amex-travel
Search Amex travel portal for cash prices, MR points pricing, IAP discounts, and FHR/THC hotel benefits via Patchright. Use when comparing pay-with-points portal pricing to award alternatives.
npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill amex-travel --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Amex Travel Portal Search Search the American Express travel portal for flights and hotels via Patchright. Returns cash prices, MR points pricing, International Airline Program (IAP) discounts, and Fine Hotels & Resorts / The Hotel Collection benefits. **Requires Patchright** (undetected Playwright fork). Amex blocks standard Playwright and agent-browser. **Must run headed (headless=False).** Amex detects headless browsers. On macOS, a Chrome window briefly appears. For background operation, use Docker. ## Prerequisites ```bash pip install patchright && patchright install chromium ``` Or use Docker (no local install needed): ```bash docker pull ghcr.io/borski/amex-travel:latest # or build locally: docker build -t amex-travel skills/amex-travel/ ``` ## When to Use - Compare Amex portal MR pricing against cash and award prices - Find IAP (International Airline Program) discounted fares on Platinum - Find FHR and THC hotels with benefits ($100 credit, breakfast, upgrade) - Compare portal redemption value against transfer-to-airline value ## When NOT to Use - **Completing purchases.** Find flights and hotels only. Do not book. - **Non-Platinum cards.** IAP fares and FHR benefits requ
- Prerequisites
- When to Use
- When NOT to Use
- Usage
- Flight Search
- Hotel Search
- Record Mode (API Discovery)
- Offline Debug (Hotels)
- 2FA Flow
- Known Limitation: travel-portal login captcha (May 2026)
- How It Works
- Flight Search Architecture
- Hotel Search Architecture
- Data Structure
pip install patchright && patchright install chromium docker pull ghcr.io/borski/amex-travel:latest or build locally: docker build -t amex-travel skills/amex-travel/ Local (opens a Chrome window briefly) python3 scripts/search_flights.py --origin SFO --dest CDG --depart 2026-08-11 Round-trip business python3 scripts/search_flights.py --origin SFO --dest CDG --depart 2026-08-11 --return 2026-09-02 --cabin business JSON output python3 scripts/search_flights.py --origin SFO --dest CDG --depart 2026-08-11 --json
What does the amex-travel skill do?
Search Amex travel portal for cash prices, MR points pricing, IAP discounts, and FHR/THC hotel benefits via Patchright. Use when comparing pay-with-points portal pricing to award alternatives.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill amex-travel --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From borski/travel-hacking-toolkit, a repository with 611 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.