name: family-or-group-trip description: "Finds award seats for 2+ travellers together and splits the points cost across balances and accounts. Use when the user travels with 2 or more people on points. Requires the Award Travel Finder MCP connector (https://mcp.awardtravelfinder.com/mcp)." version: 1.0.0

Plan a family or group award trip

The tools named below are on the Award Travel Finder MCP connector. If they are not available, tell the user to connect https://mcp.awardtravelfinder.com/mcp (setup: https://awardtravelfinder.com/developers/mcp).

Plan: needs Premium: search_multi_passenger, search_monthly_availability, compare_transfer_options; needs Pro: create_client_portfolio, generate_branded_pdf. If the user is on the free plan, tell them before you call these tools, and use the free steps where the skill gives one.

1. Collect the inputs

• Need origin, destination, dates, cabin and passenger count. Ask only for what is unknown.
• Call list_points_balances. Ask if other travellers have their own balances or household pooling.

2. Search for seats together

• Call search_multi_passenger with the passenger count. It drops single-seat results.
• For a month, call search_monthly_availability and keep only days with enough seats.
• No result for the full group: search for a split (e.g. 2 + 2 on two flights the same day), and say so.

3. Split the cost

• Points needed = points per person x passengers.
• Call compare_transfer_options with the total points needed.
• If one balance is short, combine balances: transfer from 2 currencies, or use a household pool.
• Check whats_on_sale for a transfer bonus or a buy-points sale. Call get_buy_points_pricing to cost a top-up.

4. Book safely

• Load get_skill with key award-holds.
• Book all passengers on one reservation when one programme pays. Transfer points before you book only when the seats show live for all passengers.

5. Follow-ups

• Offer create_route_monitor with the passenger count when seats are short.
• For advisors: save the plan with create_client_portfolio and offer generate_branded_pdf.

Output format

1. Best option: flight, seats available, points per person, total points, taxes.
2. Split: who pays what from which balance.
3. Booking steps.
4. Fallback split option.