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We'll help you get *lots* of them in economy or business ", "body": "# **TL;DR**\n\n[Pointhound](https://pointhound.com) helps you earn and redeem your credit card points for free flights to amazing destinations 🛫🏝️🗼\n\nIf you’re like us and like the idea of getting free flights _for free_, read on! 👇\n\n# **🤫 The situation — and a big secret**\n\n120m Americans have credit cards, but almost none of us know how to use them or which one(s) to get. We think that cash back cards are the best because they give us, well, cash back.\n\nThe reality is, instead of cash back, earning **points** when you spend will get you _far, far_ greater ROI than cash back — upwards of 10-15x, in fact, when you use your points to book flights.\n\nBook flights with points, you say? How do I do that? Great question: by **transferring** **your points** from your credit card portal (like Amex) to an airline (like Delta) and booking with an airline.\n\nExample: let’s say you found a flight that retails for $1000. If you booked that flight through your credit card’s travel portal, it would cost you 100,000 points (or $0.01 per point — the industry standard). By transferring your points from your credit card’s portal to the airline flying the route, it might only cost you 90,000 points. Not bad.\n\nBut If you booked the Delta flight through their partner, Air France-KLM’s website, **it might only cost you 10,000 points** — 10x cheaper!\n\n_Yup, really._\n\n![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Ybt3eTOD1Q5hY_qPmvTpU0Zr7PRHjgPk-esFb3v5pENdVIscLo6Nx1UQmHWCtw09Xl7m_Se3vOw4U-jXu-l7ChWZlejksxzGW-q-NmmL7Hm9YO5ECgCUfjRvBkq6TKvypbtIQpBDP0ozp8En53VjWSw)\n\n# **❌ The problem**\n\nOk, so now we understand that earning points are better than cash back, let’s talk about the problem:\n\n* Figuring out which point-earning credit card(s) to sign up for is complex.\n* Knowing which card you should use to maximize the points you **earn** is even more complex.\n* And figuring out how to **redeem** your hard-earned points for good, no, _great_ value may be the most complex.\n\nSure, there are the blogs and content-heavy websites that _try_ to help you navigate the world of points. But they require you to read and digest thousands of full-length articles to understand what to do.\n\nAnd there are a few companies who have built flight search tools for points, but none seem to holistically address the complexities of both **earning** points and **redeeming** those points. Oh, and they also charge you a monthly fee.\n\n# **✅ The solution — Pointhound**\n\n[Pointhound](http://pointhound.com) is a _completely free_ way to help you earn and redeem your points for free flights 🏝️☀️\n\nOur goal is simple: to simplify the complex world of credit card points and airline miles. We do this by providing our users with a few delightfully designed tools. Our tools help you:\n\n**Redeem your points**. Not sure how to use your hard-earned credit card points? You’re in luck! Our flight search engine searches over 140 airlines at once and surfaces incredible deals using your points and miles. And our [Top Flight Deals](https://pointhound.com/explore) page shows you the cheapest flights from your home airport to destinations all over the world.\n\nWe then tell you where you should transfer your points from (ex. Chase) and to (ex. Air France-KLM Flying Blue) to get the absolute best deal using your points.\n\nFor example, I just booked a flight from SFO to Tokyo in business class for only 60,000 points, when the retail price was $6500 – more than 10 times cheaper when booking with points! _Now you can too._\n\n![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/G-JvDBpItFU2r2HzbXVzxX3jmIAv9YP8nluGgDZ5aFrRdvs20-jrNVTM6ygH38DBfCst80WZOCxapnecQY207t-7zeaHSbkQIJk26v39PM_3QJWNfWmVsxv4NYv8faNMhB12r7c7n7h7xS8xQmS79yo)\n\n**Earn more points**. Newly obsessed with finding and booking free flights and want to get more points? Our personalized credit card algorithm helps you get the right card(s) for you so you can maximize the points you earn (and free flights you can get).\n\nOur goal is to equip the “points beginners” – many of us who have a card or two and would like a simple product to help us earn and redeem our points for free flights.\n\n![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/1Q51EUtGWI6LLfJtSPthI-q2QN2dSowTFKu_D8_KX5k957PRhe73c01FhSiEKK9wrrA2jymjG-bA-gUk5n91Ym-_-uV8Ywp9JkfrAlZMPWtgxot1uGm3BbNvMUZsEZh3i3B6CtFuWehXmDhbXKfk8eQ)\n\n# **👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Why us**\n\nWe’re a mix of point junkies _and_ point beginners. We understand our user, because we _are_ our user.\n\nWe can relate, but we also ask questions and listen. Learning from our users directly is critical.\n\nWe’ve seen industries in need of a shake up — we’ve been here before. Our founding team previously founded and built the consumer startup, [Feather](https://livefeather.com/), a YC S17 company, where we raised $75 million from Kleiner, Bain and NEA, and sold the business.\n\n* [Jay Reno](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayjreno/) 👨‍✈️ - Co-founder & CEO\n* [Jake Malone](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakemalone/) 👨‍🏫 - Co-founder & CTO\n* [Samantha Clark](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarksamantha/) 👩‍🎨 - Co-founder & CPO, Design, Brand\n* [Jeffrey Flynn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreynflynn/) 👨‍💻 - Founding Engineer\n\nWe’re combining our consumer experience building Feather with our passion for travel to build a once-in-a-generation travel business.\n\n# \n\n# **🙏 Asks**\n\n1. Find and book yourself a [free flight](https://www.pointhound.com/explore). _Is that a real ask?_ It sure is.\n2. Share with your friends who you think might love booking free flights! _Thanks in advance_.\n3. Please share feedback by sending an email to [founders@pointhound.com.](mailto:founders@pointhound.com) _But, like, pls don’t spam_ 🤞.\n\nWe’ve made Pointhound free for everyone, so if you find this at all valuable, your support and upvotes would be super valuable and motivating for us.\n\nHappy (free) flying! 🛫☀️", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/JsZ-pointhound-earn-and-redeem-credit-card-points-for-free-flights", "votes": 81, "created_at": "2023-11-28T15:00:18.920Z" } ] }, { "id": 29093, "name": "Roame", "slug": "roame", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/7f2575793e5340c7b238109e6ddb277c072e9469.png", "website": "https://roame.travel/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Roame is flight search engine design for credit card points and miles. 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Over the last few years, he has invested billions of dollars in internet travel and financial services companies while working at UBS Asset Management, Fidelity, and Affiliated Managers Group. Tim started his career as an engineer at Lockheed Martin.\n\nTim received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Operations Engineering from Columbia University.\n\nFor investment inquiries: tim@roame.travel", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/timqin", "x_url": "https://x.com/timtqin", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/9ea315bcec594efab1aebbb631ddc3c0e974cb37.jpg" }, { "user_id": 39955, "full_name": "Zi Liu", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Zi (CTO) ran all of Airbnb’s encryption services, creating and managing billions of cryptographic requests from payments vaulting to healthcare data. He started his career in Machine Vision AI processing at the Department of Defense in Oak Ridge. 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Yet, the process to redeem those points for outsized-valued flights is quite convoluted. Everyone wants to redeem an international first class ticket for 70K points, but few know how and the process can take up to 30 hours to fully optimize. Experts know the tricks of redeeming points, but most people, including frequent flyers, do not.\n\n### **⭐️ Team**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72364&key=user_uploads/1214689/fde7241e-261f-4e2e-8376-0834cd643e38)\n\nOur First Class Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo to San Francisco, booked for just 70K miles each using [**Roame**](https://roame.travel/)!\n\n[**Tim Qin**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/timqin/) **(CEO)** is a points and miles geek. He spent the last 10 years as a successful investor and operator in internet travel, financial services, and ad-tech companies, earning more than a hundred million for clients.\n\n[**Zi Liu**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziyuanliu/) **(CTO)** is a full-stack software engineer. He was most recently in charge of Airbnb’s encryption services, creating and managing billions of cryptographic requests.\n\n### **❌ Problem**\n\n1. **Data** access is limited and fragmented for points redemptions. What you find on the travel portals are oftentimes not the best deals.\n2. **Time-consuming** to find flights and hotels to book using points. Can take up to 30 hours per trip to search across multiple loyalty programs to take advantage of complicated award redemption rules and that’s just for 1 ticket.\n3. **Underutilization** of points and miles leading to dissatisfaction and churn. Chase / Amex portals allow customers to book flights using points-to-cents value on a 1:1 to 1:1.5 ratio, whereas the true value of points can only be realized through airline partner transfers where users can find points-to-cents value ratio up to **1:25**!