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Show HN: ChatGPT is finally good for frequent travelers

https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a42b085385c81919aa4244be59d5887

If you’re like me, you thought this should have been a solved problem around the GPT3.5 era. Here we are with 5.6 sol and AI still babbles on with irrelevant travel advice.The missing piece has been travel context. You share context for your code, your healthcare, your finances, all the things. But sharing all the context that shapes you as a traveler is really challenging.Gondola allows you...

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Show HN: Hotel MCP server for cash and points search/booking (free)

https://www.gondola.ai/mcp

Hi HN, I’m the co-founder of gondola.ai. We shipped an MCP server that gives AI agents access to real-time hotel search and booking for direct hotel rates across points and cash for hotel chains like Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Accor, Wyndham, and more.One-line install for Claude Code:claude mcp add --transport http gondola https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcpAlso works with Claude Desktop, Cursor,...

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Re:Show HN: Search every hotel suite in the world on Friday April 03, 2026 @10:31AM (#47627084)
Hey HN, I'm building Gondola (https://www.gondola.ai/suites). It lets you search, compare, and book hotel suites across every major chain (Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Accor, and more) in one search.

I got frustrated trying to book suites because you have to search each hotel chain's website individually. There's no way to compare suites across brands, and no way to see cash rates and points redemptions side by side. Traditional OTAs don't show suites or points options at all.

With Gondola, you search once, see every available suite, and compare whether it's better to pay cash or use your loyalty points. We show you the cost-per-point so you can make an informed decision.

The key difference from OTAs: when you book through Gondola, you're booked directly with the hotel. You keep your hotel loyalty points, credit card points, status nights, and Gondola Cash (our cashback program). The average Gondola member earns 16% back in total value on top of all of that.

We also run AutoSave on your booking. We monitor rates after you book and automatically rebook you if the price drops.

Would love feedback from anyone who's dealt with the pain of suite shopping across chains.

Show HN: AI Travel Hacker in iOS Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gondola-ai/id6751292391

Hey - Co-Founder of Gondola.ai here. We just released our iOS app that puts a travel hacker in your pocket. It works 24/7 to organize your points, find price drops on your existing reservations, and books you directly with hotels (no third party).It’s free and live on the App Store. We’d love feedback from the HN community on how we can make agentic travel even better!

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Show HN: Gondola – Find the best hotel points redemption deals

https://www.gondola.ai/deals

Hey - co-founder of Gondola.ai here. We just put together an app that shows the best possible hotel point redemptions for any day or month around the world.Basically we’re searching for the best way to use your points across every hotel loyalty program for you, so you don’t have to.It's free, you don’t have to sign up, and would love any feedback on how to make it better! Thanks so much!

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Show HN: Spotify Wrapped for Travel

https://www.gondola.ai/mapped

Hi Co-Founder of Gondola here. We’re super excited to put this out there! We use LLMs to structure email confirmations from hotels and airlines to build you your 2024 Year in Review for Travel.- We also tell you how many points you have across dozens of different airline and hotel programs- And let you know if the price of a hotel you’ve booked has gone down, and you can rebook at cheaper rate

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Thanks so much for checking this out -- we only sync emails from the major flight/hotel travel providers, and we don't store the contents of any emails. You can check out the full breakdown here: https://www.gogondola.ai/sync
That's right! It can connect multiple accounts, and sync them all to a single view. You'll then be able to take advantage of whichever account has the better loyalty status/points offering. You can read more about the privacy details here as well: https://www.gogondola.ai/sync

Show HN: LLMs to discover how much your loyalty points are worth

https://www.gogondola.ai/referral/helloworld

Hey HN - co-founder of Gondola AI here. We’ve built a travel site that uses language models to pull together your entire travel ecosystem:- Sync your email to see how many loyalty points (i.e. United, Marriott, Delta) you have and how much they are worth - Generate an interactive map of every place you’ve flown and hotel you’ve stayed at - View all your upcoming trips in one place - Make...

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Show HN: Gondola AI – See how much your loyalty points are worth

https://www.gogondola.ai/referral/helloworld

Hey - I'm Skyler, co-founder of Gondola AI. Gondola is a free travel assistant that puts AI to work maximizing your travel loyalty earnings and points redemption. With Gondola you can:- Sync your email to see how many points you have and how much they are worth- Generate an interactive map of every place you’ve flown and hotel you’ve stayed at- View all your upcoming trips in one place- Make...

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