140. Points Path: The Tool That Shows You the Best Value for Every Flight

Point Me To First Class

Devon Gimbel MD

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5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ever look at Google Flights and wonder, "Should I use points for this or just pay cash?"

If you've ever felt unsure about which option gives you the best value, this episode is for you.

In the final episode of our Streamline, Stack, and Save mini-series, I'm joined by Julian Kheel, former editorial director at The Points Guy and senior editor at CNN, now founder of Points Path — a browser extension that works seamlessly within your browser when you're searching flights to show you whether points or cash is the better deal.

Points Path takes the guesswork out of booking. It helps you instantly compare cash fares and award redemptions on Google Flights, showing you where the real value lies so you can make the best booking decision every time.

We talk trends in the award travel landscape, how Points Path focuses on simplicity to take the guesswork out of choosing flights, and why this tool deserves a place in your browser. Whether you're a casual traveler or a seasoned award booker, you'll also hear how its alert feature can track award prices and let you know when they drop — so you don't have to keep checking.

Julian shares how Points Path was designed to focus on simplicity, taking the guesswork out of choosing flights so you always know the best option. With more than 10 years of experience working with some of the most trusted names in the award travel space, Julian brings both insight and innovation to how we think about booking smarter.

Get full show notes and transcript: https://pointmetofirstclass.com/plan-award-flights-faster-with-points-path/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Point Me to First Class, the only show for employed professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners who are looking to optimize their higher than average expenses to travel the world.
0:10.7	I'm your host, Devin Gimble, and I believe that your expenses are your greatest untapped asset, if you know how to leverage them.
0:17.8	Ready to dive into the world of credit card points and miles so you can travel
0:20.9	more, travel better, and travel often. Let's get started.
0:29.6	Hey, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast. Today's episode is the final in the streamline,
0:35.2	stack, and save miniseries, where I'm highlighting some of the best
0:38.5	apps, tools, and websites for making it easier for you to earn credit card points, organize your
0:43.9	rewards card portfolio, and minimize the time and effort it takes to excel at award travel.
0:49.5	Today, I'm joined by Julian Keel, former editorial director at the Points Guy and senior editor at CNN covering travel and credit crowd rewards to now founder of Points Path to talk about the browser extension he built that seamlessly integrates into Google flights to automatically tell you in your flight search results whether it's a better deal to pay cash or use points for specific flight options.
1:12.1	We talk trends in the award flight landscape, how points path focuses on simplicity to take
1:17.6	the guesswork out of choosing flights, and why this tool deserves a place in your internet
1:22.1	browser, whether you're a casual award travel or an experienced award flight booker.
1:28.8	We'll also talk about the importance of being alerted to drops in award flight prices for flights you've already booked
1:33.4	and how Points Path can scan award prices so you don't have to. With over 10 years experience
1:38.8	working at some of the most trusted names in the award travel space, Julian is a wealth of knowledge
1:43.9	and I hope you
1:44.9	enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Julian, thank you so much for joining me today.
1:51.5	I am so excited to talk to you. And one of the things that I would love to hear from you as we
1:56.3	begin is, can you take us back before you even thought about or created points path? What first got you
2:03.3	interested in travel and especially in travel rewards, points, and miles? You know, Devin, it is actually
2:09.3	a really good story. So I had a long career before all this in Hollywood as a TV director and writer and some films as well. And as sort
2:20.7	towards the end of that career, I ended up working for WWE World Wrestling Entertainment.
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