JPS$9.99JPS — Award Search & Watch
JPS vs Flightpoints for award flights inside ChatGPT
JPS — Award Search & Watch by BookLikeJoël and Flightpoints both help you look for award flights inside ChatGPT. Use JPS when you want Joël's live award search, a watch that changes only after a clear ask, and a handoff to book with the airline. Your first ChatGPT search is free after you verify your email. After that, JPS is $9.99 a month, cancel anytime.
Flightpoints is a separate award-search product with its own ChatGPT app and MCP server. The table below uses each product's public pages. Where those pages disagree, the cell says so.
How to connect: booklikejoel.com/chatgpt · MCP: https://www.booklikejoel.com/mcp
Side by side
| Topic | JPS | Flightpoints |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT app and MCP | Listed ChatGPT app for JPS — Award Search & Watch. You can also add the remote MCP at https://www.booklikejoel.com/mcp with public OAuth and PKCE. Setup steps are on the ChatGPT how-to. | Publishes a ChatGPT app page and an MCP setup page. That MCP page lists https://mcp.flightpoints.com/mcp and says no API key or account is required to connect. |
| Live award search | Searches live award inventory from ChatGPT. Your first successful ChatGPT search is free after you verify your email. | Their getting-started guide says Search covers 28+ airline programs and returns a link to book on the airline site. A separate FAQ says free users see cached availability and Pro is real-time, while the ChatGPT page says results are real-time with no cache. Those pages disagree, so this comparison does not pick one rule. |
| Watches and alerts | A watch keeps checking award space and can email you when a matching seat appears. Starting, changing, extending, or stopping a watch waits for a clear ask. | The getting-started guide describes Award Alerts: set a route, cabin, and dates, then receive email when a match appears. It says free accounts include alerts, and Pro unlocks unlimited simultaneous alerts. |
| Bookable airline path | You book with the airline on the airline or loyalty site. JPS does not book, hold, or issue tickets, and it does not transfer points. | The getting-started guide says the Book link opens the airline's award page. Their FAQ on that page says Flightpoints does not book flights, process payments, issue tickets, or hold reservations. |
| Pricing model | One free live award search after email verification, including your first ChatGPT search. Then $9.99 a month, cancel anytime, on booklikejoel.com/join. JPS does not take payment inside ChatGPT and never starts Stripe checkout from ChatGPT. | The getting-started guide says the free tier does not require a credit card, and Pro adds unlimited alerts. Their pricing page did not show a dollar amount in the text we could read. Their terms say the price and billing period appear before purchase. Confirm the current price on flightpoints.com. |
| Who tickets | The airline or loyalty program. JPS does not issue tickets. | Their getting-started guide says Flightpoints does not issue tickets. You complete the reservation on the airline site. |
What stays true for JPS
- JPS searches live award inventory and can watch for a match.
- Members book with the airline on the airline or loyalty site.
- JPS does not book, ticket, transfer points, or take payment inside ChatGPT.