Gondola Award Travel Search

Gondola — Travel MCP Server & Claude Code Plugin

The travel MCP that shows cash and award rates side by side. Search hotels, flights, and rental cars across every major hotel chain and loyalty program, with cents-per-point valuations, price prediction, your own loyalty balances and free-night certificates, rate alerts, and a checkout link for the rate you pick, right from your AI client.

Built for points and miles: unlike award-flight-only tools, Gondola covers hotels, flights, *and* cars, and puts the cash price and the award (points) price in one view so you can see exactly when a redemption beats cash.

Works with Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, ChatGPT, Gemini CLI, and any MCP-compatible client. Learn more at gondola.ai/mcp.

• Endpoint: https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth (Streamable HTTP)
• Auth: every tool uses your Gondola account. Your client signs you in with standard MCP OAuth 2.1 and Dynamic Client Registration when you connect. A Gondola account is free, and there is no API key to copy.
• Tools: 36 across hotels, flights, rental cars, events, loyalty, and analytics.

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Quick Install

Claude (directory)

In Claude, open Settings > Connectors, find Gondola, and choose Connect. Sign in to Gondola when prompted. Guide: Using Gondola in Claude.

Claude Code plugin

Inside Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add gondola-ai/gondola-mcp

/plugin install gondola

This adds the Gondola MCP server plus slash commands (/hotel-points, /award-flights, /worth-it, /optimize-points). Your client opens gondola.ai to sign you in via OAuth the first time it connects.

Or add the MCP server directly (any client)

Every client below supports remote Streamable HTTP natively, so no mcp-remote bridge is needed. Each one prompts for the Gondola sign-in when it connects.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http gondola https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth

Codex CLI

codex mcp add gondola --url https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth

Or in ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.gondola]

url = "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth"

Cursor — ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{

"mcpServers": { "gondola": { "url": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth" } } }

Windsurf — ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json (note: serverUrl, not url):

{

"mcpServers": { "gondola": { "serverUrl": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth" } } }

VS Code (Copilot / Agent mode)

code --add-mcp '{"name":"gondola","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth"}'

Or .vscode/mcp.json (note: top-level key is servers):

{

"servers": { "gondola": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth" } } }

Gemini CLI — install as an extension (bundles the server plus usage context):

gemini extensions install https://github.com/gondola-ai/gondola-mcp

Or wire it up by hand in ~/.gemini/settings.json (note: httpUrl, not url):

{

"mcpServers": { "gondola": { "httpUrl": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth" } } }

Claude Desktop (custom connector) — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → name gondola, URL https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth. Leave the OAuth client fields and headers blank (DCR handles it).

ChatGPT — Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode, then Add custom connector → URL https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp/auth, auth = OAuth.

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What you can do

Ask naturally, or use the slash commands the plugin installs.

Compare cash vs. points for hotels

"Compare cash vs points rates for Hyatt hotels in Tokyo, April 15 to 20"

"Is it worth using Bonvoy points for the Ritz in Maui that week, or pay cash?" "Cheapest 5-night Hyatt stay in Lisbon on points in May"

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/hotel-points Tokyo 2026-04-15 2026-04-20 /worth-it Ritz-Carlton Maui, 4 nights in March, Bonvoy

Search award + cash flights together

"Business class SFO to Tokyo in November, award and cash side by side"

"Cheapest way to fly JFK to LHR in points under 60k?"

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/award-flights SFO HND 2026-11-10 business

Make your points work harder

"Which of my loyalty points expire in the next three months?"

"I have 180k Amex points and 90k Bonvoy. Best redemption for a beach trip in March?"

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/optimize-points a beach trip in March

Watch a price

"Is the Park Hyatt Sydney likely to get cheaper for May 2 to 5, or should I book now?"

"Set a rate alert for the Andaz Maui, December 20 to 27"

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MCP tools (36)

Every tool runs against your Gondola account after the one-time OAuth sign-in.

Booking is handled through Gondola's checkout: get_booking_link and get_vehicle_booking_link hand your client a link to the exact rate, and you finish the reservation on the web. Flight search is discovery-only; flights cannot be booked through Gondola yet.

Search

Rates and value

Checkout and bookings

Rate alerts

Trips, loyalty, and profile

Partner booking tools

A small set of tools places charges against a saved payment method or lists the cards that can be charged. They require the mcp:book scope, which is granted only to onboarded booking partners. A client that registers dynamically does not receive the scope, so these tools are neither listed nor callable on a normal connection.

Interested in partner access? Email support@gondola.ai.

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Your traveler profile

get_traveler_context reads the traveler profile saved on your Gondola account: loyalty tiers, home airport, preferred airlines and chains, trip patterns, and the travel preferences stored there. Preferences are saved by Gondola Concierge or written by hand; connected assistants read the profile but do not write to it. Review, edit, or clear saved preferences at any time in the Traveler Profile panel at gondola.ai/concierge. Details: Data privacy.

Why Gondola

• Cash and award, together. Every search shows the cash price beside the points price with a cents-per-point value, so the "is this redemption worth it?" question is answered inline.
• Every major chain + program, not a single airline or a single OTA.
• Straight to checkout. Hotels and cars hand off a link to the exact rate, so you finish on Gondola rather than retyping the search somewhere else.
• No API key. Standard OAuth sign-in through your client, nothing to copy or rotate.

Links

• Docs & tool reference: https://gondola.ai/mcp
• Using Gondola in Claude: https://www.gondola.ai/help/using-gondola-with-claude
• Building your own client: https://www.gondola.ai/help/mcp-oauth-integration
• Website: https://www.gondola.ai
• Server id (Official MCP Registry): ai.gondola/gondola
• Also listed on PulseMCP and Glama.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.