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What we shipped

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42+
Features shipped
143
Pages indexed
300+
Airlines searchable
15
Email templates
Feature

Waitlist consolidation and credibility improvements

  • Dedicated waitlist page with email capture and social proof counters
  • Consolidated all CTAs across product pages to a single waitlist funnel
  • Partner ecosystem section showcasing airline and loyalty program integrations
  • Mobile UX fixes: responsive nav, touch-friendly cards, bottom-sheet filters
  • Trust bar with IATAN badge, partner logos, and live user counts
Feature

Massive feature ship — 42+ features

  • Exclusivity gates: "We are expanding" registration walls across all products
  • Mistake fare detection with Redis real-time scoring in search stream
  • Search filters: stops, airline, price range with active filter badges
  • Transfer partner pages with bonus tracking and sweet-spot routes
  • Calendar fare grid showing cheapest fares across a full month
  • Shareable deal links with dynamic OG image generation
  • Admin dashboards: waitlist management, health monitoring, CSV export
  • Compare mode: select up to 3 flights for side-by-side comparison
  • Fare score badges on results: Mistake Fare and Deal indicators
  • Live deal feed on deals page with real-time updates
  • "Building in Public" roadmap: 13 Live / 2 Building / 3 Planned
  • Competitor comparison: Pointify vs Google Flights vs Skyscanner vs ITA Matrix
  • Founding member pricing with strikethrough future prices
Feature

SEO content expansion — 68 new pages

  • 20 airline detail pages with award programs and popular routes
  • 30 route pages with price sparklines and booking tips
  • 3 cabin class pages (economy, business, first class)
  • 4 expert guides: points, mistake fares, best time to book, hidden city flights
  • Compare programs page: all 6 bank programs side by side
  • Press/media kit with brand assets and milestones
  • FAQ page with 21 questions and Google FAQ rich snippets
  • Sitemap grew from 75 to 143 URLs
Infrastructure

Platform reliability and email automation

  • Webhook delivery worker with HMAC-SHA256 signing and retries
  • Waitlist drip email sequence (3 emails over 5 days)
  • Weekly deal digest email (Monday 10 AM UTC via Vercel cron)
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics integration (beacon ready)
  • Test payment blocking in production across all 4 products
  • Activity ticker showing recent searches and signups
Infrastructure

Infrastructure and plumbing

  • Playwright browser pool fix: stealth anti-detection for reliable scraping
  • Auto-schema: JSON-LD structured data injected on all destination pages
  • Free-tier search gating: 5 searches/day for anonymous users with upgrade prompt
  • Deal engine wiring: internal API key auth between Vercel and deal engine
  • TRUSTED BY logo bar with airline and loyalty program partners
  • Rate limiting: 100 authenticated / 30 anonymous requests per minute
  • 22 CloudWatch alarms for ECS, RDS, Redis, and ALB
  • Deep health endpoint checking DB, Redis, and browser pool
  • Circuit breaker and retry logic for search reliability
Feature

Search intelligence and UX polish

  • Flight search across 300+ airlines with real-time pricing
  • Hotel search with loyalty points integration (Hilton, Hyatt)
  • Smart sort: Cheapest, Fastest, and Best Value tabs
  • Cmd+K global search overlay with destinations and quick actions
  • Cleaned navigation: 6 focused items instead of 14
  • SVG icons replacing all emojis across the product
  • 50 destination pages (25 US + 25 international)
  • Helpful empty state with suggestions when no results found
Feature

Customer value loop

  • Booking confirmation emails with itinerary summary and next-step CTAs
  • Price alert cron: hourly fare checks, email when target price is hit
  • Honest flight status badges: real-time data, no misleading estimates
  • Share button on flight cards (Web Share API + clipboard fallback)
  • Recent searches saved in localStorage for quick re-search
  • Popular route suggestions for first-time visitors
  • Cross-product ecosystem links on success pages
Infrastructure

Email infrastructure

  • 15 email templates (booking confirmation, fare alerts, drip campaign)
  • 7 onboarding emails + 3 winback emails via hourly cron
  • Signed unsubscribe tokens with HTML confirmation page
  • Waitlist capture on beta feature pages
Feature

Auth flows and branding

  • Password reset flow with secure token-based email links
  • Email verification with resend and confirmation UI
  • Stripe checkout integration for Pro and Business tiers
  • Admin dashboard with user management and subscription overview
  • 39 airline logo mappings for instant visual recognition on cards
  • Honest trust badges: "Updated daily", "Data-driven", "No signup required"
  • Date validation (client + server) preventing invalid searches
Fix

Security hardening

  • Daily scraper health check cron at 6 AM UTC
  • Launch readiness script for pre-launch verification
  • Internal API key rotation and secret management improvements

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