How do I install Gondola Award Travel Search?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Gondola Award Travel Search need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Gondola Award Travel Search use?

Gondola Award Travel Search is reached over HTTP.

When was Gondola Award Travel Search last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-18. Compare cash vs points on hotels, flights, and cars. Checkout supported hotels and rental cars.

Gondola Award Travel Search MCP server

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Server URL

https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp

The Claude button above opens Claude with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add --transport http ai.gondola-gondola https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "ai.gondola-gondola": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "mcp-remote",8        "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp"9      ]10    }11  }12}

claude_desktop_config.json

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Remote

Transport: http
Version: 0.1.6
Last checked

46 tools

Tools

tools/listVoice mode preview

Tool	What it does
book_flight	Book a prepared flight only after the traveler explicitly confirms the exact current quote, total, currency, and consent version. Use the handoff_id and quote_id returned by prepare_flight_booking and a saved payment_id from get_payment_methods. Gondola derives the traveler ID and type and a stable
book_hotel	Book a hotel room using a rate from get_hotel_rates. Requires guest details and a saved payment method. Use get_payment_methods to find the payment ID. The gondola_rate_id comes from the room rates returned by get_hotel_rates.
book_hotel_v2	Book a hotel room using a rate from get_hotel_rates. Requires guest details and a saved payment method. Use get_payment_methods to find the payment ID. The gondola_rate_id comes from the room rates returned by get_hotel_rates. Returns a versioned structured result for MCP Apps.
book_vehicle	Book a rental vehicle from a search result. Requires a Gondola account and a saved payment method (use get_payment_methods to find the payment ID). The vendor_code, rate_code, acriss_code, and search_id all come from search_vehicles results.
cancel_flight_booking	Preview flight cancellation first with confirm=false or omitted. Show the returned itinerary cancellation scope and exact terms before asking the traveler to confirm. A void preview means Gondola will first try to void every exact ticket document and will cancel the itinerary only after complete voi
cancel_vehicle_booking	Cancel an existing vehicle booking by its Gondola booking ID. Use this when a user wants to cancel a rental they previously booked.
compare_rates	Compare current canonical cash vs points rates side-by-side for one or more hotels. Use this whenever the user is making a cash-vs-points decision — whether focused on a single hotel ("compare cash and points at Park Hyatt Tokyo") or weighing top picks against each other ("which of these is the best
compare_rates_v2	Compare current canonical cash vs points rates side-by-side for one or more hotels. Use this whenever the user is making a cash-vs-points decision — whether focused on a single hotel ("compare cash and points at Park Hyatt Tokyo") or weighing top picks against each other ("which of these is the best
create_rate_alert	Create a rate alert to monitor a hotel for price drops. The user will be notified by email when the rate drops. Optionally specify dates, or leave them out to monitor any two-night stay.
credit_card_coverage	Look up rental car CDW/LDW (collision damage waiver / loss damage waiver) coverage provided by a credit card. Useful before booking — tells the user whether they can decline the rental company's expensive insurance. Provide EITHER credit_card_product_name (exact card match) OR card_number_bin + card
delete_rate_alert	Delete a rate alert to stop monitoring a hotel for price drops.
diagnose_rates	Diagnose rate availability and per-supplier statuses for a specific hotel. Use this when a power user asks why certain rates aren't showing (e.g. "why is there no AAA rate?" or "is this hotel mapped to Travelport?"). Returns per-source status and a full breakdown of every rate by type. Diagnostic —
get_booking	Get details for a hotel booking made through Gondola, using the Gondola booking ID shown as "Gondola booking" by get_upcoming_trips and get_past_trips. Returns hotel name, dates, room type, rate, status, and cancellation policy. A hotel or airline confirmation number will not resolve. Reservations G
get_booking_link	Get a booking link for a hotel on Gondola. Use this when a user wants to book a specific hotel. Returns a URL to the hotel's booking page with dates pre-filled. Pass gondola_rate_id when a specific rate is known so the link deep-links straight to that rate's checkout page.
get_favorite_hotels	Get the hotels the user has saved as favorites in Gondola, newest first. Use this when the user asks about their favorite or saved hotels, or to ground recommendations in places they already like. Returns each hotel's name, hotel_id, chain, address, and the date it was saved. Pass the returned hotel
get_flight_booking	Get the current owner-scoped state of a Gondola flight booking, including booking, payment, ticketing, action-required, cancellation, ticket settlement, refund-review, failure, and chronology state. Ticket settlement is separate from refunds, customer payouts, credits, and Gondola Cash. Use this aft
get_flight_credits	Get the user's active airline flight credits, eCredits, travel funds, vouchers, and travel-bank balances. Returns the airline, remaining usable amount, currency, credit type, and expiration date when known. Use this whenever the user asks whether they have unused airline money, credits from cancelle
get_flight_points	Collect award (miles/points) pricing for a flight search that reported pending_sources. Call this after search_flights when you set points: true and the response came back with pending_sources — those are the loyalty programs still being scraped. Returns per-program results: cash itineraries paired
get_free_night_credits	Get the user's free night certificates — the award nights earned from credit cards and elite status, such as a Marriott Free Night Award, a World of Hyatt free night, a Hilton free night reward, an IHG reward night, or a Wyndham Go Free night. Returns each certificate's program, how many remain, wha
get_hotel_details	Get stored property information for a specific hotel: address, chain and brand, property type, star and guest ratings, all-inclusive and adults-only flags, themes, description, check-in and check-out times and instructions, amenities, photo links, room types with beds, size, max adults, and views, p
get_hotel_details_v2	Get stored property information for a specific hotel: address, chain and brand, property type, star and guest ratings, all-inclusive and adults-only flags, themes, description, check-in and check-out times and instructions, amenities, photo links, room types with beds, size, max adults, and views, p
get_hotel_rates	Get live room rates for one hotel and stay window. Rooms are grouped by type, and every room type is shown, in full while the response stays within a size budget (at most 50), with up to three rates each: the cheapest non-refundable, cheapest refundable, and cheapest points award, with nightly and t
get_hotel_reviews	Get guest reviews for a specific hotel. Use this to help a user understand what other guests thought about a property — common complaints, recurring praise, recent service issues. Returns up to 10 recent reviews with ratings and comments.
get_hotel_stats	Get pricing percentile context for a specific hotel. Returns where the current rate falls relative to the property's typical pricing (e.g. "this rate is in the 20th percentile — cheaper than 80% of historical observations"). Use this to add objective context to recommendations.
get_loyalty_accounts	Get the user's loyalty program memberships and current point balances. Use this to personalize recommendations (e.g. "with 120k Bonvoy points, this Sheraton is a great points redemption") and to suggest portfolio optimizations. This covers points balances and elite tiers only — free night certificat
get_multi_night_rates	Get cached, partial rate observations for a hotel over a flexible date range. Use this for seasonality shape and to shortlist candidate check-in dates (e.g. "any week in May"), never to prove a missing date is unavailable. `nights` is the exact stay length and `end_date` is the latest checkout, not
get_past_trips	Get the user's past hotel stays and flights. Use this to answer travel-history questions and make recommendations grounded in behavior (e.g. "you loved the Park Hyatt last year", "you've flown United six times this year", "what seats have I taken before?", or "what is my favorite airplane seat?"). R
get_payment_methods	List the user's saved payment methods for booking. Returns saved credit/debit cards with their payment IDs, needed for the book_hotel tool.
get_rate_alerts	Get all active rate alerts for the current user. Returns which hotels the user is monitoring for price drops.
get_similar_hotels	Find hotels similar to a given hotel. Use this for branching exploration after a search (e.g. user likes the Park Hyatt Tokyo but wants a cheaper alternative — find similar properties). Pass destination when the alternatives should be in a different city. Returns properties matched by hotel attribut
get_suggested_searches	Get personalized travel suggestions and trip inspiration for the current user. Returns curated hotel recommendations grounded in the user's preferences, recent searches, popular destinations, and upcoming holidays. Great for open-ended prompts like "where should I go?" or "any trip ideas for next mo
get_suite_upgrade_credits	Get the user's active suite upgrade awards and certificates across loyalty programs. Returns the program, award type, remaining count, and expiration date. Use this whenever the user asks about suite upgrades, Nightly Upgrade Awards, Suite Upgrade Awards, Confirmable Upgrade Rewards, or IHG suite up
get_travel_profiles	Get the user's saved travel profiles — guest name, email, and phone presets. Each profile has a selectable ID you can pass to book_hotel as travel_profile_id to prefill the guest details, mirroring the website checkout where the user picks a saved traveler instead of typing each field. Use this befo
get_traveler_context	Get the user's saved travel context: loyalty programs and elite tiers, home airport, preferred airlines and cabin, preferred hotel chains, typical trip patterns (business vs leisure, budgets, frequent destinations), plus any preferences they've stated or that have been learned from past conversation
get_upcoming_trips	Get the user's upcoming hotel, flight, and rental car reservations. Use this to ground recommendations in real plans (e.g. "your Tokyo trip is May 15-20, want me to find restaurants?"), check upcoming confirmation numbers, or answer what flights/cars/hotels are already booked. Returns dates, confirm
get_vehicle_booking	Get details for a specific vehicle booking by its Gondola booking ID. Returns vendor, pickup/dropoff locations and times, vehicle class, rate, and status. Use when a user asks about a rental they've already booked (e.g. "what time is my pickup?", "where do I pick up my Hertz rental?").
get_vehicle_booking_coverage	Get the rental car CDW/LDW coverage that was stored at booking time for a specific vehicle booking. Use this after a booking to remind the user what coverage their card provides on this rental.
get_vehicle_booking_link	Get a Gondola.ai checkout link for a specific vehicle from search results. Use this when the user wants to reserve a rental car: it returns a booking page URL with the selected vehicle, pickup, and drop-off pre-filled, and the traveler completes the reservation on the web.
get_vehicle_details	Get detailed information about a specific rental vehicle option. Use this after search_vehicles to get extras, insurance options, charges, and cancellation policy for the vehicle the user wants to book.
optimize_loyalty_portfolio	Analyze the user's entire loyalty portfolio and surface the highest-value actions: points expiring soon (ranked by value at risk), the best transfer opportunities from their transferable card currencies (Amex, Chase, Bilt, etc.) into hotel programs, and their largest balances. Takes no arguments — i
predict_price	Predict whether the current rate at a hotel is a good deal based on historical price trends. Use this when the user is debating booking now vs. waiting. Returns a confidence-scored label (e.g. "book now", "wait", "prices typically rise") with supporting signals and price history.
prepare_flight_booking	Prepare a flight for booking from a signed selection_token that comes only from an eligible search_flights row. Search re-shops the selected itinerary instead of trusting a provider-native offer, then returns its current internal booking or referral capability, including any reconfirmation or unavai
search_events	Search for live events by artist, team, show, or event name. Returns factual event discovery details in provider order, including dates, venue, status, optional approximate listed price range, and the canonical event page. Prices are provider-supplied discovery metadata, not live offers. Use page=0
search_flights	Search for flights by route and date. Returns cash-priced options ranked for the traveler — weighing their airline loyalty/status and travel history alongside flight quality, not price alone — 10 options per page. Results are discovery-only and cannot be booked through Gondola. Call again with page=
search_hotels	Search for hotels by location and dates. Returns a list of matching hotels with cash and points rates and deal scores. To produce a focused cash-vs-points decision widget for a hotel the user is considering — for one or several top picks — follow up with compare_rates rather than narrating rates fro
search_vehicles	Search for rental vehicles at an airport or city. Returns available cars sorted by price with vendor, class, and rate details.

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.

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.

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"

/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?"

/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?"

/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"

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

Tool	What it does
`search_hotels`	Find hotels by location and dates, with cash and points rates and deal scores.
`get_hotel_details`	Stored property facts for one hotel: address, brand, ratings, amenities, room types, policies, and fees.
`get_similar_hotels`	Find hotels similar to a given hotel.
`search_flights`	Search for flights by route and date.
`search_events`	Search for live events by artist, team, show, or event name.
`search_vehicles`	Search for rental vehicles at an airport or city.
`get_vehicle_details`	Get detailed information about a specific rental vehicle option.
`get_hotel_reviews`	Get guest reviews for a specific hotel.
`get_suggested_searches`	Get personalized travel suggestions and trip inspiration for the current user.

Rates and value

Tool	What it does
`get_hotel_rates`	Live room rates for one hotel and stay window, cash and points side by side.
`compare_rates`	Compare current canonical cash vs points rates side-by-side for one or more hotels.
`predict_price`	Predict whether the current rate at a hotel is a good deal based on historical price trends.
`get_hotel_stats`	Get pricing percentile context for a specific hotel.
`get_multi_night_rates`	Get cached, partial rate observations for a hotel over a flexible date range.
`diagnose_rates`	Diagnose rate availability and per-supplier statuses for a specific hotel.
`get_flight_points`	Award (miles) pricing for a flight search that reported pending award sources.

Checkout and bookings

Tool	What it does
`get_booking_link`	Checkout link for a hotel rate, with dates and guests pre-filled.
`prepare_flight_booking`	Re-shop an eligible flight selection and report how it can be booked.
`get_flight_booking`	Current state of a Gondola flight booking: payment, ticketing, cancellation, and refund status.
`get_vehicle_booking`	Get details for a specific vehicle booking by its Gondola booking ID.
`get_vehicle_booking_link`	Get a Gondola.ai checkout link for a specific vehicle from search results.
`get_vehicle_booking_coverage`	Get the rental car CDW/LDW coverage that was stored at booking time for a specific vehicle booking.
`get_booking`	Get details for a hotel booking made through Gondola, using the Gondola booking ID shown as "Gondola booking" by get_upcoming_trips and get_past_trips.

Rate alerts

Tool	What it does
`get_rate_alerts`	Get all active rate alerts for the current user.
`create_rate_alert`	Create a rate alert to monitor a hotel for price drops.
`delete_rate_alert`	Delete a rate alert to stop monitoring a hotel for price drops.

Trips, loyalty, and profile

Tool	What it does
`get_upcoming_trips`	Get the user's upcoming hotel, flight, and rental car reservations.
`get_past_trips`	Get the user's past hotel stays and flights.
`get_loyalty_accounts`	Get the user's loyalty program memberships and current point balances.
`get_flight_credits`	Get the user's active airline flight credits, eCredits, travel funds, vouchers, and travel-bank balances.
`get_free_night_credits`	Free-night certificates you hold, such as Marriott Free Night Awards or Hyatt free nights.
`get_suite_upgrade_credits`	Get the user's active suite upgrade awards and certificates across loyalty programs.
`optimize_loyalty_portfolio`	Points expiring soon, best transfer opportunities from card currencies, and largest balances.
`credit_card_coverage`	Look up rental car CDW/LDW (collision damage waiver / loss damage waiver) coverage provided by a credit card.
`get_traveler_context`	Your saved travel context: loyalty tiers, home airport, preferred airlines and chains, trip patterns, and saved preferences.
`get_favorite_hotels`	Get the hotels the user has saved as favorites in Gondola, newest first.

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.

Tool	What it does
`book_hotel`	Book a hotel room using a rate from get_hotel_rates.
`get_payment_methods`	List the user's saved payment methods for booking.
`book_flight`	Book a prepared flight after the traveler confirms the exact quote.
`cancel_flight_booking`	Preview, then confirm, cancellation of a Gondola flight booking.
`book_vehicle`	Book a rental vehicle from a search result.
`cancel_vehicle_booking`	Cancel an existing vehicle booking by its Gondola booking ID.
`get_travel_profiles`	Saved travel profiles: guest name, email, and phone presets.

Interested in partner access? Email [email protected].

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.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Gondola Award Travel Search

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Documentation

Gondola — Travel MCP Server & Claude Code Plugin

Quick Install

Claude (directory)

Claude Code plugin

Or add the MCP server directly (any client)

What you can do

Compare cash vs. points for hotels

Search award + cash flights together

Make your points work harder

Watch a price

MCP tools (36)

Search

Rates and value

Checkout and bookings

Rate alerts

Trips, loyalty, and profile

Partner booking tools

Your traveler profile

Why Gondola

Links

License