Partly: no account, a window its help centre puts at up to 30 days, and up to 5 alerts. Pro unlocks a year of dates, live search and continuous alerts.

seats.aero pricing: what does Pro cost?

$9.99 a month or $99.99 a year on the web (checked October 7, 2026); the iOS in-app price can be higher.

Which sites like seats.aero re-check the seat?

MilesZone does: every alert asks the programme about the seat before it emails, and the award search gives a free 60-day calendar with miles and cash side by side.

Does MilesZone search live like seats.aero Pro?

No. MilesZone reads each route on a schedule; Pro adds a live re-check of any seat, and alerts re-check theirs before emailing.

Is there a seats.aero promo code?

None is published on seats.aero's own pages (checked October 12, 2026). The yearly Pro plan, $99.99 on the web against $9.99 a month, is the discount it offers itself.

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seats.aero vs MilesZone: free vs Pro, alerts and coverage compared

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

Looking for a seats.aero alternative? The question is which award search gets you to a bookable seat with less guesswork. seats.aero indexes more programmes; MilesZone re-checks the seat with the programme before an alert reaches you.

At a glance

Alerts re-check the seat with the programme before emailing.
60 days of free search with an account, no daily cap: a whole route calendar in one award search.
Miles and the programme's cash fees side by side, wherever the programme quotes its cash.

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Is Seats.aero worth it?

seats.aero Pro is worth it if you book awards often and want the widest net: 26 programmes, a year of dates, continuous alerts with SMS, live search, an MCP server and an API, for $99.99 a year on the web. For one trip a year, the free tier may be enough: no account, a window its help centre puts at up to 30 days, and up to 5 one-off alerts.

Where it is weaker: its footer says the data is periodically refreshed and might not be up to date, and live search is a separate Pro tool. Pay for it when breadth matters most to you.

If you also weigh the cash side, MilesZone shows each programme's miles and cash fees for the same flight side by side, free for departures in the next 60 days; Pro adds route alerts that re-check the seat before they email and 12 months of dates. Search a route to compare.

Seats.aero vs MilesZone at a glance

Alert accuracy: MilesZone: The seat is re-checked with the programme before the email leaves.; Seats.aero: Its footer says data is periodically refreshed and might not be up to date; live search is a separate Pro feature.
Alert behaviour: MilesZone: Keeps running after it emails, at most 4 emails a day; a date comes back only when cheaper or a week later.; Seats.aero: One-off by default: an alert stops after it fires. Continuous alerts are Pro.
Search window: MilesZone: Free account: the next 60 days in one calendar, no daily cap. Pro: 12 months.; Seats.aero: No account; up to 30 days per its help centre, two months per its homepage. Pro: a year.
Cash fees: MilesZone: Shown beside the miles where the programme quotes them; British Airways Club cash is not read yet.; Seats.aero: Taxes and surcharges are in its trip data for most programmes; its developer docs list Qatar, Turkish and Singapore KrisFlyer without them.
Paid plan: MilesZone: $17 a month or $127 a year; the 7-day free trial comes first.; Seats.aero: Pro: $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year on the web; the iOS in-app price can be higher.
Alerts included: MilesZone: Up to 25 routes on Pro, monthly or yearly, each over a whole date window.; Seats.aero: Up to 5 active alerts free; unlimited and SMS alerts on Pro.
Programmes: 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.; Seats.aero: 26 programmes; live search is a separate Pro feature.
Apps and agents: MilesZone: Web and email alerts.; Seats.aero: Web, iOS, Android, an MCP server and an API.

Seats.aero vs MilesZone, checked October 7, 2026
Topic	MilesZone	Seats.aero
Alert accuracy	The seat is re-checked with the programme before the email leaves.	Its footer says data is periodically refreshed and might not be up to date; live search is a separate Pro feature.
Alert behaviour	Keeps running after it emails, at most 4 emails a day; a date comes back only when cheaper or a week later.	One-off by default: an alert stops after it fires. Continuous alerts are Pro.
Search window	Free account: the next 60 days in one calendar, no daily cap. Pro: 12 months.	No account; up to 30 days per its help centre, two months per its homepage. Pro: a year.
Cash fees	Shown beside the miles where the programme quotes them; British Airways Club cash is not read yet.	Taxes and surcharges are in its trip data for most programmes; its developer docs list Qatar, Turkish and Singapore KrisFlyer without them.
Paid plan	$17 a month or $127 a year; the 7-day free trial comes first.	Pro: $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year on the web; the iOS in-app price can be higher.
Alerts included	Up to 25 routes on Pro, monthly or yearly, each over a whole date window.	Up to 5 active alerts free; unlimited and SMS alerts on Pro.
Programmes	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.	26 programmes; live search is a separate Pro feature.
Apps and agents	Web and email alerts.	Web, iOS, Android, an MCP server and an API.

