Award search and booking instructions are free with no sign-up, any cabin, up to a year out. Flight alerts and the full Deals Digest are Pointhound Premium.

How much is Pointhound Premium?

$79 a year on October 7, 2026, shown against a $99 list price, with a 7-day free trial. No monthly plan was listed.

What is the best Pointhound alternative?

MilesZone, if you want to know how fresh a seat is, have alerts re-check it before they email and pay by the month if you prefer.

Is there a Pointhound promo code?

Yes, on Pointhound's own Premium page: LAUNCH20 takes $20 off the first year, $79 instead of $99 (checked October 12, 2026).

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Pointhound vs MilesZone: free search, Premium and alerts compared

Checked on October 7, 2026 on Pointhound's own pages by the MilesZone team. Sources

If you are looking for a Pointhound alternative, this page decides one thing: which award search tells you a seat is real before you move your points. Pointhound vs MilesZone is a question of trust in the data. Pointhound keeps its search method to itself and asks you to confirm seats on the airline site. MilesZone publishes how often it reads each route and re-checks the exact seat with the programme before an alert reaches you. This comparison sticks to what each tool's own pages said on October 7, 2026.

At a glance

You know how fresh a seat is: MilesZone publishes its read schedule, and Pro re-checks any seat live before you transfer points.
Alerts re-check the seat with the programme before emailing, on up to 25 routes.
Pro is sold monthly or yearly with identical features, so you can pay for the months you are planning a trip.

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Is Pointhound worth it?

Pointhound is worth trying before you pay for anything: award search and transfer instructions are free with no sign-up, up to a year out. Premium mostly buys alerts, up to 20 by email or text, and the full Deals Digest, so it is worth it if you want to be told when seats open rather than search yourself.

The catch is trust in the data. Its FAQ answers "How does your flight search work?" with "That's our secret" and asks you to confirm seats on the airline site before transferring. Premium is yearly only, with no prorated refund after the trial.

MilesZone publishes how often it reads each route and shows each programme's miles and cash fees for the same flight side by side, free for departures in the next 60 days; Pro alerts re-check the seat before they email, on a monthly or yearly plan. Search a route to compare.

Pointhound vs MilesZone at a glance

Data freshness: MilesZone: MilesZone publishes its read schedule, and Pro re-checks any seat live.; Pointhound: Method not disclosed; confirm seats on the airline site before transferring.
Alerts: MilesZone: Up to 25 routes on Pro, and the seat is re-checked before the email leaves.; Pointhound: Premium only, up to 20 active alerts, by email or text.
Paid plan: MilesZone: $17 a month or $127 a year: a monthly option Pointhound lacks, both with a 7-day free trial.; Pointhound: Premium: $79 a year (shown against $99), 7-day free trial. No monthly plan listed.
Price per programme: MilesZone: Each programme's miles and cash fees for the same seat, side by side.; Pointhound: Results are built around transferring bank points; programmes are not listed on public pages.
Search window: MilesZone: Free account: the next 60 days in one calendar, no daily cap. Pro: 12 months.; Pointhound: Free award search with no sign-up, any cabin, up to a year out.
Coverage: MilesZone: EL AL Matmid, Atmos Rewards (oneworld), Air France-KLM Flying Blue (SkyTeam), LifeMiles (Star Alliance), Virgin Atlantic Flying Club (Virgin Atlantic's own direct flights), Thai Royal Orchid Plus (Star Alliance, no mainland US airports), British Airways Club (routes to and from London), United MileagePlus (Star Alliance, from United's US hubs), Delta SkyMiles and Qantas Frequent Flyer. What each one reads is on coverage.; Pointhound: About 150 airlines per its FAQ; 200+ on its digest and search pages.
Transfer instructions: MilesZone: No transfer guide; MilesZone sends you to book on the programme's site.; Pointhound: Step-by-step bank-to-programme transfer instructions on every result.

Pointhound vs MilesZone, checked October 7, 2026
Topic	MilesZone	Pointhound
Data freshness	MilesZone publishes its read schedule, and Pro re-checks any seat live.	Method not disclosed; confirm seats on the airline site before transferring.
Alerts	Up to 25 routes on Pro, and the seat is re-checked before the email leaves.	Premium only, up to 20 active alerts, by email or text.
Paid plan	$17 a month or $127 a year: a monthly option Pointhound lacks, both with a 7-day free trial.	Premium: $79 a year (shown against $99), 7-day free trial. No monthly plan listed.
Price per programme	Each programme's miles and cash fees for the same seat, side by side.	Results are built around transferring bank points; programmes are not listed on public pages.
Search window	Free account: the next 60 days in one calendar, no daily cap. Pro: 12 months.	Free award search with no sign-up, any cabin, up to a year out.
Coverage	EL AL Matmid, Atmos Rewards (oneworld), Air France-KLM Flying Blue (SkyTeam), LifeMiles (Star Alliance), Virgin Atlantic Flying Club (Virgin Atlantic's own direct flights), Thai Royal Orchid Plus (Star Alliance, no mainland US airports), British Airways Club (routes to and from London), United MileagePlus (Star Alliance, from United's US hubs), Delta SkyMiles and Qantas Frequent Flyer. What each one reads is on coverage.	About 150 airlines per its FAQ; 200+ on its digest and search pages.
Transfer instructions	No transfer guide; MilesZone sends you to book on the programme's site.	Step-by-step bank-to-programme transfer instructions on every result.

