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For founders, operators, lawyers, partners, sales leaders — anyone whose calendar lives on a plane

You text.
We book.

One line on Slack, WhatsApp, iMessage, or email. Sally — your EA at trvl.so — works every tactic in the book: lowest published fare, hidden-city when it pays, the right seat, every loyalty number stacked. Approver in the loop. Expense-ready. Trip locked before any card is charged.

" NYC Wednesday back Friday. Start →
Reach us on Slack · WhatsApp · iMessage · Email
First booking is on us. No card to start. Invite within the hour.
A real exchange · slightly edited for privacy

What it looks like
when you text Sally.

#trvl-lukas · Slack Connect Tue, 9:14 AM CT
Lukas 9:14 AM
ORD to SFO Wed back Fri. Board meeting Thu morning. Need to be in bed before 11.
Sally 9:43 AM
On it. Held:

UA 463 Wed 11:20 AM ORD–SFO · Economy Plus 7C · your GPU cleared, now Polaris 2A aisle bulkhead at no cash up.
Return UA 712 Fri 1:55 PM SFO–ORD · Economy Plus 6A.
$534 round-trip.

Marriott Marquis SF Wed + Thu · Ambassador rate $329 · high floor city view. SNA attached.

Uber Comfort pre-set ORD 8:45 AM Wed, SFO 1:30 PM Fri. $94.

Total $1,286. United.com today: $1,847. You save $561. Approver auto-clears.

Lock it?
Lukas 9:46 AM
Lock.
Sally 9:48 AM
Booked. Confirmations: UA-Y4QX9R · MR-88134-AS.
Card untouched until you approve at trvl.so/t/x9q4. Receipt routes to expense@yourco.com.

+8,500 United miles, +20 Bonvoy elite nights, +Polaris meal pre-selected. Calendar updated.
Time from request to locked itinerary: 34 minutes. Saved against United.com: $561. Card movement: $0 until approved.
May 2026 · sanitized

What Sally did
for founders last month.

$1,750
Saved · ORD → SIN
Held UA Polaris on UA29 until the C bucket opened 14 days out, when the upper cabin was under 60% sold. Same seat, same row, third week of May.
Series-A fintech CEO
$2,400
Saved · NYC → BLR
Routed via Frankfurt on Lufthansa instead of the direct Newark-Bangalore Air India. Stopover unlocked a fare class direct couldn't touch.
PE partner, growth fund
22K pts
Stretched · Bonvoy
Pushed an Off-Peak Tokyo Edition booking through the right portal. Two nights in a suite for what most travelers pay for a standard room.
Series-A marketplace CEO
14 hrs
Saved · Q2 total
Across 22 trips for one customer. He never opened Skyscanner once. EA never opened it once. Sally did it all from her side.
Series-B SaaS CEO
$520
Recovered · DL delay
Filed for Delta's expense reimbursement per their contract of carriage — customer didn't know it existed. Took Sally 20 minutes.
Sales VP, Series-B
$0
Charged · until approved
Every single booking last month flowed through deferred payment. Customers approved on their schedule. Cards moved after, not before.
All customers, no exceptions
For corporate buyers

Why founders text Sally
instead of clicking through a corporate platform.

i.
One line in. Done out. No login. No expense codes to remember. No policy modal. Sally handles policy in the background.
ii.
Lowest fare, every tactic. Hidden city when the route allows. Award seat when the bucket opens. Mixed cabin when the math works. None of this is on Navan.
iii.
Loyalty stacking that compounds. Same airline alliance across a quarter to hold status. Same chain across a month to hit elite nights. Sally remembers what corporate tools forget.
iv.
Approver in the loop, automatically. Your CFO sees the booking before any card moves. Auto-clears if under your threshold. Routes for sign-off if over.
v.
Expense ready, day one. Receipt to your expense email. GL code on the invoice. Card auth held until you approve. Reconciles itself.
vi.
Same person every trip. Sally learns your patterns. Trip 4 is faster than trip 1. By trip 10 she anticipates. That's the moat no algorithm replicates.
how it works

No app to install. No dashboard to learn.
You text. We book.

