Qatar Q-suite finder | None | None |
| Premium Membership Price | $9.99/month or $99.99/year | $12.99/month or $109.99/year | $10.99/month or $84.99/year |
| Hotel Award Support | Yes (Hyatt, Hilton, IHG & Marriott) | Yes (Hyatt, Hilton, IHG & Marriott); Mr & Mrs Smith and FHR properties. | Yes (Hyatt, Hilton, IHG & Marriott) |
| Region Based Hotel Award Search | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discord Community | Yes | No | No |
| Discord Large Seat Releases | Yes | No | No |
Preserve custom filters in your bookmarks
The coolest feature on Seats.aero is where you can customize all the filters (e.g., duration, number of connections, total points etc) and bookmark the search page.
To be able to see the sub-menu you must check the box “Show Individual Flights” above the search tab (see image below).
How useful are custom search bookmarks?
I have over 30 friends and family members who depend on me to help plan their trips and it saves me a lot of time to create custom search filters and bookmark them to repeat search at a later time.
Can other programs retain custom search parameters in bookmarks?
Both Awardtool.com and Pointsyeah.com do not save custom search filter parameters when you bookmark them. I have reached out to both the developers and will update this post when they make the feature available.