Roame vs PointsYeah: Which Free Award Search Is Better

Roame is the better browsing tool, while PointsYeah gives free users a wider search window.

Roame is built around searching and browsing award availability. Its free Community plan includes real-time search, a three-day flexible search, and SkyView Lite. SkyView Lite covers a seven-day window for departures within 60 days. Roame also offers a daily deals email, mobile app, hotel search, and a free wallet for tracking cards and loyalty balances.

PointsYeah focuses its free tier on direct flight and hotel award searches. Free users can search up to four days at once and create four flight alerts plus four hotel alerts.

Roame is better than PointsYeah for browsing date and region views, and it is better than AwardMath for live seat discovery because AwardMath does not show availability. PointsYeah is better than Roame on free search-window width, and it is better than AwardMath for searching flight and hotel awards.

AwardMath shows which of your points balances can fund an award and what that choice costs you.

Both free tools are worth trying before you pay anyone. Their strengths differ enough that using both is more useful than treating them as substitutes.

PointsYeah gives you more free search width and a published alert allowance, while Roame gives you better free browsing and balance tracking.

PointsYeah says:

"Free members can: Search up to 4 days at a time, Set up to 4 flight alerts, Set up to 4 hotel alerts."

That makes PointsYeah Free the stronger choice when you want to search several nearby dates or monitor both flights and hotels without paying.

Roame Community includes real-time search, a three-day flexible search, SkyView Lite, and Roame Wallet. Roame describes the wallet as:

"Roame Wallet: Track your credit cards and loyalty points"

SkyView Lite is the deciding feature if you do not know exactly where or when you want to travel. It shows a seven-day window for departures within 60 days. Roame's public plan details we reviewed did not state a free alert allowance.

PointsYeah does not publish how many loyalty programs it searches on the pages we could read. Roame says:

"Search up to 25 airline loyalty programs up to 365 days in advance"

That figure applies to Roame generally. The free SkyView Lite horizon is narrower than the full 365-day calendar available through its expanded paid browsing.

Roame has the stronger browsing interface, while PointsYeah offers the wider free and paid date searches.

Roame's main advantage is SkyView. Free users receive a limited version, while Friends of Roame can browse a 60-day flexible window across the 365-day calendar and search multiple regions. Inner Circle adds 100 multi-region Super Alerts and always-on alerts.

PointsYeah Premium widens a single search to two departure airports, two arrival airports, and eight days. It also adds more flight and hotel alerts plus custom points values. The vendor describes the difference this way:

"Free gives you access to powerful search tools and core filters. Premium unlocks more flexibility: Compare up to 2 departure airports, 2 arrival airports, and 8 days at a time all in one search; More flight and hotel alerts; Advanced filters (set your own points value)"

PointsYeah's program count was not published on the pages we could read, so there is no sound program-coverage comparison.

Roame publishes two annual paid prices, while PointsYeah does not publish its Premium price on the public pages we could read.

Both free plans cost $0. Roame's annual paid prices were listed as follows on August 19, 2026:

Friends of Roame was shown as "$9.16/month, 30% off a struck-through $155.88." It includes a seven-day flexible search, 60-day SkyView browsing across the 365-day calendar, multi-region search, SMS alerts, and up to $100 per quarter in hotel rebate credits.

Inner Circle was shown as "$25.00/month, 69% off a struck-through $959.88." It includes 100 multi-region Super Alerts, always-on alerts, and up to $10,000 per year in hotel rebate credits.

Those monthly figures were annual prices expressed by month. The page was on its annual toggle, so Roame's month-to-month prices were not verified. We also could not verify whether the displayed discounts were temporary promotions or permanent framing.

PointsYeah Premium includes wider searches, more alerts, and custom points values. Its public pages did not show the Premium price.

Neither tool replaces the funding math that tells you which of your balances can pay for an award and how many transferable points the choice consumes.

Award search and funding are separate jobs. Roame and PointsYeah help you find award options. AwardMath connects an award to the transferable balances you already hold.

AwardMath is free, with no subscription, paid tier, or affiliate links. A voluntary contribution is requested after a plan lands, but it is never required.

As of August 19, 2026, AwardMath's live graph contained 119 transfer pairs across American Express Membership Rewards, Bilt, Capital One, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou Points, and Wells Fargo Rewards. Of those pairs, 90 were corroborated, two were verified on an issuer's own page, and 27 remained unverified. It also contained 453 dated award-price observations.

Route pricing is partial. AwardMath says so when the needed observation is missing and uses a watch as the fallback. It does not show live seat availability by design.

Use PointsYeah for a quick free date search, Roame for broader browsing, and AwardMath only after you have an award you may want to book.

1. Search PointsYeah if you know the route and have a few possible dates. Its free four-day window is wider than Roame's three-day flexible search.
2. Check Roame when your destination or dates are flexible. SkyView Lite is useful for browsing near-term departures, while the paid SkyView tiers cover wider windows and regions.
3. Run the award through AwardMath to see which of your transferable balances has a path to the loyalty program and what that path costs.
4. Return to the airline loyalty program and confirm the seat directly before moving any points.

Point transfers are generally irreversible. Search-tool results and transfer paths can also change, so confirm the award space, mileage price, taxes, and transfer terms before committing.

Every competitor price and feature here was checked on August 19, 2026.

Roame facts came from Roame's own site, and PointsYeah facts came from PointsYeah's own site. Prices are re-checked monthly because subscription terms and promotional displays can move quickly. Features are re-checked quarterly.

A missing figure stays missing until the vendor publishes it or it can be verified directly. As of the check date, we could not verify PointsYeah Premium pricing, PointsYeah's program count, Roame month-to-month pricing, or whether Roame's displayed annual discounts were temporary.