Use whatever chat tool you already live in. Your travel agent reads your message, books to your loyalty numbers and seat preferences, and sends you the trip details before any money moves.

01

Tell us your preferences once

A 5-minute form: which airlines and hotels you prefer, your frequent-flyer numbers, seat type, dietary needs, who approves spend. We save it so you never have to repeat yourself.

5 minutes · only once
02

Send a message when you need to travel

"Chicago to SF Wednesday, back Friday, demo Thursday morning." Send it however you already chat with us — Slack, WhatsApp, iMessage, or email. Within hours, you get back 2–3 options with fares, seats, and hotel details laid out.

~90 seconds to send · we do the rest
03

Approve. Then pay.

Pick one. We confirm the booking, then send you a single Stripe payment link with everything itemised — flights, hotel, ground, our flat fee. Your card never touches our system until you've seen the full trip locked in.

no card on file · Stripe-secured
#trvl-lukas 2 members · trvl bot, Sally
🔔 ⋯
LW
Lukas Wagner 2:34 PM
Frankfurt → SF next Wed back Friday. Acme demo Thursday AM, two investor sit-downs Friday. Budget €5k. Need decent Wi-Fi on the long-haul — last LH 458 was patchy.
tv
trvl APP 2:34 PM
Got it. FRA → SFO Wed Jun 3 – Fri Jun 5. Cross-checked your calendar — Acme demo is on at 9:30 AM PT, your Friday investor sits at 2 PM PT.

Sally's working it now. Three options posted within 90 minutes. Track at trvl.so/?u=lukas.
PJ
Sally Joshi 3:48 PM
Three options ready. My pick — outbound LH 458 FRA-SFO upper deck 2A (your usual), return AF 84 SFO-CDG + onward AF 1018 CDG-BER. This earns your UA 1K on the way out and Delta Diamond on the way back. Hotel JW Marriott Union Square, Ambassador suite confirmed, gym verified.

€4,680 total — €45 below the Booking.com fare for the same itinerary. Auto-approved (under your €5k ceiling). Stripe payment link will arrive once you confirm.
View the trip board ↗
Message #trvl-lukas ↵
what changes

Same trip.
Six things land differently.

Same flights. Same dates. Different person at the keyboard. You arrive in 2A, walk past the line, sit in the lounge, and land with your status year intact.

01

Business class at near-economy.

The same itinerary, in business — 30 to 60% below the published business fare. We know which Star Alliance partner is running the same metal cheaper. We know when transferring 80K Chase points beats $3,000 in cash. We know which day flips fare class. The price you saw on Kayak is not the price you should pay.

30–60% below published
02

Upgrade list, actually worked.

GPUs deployed on the ten-hour legs, not the two-hour ones. PlusPoints stacked on the segment that clears, not the one that doesn't. Instrument-upgrade fares booked when they clear cheap, not paid for when they don't. We clear 70%+ of eligible domestic upgrades — because we know how the list actually moves.

70%+ upgrade clear rate
03

Lounge on every connection.

Your Sapphire Reserve's Priority Pass, your Centurion at ATL and JFK, your Star Gold across every Star Alliance international, a paid pass when there's a gap. We map your card-status matrix to every airport you transit and walk you to the right door. Coach gate seats stop being part of your trip.

lounge mapped to every leg
04

Loyalty maxed, never leaked.

The right loyalty number on the right alliance on the right leg. Star Gold benefits applied when you fly UA partners. SkyTeam Elite Plus credited to KLM via Atlanta. BA Tier Points pursued when you fly AA. The "we forgot to add your number" miles loss does not happen here.

every leg, every program
05

Seat hand-picked from the live map.

We know which 787-9 seats lean cold, which A350 row is over the engine, which 777-300ER 2A is the actual best seat on the plane and not just the one Hopper shows. We know which sub-fleet has Wi-Fi worth using. 31E does not exist in our seat-pick set. Ever.

never middle, never 31E
06

Status year, preserved.

Your United 1K threshold is 54,000 PQF. Your Marriott Ambassador is 100 nights and $23K spend. We track. When you're 4,000 PQF short in November, we route through the bonus-PQF promo airline of the moment. Status retention is treated as a deliverable, not a side-effect of frequency.

status as a deliverable
Want the math on how a $79 booking returns ~$1,400 in points and seat value? See the unit economics →
your live trip board

One quiet page. Everything that matters.