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

Where MilesZone differs from Seats.aero

This comparison keeps to four differences, each one read off seats.aero's help centre, footer or developer docs on October 7, 2026.

Alerts that re-check the seat before they email you

seats.aero's footer says its data "is periodically refreshed and might not be up to date"; live search is a separate Pro tool.

Before a MilesZone alert reaches your inbox, it asks the programme whether that JFK to Paris seat is still for sale. A seat that has gone produces no email, which matters before you transfer points.

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.

60 days of free search, the whole calendar

seats.aero's free award search needs no account. Its help centre puts the free window at up to 30 days, its homepage at two months, and a full year of dates is Pro.

MilesZone shows the next 60 days of a route in one calendar, free with an account, with no daily search cap. MilesZone Pro opens departures up to 12 months out.

MilesZone date strip for New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG): business class award prices for each day, the cheapest days highlighted — Every day of the window at once, the cheapest days in coral. From the New York to Paris page.

Miles and the cash fees side by side

Two 60,000-mile seats differ if one carries $90 in taxes and the other $700 in surcharges. seats.aero has this data for most programmes; its developer docs list Qatar, Turkish and Singapore KrisFlyer without it.

MilesZone puts the cash in the same row as the miles. On New York to Paris, below, Atmos Rewards, Flying Blue and LifeMiles each price the trip, so you see which costs less in total. British Airways Club is the exception: its cash is not read yet.

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.

Alerts that keep running

On seats.aero, an alert is one-off by default: it fires once and stops. Continuous alerts are a Pro feature.

A MilesZone alert keeps running after it emails. It sends at most four emails a day, and brings the same date back only when it gets cheaper or a week has passed. Pro holds up to 25 of them on either plan.

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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Seats.aero free vs paid: plans and prices

Free: No account; up to 30 days (help centre)
Paid: $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr
Alerts: 5 free, one-off by default

seats.aero Pro costs $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year on the web, per its pricing code on October 7, 2026; iOS can cost more. Pro unlocks a year of dates, live search, continuous alerts with SMS and advanced filters.

Where seats.aero searches without an account, MilesZone award search asks for one and stays free for departures in the next 60 days, no card. Pro is $17 a month or $127 a year, the same Pro either way, opening with a 7-day free trial: 25 route alerts, a 12-month calendar and the seat re-check before a transfer.

Seats.aero or MilesZone: which should you pick?

Pick MilesZone if

You want an alert you can act on the moment it arrives, because the seat was re-checked first.
You want the next two months of a route at once, miles beside cash fees.
You book on Air France-KLM Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, EL AL Matmid, Atmos Rewards, LifeMiles, Thai Royal Orchid Plus, British Airways Club, United MileagePlus, Delta SkyMiles or Qantas Frequent Flyer.

Pick seats.aero for breadth: 26 programmes, no account to search, apps, an MCP server and an API.

Seats.aero vs MilesZone: questions

Is seats.aero free?: Partly: no account, a window its help centre puts at up to 30 days, and up to 5 alerts. Pro unlocks a year of dates, live search and continuous alerts.
seats.aero pricing: what does Pro cost?: $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year on the web (checked October 7, 2026); the iOS in-app price can be higher.
Is seats.aero worth it?: It reads 26 programmes. MilesZone reads fewer programmes, and its alerts re-check the seat with the programme before they email you.
Which sites like seats.aero re-check the seat?: MilesZone does: every alert asks the programme about the seat before it emails, and the award search gives a free 60-day calendar with miles and cash side by side.
Does MilesZone search live like seats.aero Pro?: No. MilesZone reads each route on a schedule; Pro adds a live re-check of any seat, and alerts re-check theirs before emailing.
Is there a seats.aero promo code?: None is published on seats.aero's own pages (checked October 12, 2026). The yearly Pro plan, $99.99 on the web against $9.99 a month, is the discount it offers itself.

The short version

MilesZone is the seats.aero alternative for the moment a seat appears and you need to know it is real: re-checked alerts that keep running, cash beside the miles where the programme quotes it, and 60 days of free search.

The read schedule behind the Flying Blue and Virgin Atlantic results is set out under how often we read each programme.

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Try a search on New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG).