The Pricing ModelOne fee, quoted in advance
Twelve percent
of what you save.
Our advisory fee is a straight commission: 12% of the cash value your booking saves against the published retail fare. Nothing to sign up for. Nothing to pay unless we deliver a seat worth booking.
The formula
Aligned by design.
A percentage of savings ties our fee to the outcome you care about most: how many dollars a booking removes from the cash cost of a trip. If the seat we find does not clear a meaningful margin against the cash fare, there is no fee to pay. Our incentive is to hunt harder, not to close faster.
The retail figure we use is the published fare on the exact cabin and routing at the time of booking — a number that can be quoted directly from the airline or a global distribution system, not one we invent.
Fee formula
Fee = 12% × ( Retail cash fare − Cash cost of the award )
Retail is the published fare for the same cabin and routing at time of booking.
Cash cost of the award is taxes and carrier-imposed surcharges only — not the points themselves.
Quoted in writing before any point is transferred. You approve, or you decline.
Priced per passenger, per itinerary. Additional passengers on the same itinerary are billed at a reduced rate.
A worked example
The $36,000 seat, priced honestly.
Retail cash fare
$36,000
JAL first class, JFK → HND, round trip
Cash cost of the award
~$800
Taxes and carrier surcharges (representative)
Savings
$35,200
Retail minus cash outlay
Standard fee (12%)
$4,224
12% × $35,200
Promotional fee
$2,500
For our Japan Promotion — a $1,000 saving
You keep
$32,700+
In freed-up cash, per passenger
Representative bookings
What twelve percent looks like in practice.
Business class · New York → Milan
First class · Los Angeles → London
First class · JFK → Tokyo (JAL)
Currently offered at a promotional flat $2,500 — a $1,000 saving.
First class · New York → Dubai (Emirates)
Representative fares and fees. Actual figures are quoted per itinerary at time of booking.
What is not billed
Where the meter stays off.
Not billed
Portfolio review
Complimentary. No fee to understand what you already hold.
Not billed
Search & strategy
Included in the flat commission — no hourly billing.
Not billed
Unsuccessful searches
No fee. If the seat isn’t worth booking, you owe us nothing.
Not billed
Hotel reservations
Booked through our agency partner at no charge to you.
Not billed
Retainer
None. You do not pay to become a client.
Not billed
Deposit
None. Fee is invoiced only when a specific seat is confirmed and approved.
14 — Getting started
The first conversation
costs nothing.
Tell us what you hold and where you would like to go. We will tell you honestly what is achievable, what it could cost in miles and cash, and whether it is worth doing now.
If your points are better held for another six months, that is the advice you will receive.