Your profile stays on the left. Loyalty numbers blurred until you click. Your current trip sits on the right with live flight status, hotel detail, and the exact miles you're earning — so the value compounds in front of you, every trip.

Trip TR-20260603-FRA-SFO · Wed Jun 3 – Fri Jun 5
Live · refreshed just now

Frankfurt → San Francisco · demo + investor meetings

Purpose: Acme demo Thu AM · partner sit-downs Fri Budget: €5,000
LH
LH 458
Wed Jun 3 · Boeing 747-8i · Business · upper deck
On time
13:55 FRA Frankfurt · Terminal 1 · Senator Lounge access
11h 50m · nonstop
✈
Departs in 9d
16:45 SFO San Francisco · Terminal A · international arrivals
Seat
2A · upper deck window
Cabin
Business · Star Alliance
Confirmation
LH7K3F92 show
Wi-Fi
FlyNet · streaming-capable
✦
Credits your United MileagePlus 1K
+11,400 award miles · +1,600 PQP via Star Alliance · seat 2A held on the upgrade list · 1K progression stays clean
Marriott Bonvoy

JW Marriott · Union Square

515 Mason St · 2 nights · check-in Wed 9 PM
Rate$385/night
RoomDeluxe King · high floor
ConfirmationMR-88204417 show
Ambassador upgrade requested Welcome gift + lounge access 4 PM late checkout Gym verified · breakfast included
AF
AF 84
Fri Jun 5 · Airbus A350-900 · Business · La Première galley
Scheduled
15:50 SFO San Francisco · Terminal G · Air France lounge
11h 30m · nonstop
✈
Departs Fri 15:50
11:20+1 CDG Paris-Charles de Gaulle · Terminal 2E
Seat
2L · single aisle
Cabin
Business · SkyTeam
Confirmation
AF92QXL7 show
Onward
AF 1018 CDG → BER
✦
Credits your Delta SkyMiles Diamond
+12,800 award miles · +1,800 MQDs via SkyTeam · Delta Diamond status stays current through 2027 · CDG-BER onward booked on same record
Flights · LH 458 + AF 84 + AF 1018€3,840
Hotel · JW Marriott Union Square · 2 nights€720
Ground · Uber Black · both ends€120
Vendor cost we fronted€4,680
Same itinerary on Booking.com (no Star Alliance / SkyTeam credit)€4,725
You're €45 ahead — and three programs credit on one trip
✓ Auto-approved · under your €5,000 ceiling Pay €4,680 when ready →
why founders pick us

The four things MakeMyTrip and Expedia will never do for you.

Each of these compounds over a year of travel. Read them carefully.

01

Every flight earns to your account, not theirs.

OTAs route to the highest-commission carrier. We route to your loyalty number — across alliances. One round trip can credit your United, Delta, and Marriott accounts simultaneously. Over 24 months the average founder earns roughly $8,000 in loyalty currency we recovered that an OTA would not have credited.

multi-alliance optimization · per trip
02

Same fare as Booking. Or we send the screenshot.

The price you see is the lowest published fare on that route, for that date. If the same itinerary is cheaper on Booking, Expedia, or your direct airline portal, we match it and send the screenshot. No markup. No commission baked in. No bundle tricks.

fare match · transparent · auditable
03

Pay after. Not before.

Your card never moves until the trip is locked, the seat is held, and the hotel is confirmed. We front the vendor cost ourselves. You owe us only after every detail is reviewed and approved in Slack. No card on file. No autopay. No surprise charges.

deferred payment · trust loop · Stripe-secured
04

Currency converts at interbank, not at 4%.

