If one or more of the following describes your travel patterns or level of experience, Points Master is probably not right for you:
- You have little or no flexibility in terms of travel dates and destination. For example, if you have to travel from San Francisco to Athens on December 20th and could not consider booking San Francisco to Istanbul on December 19th and adding a connecting ticket on another airline from there, traveling with points probably isn't suitable for you since it inherently requires a little flexibility.Â
- You care more about flying direct than flying more comfortable. If you would rather fly from Tokyo to London nonstop in economy class than fly Tokyo to Bangkok to Frankfurt to London in lie-flat business class seats, traveling on points is not for you. Sometimes there will be nonstop flights available, but it is far more common to have to connect at least once. Usually this is part of the fun since you get to take multiple flights in comfy seats while enjoying a luxurious lounge on your layover.Â
- You intend on traveling in a group of more than 4 people. While some airlines can open more than four award seats on a single flight, this is a rare occurrence. In general, you can expect to find two award seats on most flights (but not all) at some point, and four seats closer to departure if the flight is on the empty side.
 -  You already know a lot about miles and points and are only looking for new sweet spots. Although I share dozens of award sweet spots in Points Master, odds are that you will be familiar with a number of them if you are already a professional points traveler. Join Points Master to learn about  award programs that you are not familiar with or to master the art of buying and redeeming points, rather than earning them through credit cards if you are US-based for example.Â