\n\n### **✨ Solution**\n\nWe built [Roame](https://roame.travel/) as the best-in-class award flight search engine, supporting 12 airline loyalty programs and delivering results in  seconds. We even one-up Google Flights by allowing you to search from multiple origin and destination airports including entire states, countries, and even continents.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72364&key=user_uploads/1214689/673c55d7-864f-406b-b298-6dfdee20e42c)\n\nWe currently search for points redemption availability across these 12 airline programs and their partners airlines (180+):\n\n 1. AeroMexico Club Premier\n 2. Air Canada Aeroplan\n 3. Air France / KLM Flying Blue\n 4. Alaska Mileage Plan\n 5. American Airlines AAdvantage\n 6. Avianca Lifemiles\n 7. Delta SkyMiles\n 8. Emirates Skywards\n 9. Iberia Plus\n10. Jetblue TrueBlue\n11. United Airlines MileagePlus\n12. Virgin Atlantic Flying Club\n\n### **🙏 Asks**\n\n* **Sign up** for [**Roame**](https://roame.travel/) and search for **free**! Would love feedback or suggestions on how we can make Roame better serve your points journey.\n* Connect us with **credit card issuers** (Chase, American Express, Citi, Capital One, Wells Fargo, etc.), **networks** (Visa, Mastercard, etc.), **personal finance gurus/apps** (CreditKarma, NerdWallet, CreditSesame, etc.), and **travel bloggers/content writers**.\n\nMaximize the value of your points and miles with [Roame](https://roame.travel/) ✈️\\\nYou can follow us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/roame.travel/) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/roametravel). You can also reach us at [founders@roame.travel](mailto:founders@roame.travel).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/IpA-roame-google-flights-using-points-miles", "votes": 461, "created_at": "2023-06-19T15:25:11.058Z" } ] }, { "id": 29440, "name": "Rove", "slug": "rove", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/7ce5fb2bc6ecc51b550577fdf7ed50f0b62b585d.png", "website": "https://rove.com", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "Earn flexible airline miles on booking travel, shopping, and dining, all on top of your credit card rewards.", "one_liner": "Earn airline miles on hotels and everyday spend.", "team_size": 32, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Travel, Leisure and Tourism", "launched_at": 1701568382, "tags": [ "Consumer", "Travel", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rove", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2024/rove.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "New York City", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/rovemiles/", "x_url": "https://x.com/rovemiles", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rove-6429", "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/7ce5fb2bc6ecc51b550577fdf7ed50f0b62b585d.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Tom Blomfield", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/tom-blomfield" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 815885, "full_name": "Max Morganroth", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Founder at Rove | Wharton Entrepreneurship", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/maxmorganroth", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/maxmorganroth", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/df6ed5633e1fbb63197ce2efe9dfe11a1ae2c16f.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1650726, "full_name": "Arhan Chhabra", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Founder at Rove | Harvard CS & Economics", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/arhanchhabra", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/8388bf85862f74b6a0d0e119dd36d9824cdfcbe1.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 63606, "title": "Software Engineer (Mid to Senior)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rove/jobs/WOiFl9H-software-engineer-mid-to-senior", "location": "New York, NY, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Backend", "salary_range": "$150K - $300K", "equity_range": "0.10% - 0.50%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [ "Amazon Web Services (AWS)", "Git", "Node.js", "React Native", "Redis", "TypeScript", "Software Security", "Next.js", "LLMs", "AI Agents", "NestJS" ] }, { "id": 102248, "title": "Growth Engineer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rove/jobs/bJWUbv2-growth-engineer", "location": "New York, NY, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Full stack", "salary_range": "$150K - $200K", "equity_range": "0.10% - 0.30%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] } ], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 89835, "title": "Rove: Travel the world for free", "tagline": "Earn Rove Miles—the first ever universal airline mile.", "body": "**TLDR:** Rove Miles is the first universal airline mile program. Earn up to 25x miles on everyday spend, hotel stays, flights, and through partner programs—all on top of your existing credit card rewards. Then, redeem those miles effortlessly across 12 global loyalty programs, 140+ airlines, and 200,000+ hotels at up to 90% off.\n\n[https://youtu.be/LsYKowedGn4](https://youtu.be/LsYKowedGn4?feature=shared)\n\nHey everyone! We're [Max](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxmorganroth/) and [Arhan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arhanchhabra/), founders of [Rove](http://rovemiles.com), and we're excited to launch the first universal travel loyalty program that works across almost every airline and hotel in the world.\n\nBefore Rove, we founded startups at Wharton and Harvard—connecting people through specialized Bluetooth software and revolutionizing edtech recruiting. Between scaling businesses and attending class, we traveled to over 50 countries for free in business and first class, leveraging credit card points and loyalty transfers. But our friends? They were stuck on the sidelines, locked out by complicated rules, outdated credit requirements, and high fees.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=89835&key=user_uploads/815885/c7172baa-a6d9-48fd-89c4-deb60b29c891)\n\n_Arhan and Max_\n\n### **The Problem: Gaps in Accessibility and Usability**\n\nTravel rewards today exclude millions, especially young people. Over 70 million Americans can't access premium travel credit cards, leaving a majority of Gen Z—the generation most eager to travel—unable to earn a meaningful number of miles and points across airline and hotel loyalty programs, which provide discounts of up to 90% compared to standard credit card travel portals. Unlike markets like Hong Kong and Singapore, where earning miles is easy and part of everyday life, Americans face unnecessary complexity and high barriers.\n\n### **Our Solution: Rove Miles**\n\nRove Miles makes travel accessible and rewarding for everyone. We've unified 12 major international loyalty programs into a single, universal currency that's easy to earn (always on top of your existing credit card rewards) and simple to redeem:\n\n* Earn miles on over 7,000 merchants by activating the [Rove Shopping](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/rove-shopping/jkklhhheomgefgljanpobgabooknjlbf?authuser=0&hl=en) chrome extension before your purchase.\n* Earn up to 25x miles on hotel bookings made through [Rove](https://rovemiles.com), which can be earned instantly for non-refundable stays to cover your flight there or add extra free nights.\n* Earn 3x bonus miles on flights on top of the miles you get from the airline when booking through [Rove](https://rovemiles.com).\n\nSoon, you'll also earn Rove Miles from dining, in-store purchases, and transferring existing points in from partner programs.\n\n### **Rove’s Transfer Partners**\n\nRove’s initial loyalty program partners are:\n\n* Air France-KLM Flying Blue\n* Air India Maharaja Club\n* Accor Live Limitless\n* Aeromexico Rewards\n* Cathay Pacific Asia Miles\n* Etihad Guest\n* Finnair Plus\n* Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings Club\n* Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles\n* Qatar Airways Privilege Club\n* Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus\n* Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles\n\nMore programs are coming soon, with our current partnerships covering all three major airline alliances. With Rove Miles, your points become 2-3x more valuable compared to traditional credit card redemptions, even on hotels where high-value redemptions can be even harder to find. Soon, you will be able to use miles on unique travel experiences, such as events, festivals, private jet charters, or flying in zero gravity!\n\n### **Join Us on This Journey**\n\nWe're building Rove Miles to make free annual vacations accessible to everyone, effortlessly. Stop missing out—turn your everyday spend into unforgettable travel experiences.\n\nStay tuned,\n\nMax and Arhan", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/NMx-rove-travel-the-world-for-free", "votes": 20, "created_at": "2025-04-24T17:36:05.224Z" }, { "id": 79108, "title": "Rove: Travel the world for free", "tagline": "The first travel credit card for Generation Z.", "body": "**TLDR:** Rove is the only travel credit card for young adults, leveraging cash-flow underwriting and the first-ever travel points portal to allow the average Gen Z spender to effortlessly travel the world for free.