USD vendor cost is paid from our INR account at the day's interbank rate. Your credit card would have added a 3–4% foreign transaction fee plus a 1–2% Visa/Mastercard markup. On a $2,500 trip, that's $100–150 you don't lose to FX.

interbank FX · no card markup · saves $100+/trip
trvl.so
Navan
Concur
Booking.com
Books to your loyalty number
always
if entered in profile
if entered in profile
rarely
Picks your preferred seat
yes — and watches upgrade list
you pick from UI
you pick from UI
you pick · fee for premium
Pay after trip is locked
yes
charged at booking
invoiced via employer
charged at booking
Interbank FX on vendor cost
yes
corp card rate
corp card rate
personal card rate
Same human, every trip
yes, by name
AI agent
support ticket
no
Proactive rebooking on delays
before you notice
alerts via app
no
no
Data sold to advertisers
never
no (per policy)
no (per policy)
yes

A travel agent who answers to you, not to the airline.

where founders go

The routes you actually fly.

SF for the board. NYC for the raise. London for the partner. Tokyo for the OEM. Bengaluru for the team.

San Francisco
SFO · 4h 33m from ORD
New York
JFK · 2h 20m from ORD
London
LHR · 8h via UA Polaris
Tokyo
HND · ANA business class
Paris
CDG · 8h via UA or AF
Dubai
DXB · Emirates ICE
Bengaluru
BLR · AI nonstop
Singapore
SIN · SQ Suites
get started

Five minutes. Once. Then a free trip.

Every preference captured upfront. Your agent never asks twice. After the form, we open a chat thread with you within the hour — Slack, WhatsApp, iMessage, or email, whichever you prefer — and your first trip is on us. No card needed to start.

  • Loyalty numbers and tier — held privately, surfaced only when relevant
  • Seat, cabin, hotel chain, gym, breakfast, dietary, accessibility
  • Approver, budget ceilings, and auto-approve threshold
  • Slack workspace for the private trvl channel
Email first
what happens next
1
Fill the form · 5 minutes

Loyalty numbers, seat, hotel chains, who has to approve spend. We work from what's there.

2
We reach out · within the hour

You pick how you want to chat — Slack Connect, WhatsApp, iMessage, or email — and we open the thread with you. One click. No app to install.

3
First trip · on us

Message however we chat (Slack, WhatsApp, iMessage, email). A real EA does the booking. We waive the service fee. You pay vendor cost only.

⏱ Most founders are live within 24 hours.
pricing

Three subscriptions. One free booking. Hotel paid at check-in.

Vendor cost passes through at exact amount, auditable on request. No commission, no markup, no per-booking surprise. Annual prepay saves 17% on any tier.

Founder

$549/ month
For the solo founder. One traveler. Up to 7 trips a month.
  • Same dedicated EA on every trip — by name
  • Loyalty-first booking on every flight · fare match every trip
  • Personalized travel brief on signup · loyalty arbitrage map
  • 6-hour SLA on urgent changes
  • Live trip board · Slack-native intake · vendor cost passes through
Start Founder · $549/mo
Most chosen

Team

$999/ month
For founding teams of up to 4. Up to 25 trips a month. The best per-seat economics in the lineup.
  • Everything in Founder · 4 named travelers
  • 2-hour SLA · proactive rebooking on delays before you notice
  • Group + board-meeting coordination · multi-traveler itineraries
  • Hotel rate negotiation · Bonvoy Ambassador stacking
  • Quarterly travel review with the team
Start Team · $999/mo

Founders Office

$2,499/ month
For Series-B+ and growth-stage. Up to 8 travelers. Up to 60 trips a month.
  • Everything in Team
  • Dedicated travel operations manager (20% FTE)
  • 1-hour SLA + emergency phone line
  • Custom multi-level approval workflows · team spend analytics
  • 24/7 multilingual coverage on active trips
Start Founders Office · $2,499/mo

On-Demand

$99/ booking · first booking free
No subscription. No commitment. Send us a trip, get a confirmed PNR, pay only the fee. Standard 24-hour SLA. Subscribe anytime to unlock priority.

Enterprise

Custom8+ travelers · talk to us
For teams of 9+ or org-wide travel programs. Unlimited bookings. White-label option. Custom integrations with Concur, Workday, NetSuite. Dedicated SLAs.
Talk to the team

Your first booking is always free, on every tier · Annual prepay saves 17% on subscriptions · Cancel anytime · Vendor cost passes through at exact amount.