I built a map of everywhere your credit card points can fly you (nonstop from Seattle)
I got into credit card points because someone told me you could travel for almost free with the points sitting in a Chase account. Turns out it's true, but figuring out how took me forever. So I built PointRoutes: pointroutes.com
It's a map of every nonstop route out of Seattle, priced in points instead of dollars. Toggle the programs you have (Chase, Amex, Capital One, Citi, Bilt, Alaska), enter your balances, and routes you can actually afford light up. Hover any city and it shows which transfer partner books it cheapest e.g. Tokyo shows up at "as low as 20,000 points" via ANA, which most people with a Sapphire don't know they can do.
There's also a card recommender (ranks cards by net annual value against your actual spending, after fees and credits) and a Chrome extension that badges Google Flights results with which points programs can book each flight.
Things I'm weirdly proud of: every award price is hand-verified against the actual airline charts, not scraped from blogs; I spent a full week auditing every route, carrier, and transfer partner because this hobby's community will (rightly) destroy you for wrong numbers. And the whole thing is free with no account.
Honest limitations: Seattle only for now (multi-city is next), the data is compiled manually so things will occasionally drift stale, and award availability at the lowest prices comes and goes ; the map shows floors, not guarantees.
Stack: React/Vite/TS, Mapbox GL, Vercel. Built nights and weekends over a few months.
Would genuinely love feedback on two things: does the map make sense within 10 seconds of landing (there's an onboarding popup - did it help or annoy you?), and if you're not in Seattle, would a version for your airport get you to enter your balances?