\n\nHey everyone! We're [Max](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxmorganroth/) and [Arhan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arhanchhabra/), founders of [Rove](https://linkedin.com/company/rovecard/), and we're thrilled to introduce the first travel credit card for young adults. Our journeys began at Wharton and Harvard, where we built ventures around specialized Bluetooth software to connect people at events and a B2B edtech recruiting platform for schools and startups. We scaled our ventures by day and slept on planes by night, traveling the world for free.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79108&key=user_uploads/815885/cf150984-2142-40ce-b084-59f3848706f9)\n\n_Arhan and Max_\n\nDespite travel-hacking our way to over 50 countries, none of our friends could do the same. The barriers? Stringent credit requirements based on outdated underwriting algorithms (FICO), ludicrous fees, and antiquated software systems turned the dream of free travel into a complicated puzzle. We may have been able to hack the system, but we always wished for one that didn’t need to be hacked and rewarded users by default instead.\n\n### **The Problem: Gaps in Accessibility and Usability**\n\nRight now, the travel credit card market fails to serve the people who want to travel the most. Existing cards are like computers were in the early 2000s: they work, but they’re expensive, many people can’t access them, and even those who can struggle to use them without help. We’re building the iPhone of travel cards—one that’s easy to use, readily accessible, and seamlessly intuitive. These two market inefficiencies create one of the best opportunities in consumer credit in decades.\n\n### **Our Solution: Rove**\n\nRove is here to democratize reward travel, finally offering the first-ever no-annual-fee travel card for Gen Z. We use advanced algorithms and data aggregation systems to underwrite users in a radically more accessible way. By using people’s cash flow from connecting to their banks, as opposed to outdated data points like mortgages and decades of credit history, we can more accurately underwrite an entirely untapped demographic of users.\n\nBut we didn't stop there—we want reward travel to not only be available to young adults but easy to use too. Our platform introduces the first-ever portal for direct redemption of airline loyalty deals, making the process of traveling the world for free as effortless as it should be. With our alliance of partner airlines, the average Gen Z spender can earn a free annual trip overseas. Soon after our card launch, we’re leveraging better data and software technology to maximize user rewards across an accessible suite of financial products.\n\n### **Experience Rove**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79108&key=user_uploads/815885/bd0013cf-e9b8-4bff-a03f-719f6ebcf17a)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79108&key=user_uploads/815885/6379bf8f-ebfb-4d4f-99e6-e36ba1f54d4c)\n\n### **Join Us on This Journey**\n\nWe're on a mission to make the world more accessible to young adults everywhere by building a financial suite of products geared toward travel. In the short term, that’s our travel card. In the long term, it’s about expanding access to products globally that allow users to travel based on their spending and savings, leveraging our data flywheel to better underwrite the billions of underbanked people across the world.\n\nIf you're tired of missing out on travel opportunities because of credit barriers or complex points systems, Rove is for you. 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Pick your destination from 33 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada and Schengen countries.\n2. Upload your passport and documents. Our AI verifies them, flags anything missing, fills in all the forms and books your visa appointment.\n3. A human reviews everything to make sure it's done right.\n\nBehind the scenes, our computer-use agents work through the government portals for you.\n\n![](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post&id=122484&key=user_uploads/578651/140a58f6-93a5-4631-aaff-51ce99d2417f)\n\nSince joining YC, we've grown from 1,000 to 7,000+ users. People are recommending us to their families and coming back for their next visa. A woman applied through Veeza AI, then her mom did, then her grandmother. One traveler has had four visas approved through us since June.\n\nAbout 5 billion people have weak passports. We estimate the Global South files 200 million tourist visa applications a year. We're starting with MENA, then the entire Global South. 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