Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip planning with AI

Summary

AI-powered travel hacking with points, miles, and award flights. Drop-in skills and MCP servers for OpenCode and Claude Code. Ask your AI to find you a 60,000-mile business class flight to Tokyo. It'll search award availability across 25+ programs, compare against cash prices, check your loyalty balances, and tell you the best play. git clone https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git cd travel-hacking-toolkit ./scripts/setup.sh The setup script walks you through everything: picks your tool (OpenCode, Claude Code, or both), creates your API key config files, installs dependencies, and optionally installs skills system-wide. The 5 free MCP servers (Skiplagged, Kiwi, Trivago, Ferryhopper, Airbnb) work immediately with zero API keys. For the full experience, add at minimum: Key Why Free Tier SEATS_AERO_API_KEY Award flight search. The main event. No (Pro ~$8/mo) SERPAPI_API_KEY Cash price comparison for "points or cash?" decisions Yes (100 searches/mo) Then launch your tool: # OpenCode opencode # Claude Code claude --strict-mcp-config --mcp-config .mcp.json The --strict-mcp-config flag tells Claude Code to load MCP servers from the config file directly. This is more reliable than auto-discovery (known issue). MCP Servers (real-time tools) Server What It Does API Key Skiplagged Flight search with hidden city fares None (free) Kiwi.com Flights with virtual interlining (creative cross-airline routing) None (free) Trivago Hotel metasearch across booking sites None (free) Ferryhopper Ferry routes across 33 countries, 190+ operators None (free) Airbnb Search Airbnb listings, property details, pricing. Patched with geocoding fix and property type filter. None (free) LiteAPI Hotel search with live rates and booking LiteAPI Skills (API knowledge for your AI) Skill What It Does API Key duffel Real-time flight search across airlines via Duffel API Duffel seats-aero Award flight availability across 25+ mileage programs Seats.aero Pro/Partner awardwallet Loyalty program b...