Pointhound column checked on October 7, 2026. The MilesZone column follows our current plans.

Where MilesZone differs from Pointhound

Pointhound's FAQ, digest and search pages, read on October 7, 2026, leave four gaps that MilesZone fills.

You know how fresh a seat is

Pointhound's FAQ asks "How does your flight search work?" and answers "That's our secret." The same FAQ tells you to always confirm the seats on the airline's website before you transfer any points. You get a result, but not how or when it was found.

MilesZone says how it works. The busiest routes are read again within a day or so, the quietest about once a week. Before you transfer, MilesZone Pro asks the programme again about that one seat, live.

Alerts re-checked before they email

Pointhound alerts are Premium only, capped at 20, sent by email or text.

Each MilesZone alert puts the seat back to British Airways Club or LifeMiles just before emailing, and stays quiet if it has gone. Pro holds up to 25, each over a whole date window; they keep running after they email, at most four emails a day, and repeat a date only when it is cheaper or a week later.

Illustration: a MilesZone alert re-checks the seat with the programme before the email is sent — Before an alert leaves, the seat is asked for again.

A monthly plan

Pointhound Premium is billed once a year. No monthly plan was listed on October 7, 2026, and after the trial Pointhound gives no prorated refunds for a partial period.

MilesZone Pro comes monthly or yearly, with identical features on both. Both start with a 7-day free trial, and MilesZone never charges you if you cancel during it.

Miles and cash per programme for the same seat

Pointhound counts airlines rather than programmes: about 150 in its FAQ, 200+ elsewhere. Its public pages show bank points currencies, not the airline programmes it prices.

MilesZone names every programme it reads and shows each one's miles and cash fees for the same trip. On New York to Paris, below, that puts Atmos Rewards, Flying Blue and LifeMiles in one list, so you see which programme costs less in total before you move a single point.

MilesZone results for New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG) in business class: the same trip priced by Atmos Rewards, Flying Blue and LifeMiles in miles plus cash fees — One route, every programme we read, miles and fees on the same row. From the New York to Paris page.

MilesZone table for New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG): days with space, lowest and typical miles, and the cash on top for each programme

Every programme we read, on one page.

Search a route and see each programme's miles with the cash on top, for every date in the window.

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Pointhound free vs paid: plans and prices

Free: No sign-up; up to a year out
Paid: $79/yr (list $99), no monthly
Alerts: Premium only, up to 20

Pointhound Premium costs $79 a year on October 7, 2026, shown against a $99 list price, and the code LAUNCH20 takes $20 off the first year. It is billed yearly, starts with a 7-day free trial and renews automatically. Premium adds flight alerts and the full Deals Digest; search stays free. Concierge booking costs $150 for the first passenger.

Pointhound's search needs no sign-up; MilesZone award search needs an account and stays free for departures in the next 60 days, no card on file. Pro runs $17 a month or $127 a year, the month and the year buying the same thing, and the 7-day free trial covers 25 route alerts, a 12-month window and the live seat re-check.

Pointhound or MilesZone: which should you pick?

Pick MilesZone if

You want to know how fresh a seat is, and to have it re-checked before you move points.
You want alerts you can act on the moment they arrive, on a monthly plan if you prefer.
You book on British Airways Club, LifeMiles, EL AL Matmid, Atmos Rewards, Air France-KLM Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, Thai Royal Orchid Plus, United MileagePlus, Delta SkyMiles or Qantas Frequent Flyer.

Pick Pointhound if you want to run an award search without signing up, a year out, with transfer instructions on every result.

Pointhound vs MilesZone: questions

Is Pointhound free?: Award search and booking instructions are free with no sign-up, any cabin, up to a year out. Flight alerts and the full Deals Digest are Pointhound Premium.
How much is Pointhound Premium?: $79 a year on October 7, 2026, shown against a $99 list price, with a 7-day free trial. No monthly plan was listed.
Is Pointhound worth it?: Pointhound pairs its search with transfer instructions. To know a seat is still there, MilesZone publishes its read schedule and re-checks the seat before an alert emails.
What is the best Pointhound alternative?: MilesZone, if you want to know how fresh a seat is, have alerts re-check it before they email and pay by the month if you prefer.
Is there a Pointhound promo code?: Yes, on Pointhound's own Premium page: LAUNCH20 takes $20 off the first year, $79 instead of $99 (checked October 12, 2026).

The short version

MilesZone is the Pointhound alternative for the moment that counts: a seat appears and you need to know it is real before you transfer. A published read schedule, alerts re-checked with the programme, each programme's price side by side, a monthly plan and 60 days of free search are what it offers on the programmes we read.

Where Pointhound keeps its method to itself, MilesZone lists how often we read each programme.

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