Gondola Award Travel Search — Claude Code MCP server for hotels and miles
Puts cash and points prices side by side for hotels, flights and rental cars. Useful when you are deciding whether a redemption beats paying.
claude mcp add --transport http gondola https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcpWhat Gondola Award Travel Search does
The server connects over Streamable HTTP and runs against your Gondola account. Sign-in uses OAuth 2.1 with Dynamic Client Registration, so there is no API key to copy and the account costs nothing. Your client opens the Gondola page the first time it connects.
It ships 36 tools: hotel, flight, car and event search, live cash and points rates for the same stay, cents-per-point value, price prediction, per-supplier availability checks, and suggestions for spending the balances you already hold. Hotel and car rates come with a checkout link; flights are search-only and cannot be booked through Gondola yet.
The Claude plugin also installs the slash commands /hotel-points, /award-flights, /worth-it and /optimize-points. Wiring the server up by hand means getting each client's config key right: Windsurf wants serverUrl, Gemini CLI wants httpUrl, and VS Code puts everything under a top-level servers. Mix those up and the connection fails.
What it helps with
- compare cash and points rates for one hotel stay
- work out whether a points redemption is worth it
- find a business-class flight on a given route and date
- check whether a hotel rate is likely to drop
- see which loyalty balances expire soon
Example prompts for the agent
- Is it worth spending Bonvoy points on the Ritz-Carlton Maui for four nights in March?
- Find business-class flights from SFO to HND on 2026-11-10
How to install Gondola Award Travel Search
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http gondola https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add gondola-award-travel-search --url https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"gondola-award-travel-search": {
"url": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"gondola-award-travel-search": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http gondola-award-travel-search https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Gondola Award Travel Search
How do I install Gondola Award Travel Search in Claude Code?
Add the marketplace with /plugin marketplace add gondola-ai/gondola-mcp, then run /plugin install gondola. That brings in the MCP server and its slash commands, and the client opens the Gondola sign-in on first connect.
What does Gondola Award Travel Search do?
It searches hotels, flights and rental cars and shows the cash price next to the points price. It also values your points, predicts rate changes and returns a checkout link for the hotel or car rate you pick.
Do I need an API key?
No. Authentication runs through OAuth 2.1 with Dynamic Client Registration, and a Gondola account is free. Your client opens the sign-in page when it connects.
