What Roame Holdings does

Roame Holdings, Inc. is a private, San Francisco-based company (founded 2023, 1-10 employees) that operates a specialized search engine for award flights and hotels using credit card points and airline miles. The platform serves individual credit card points holders and award travel enthusiasts, primarily in the US but with growing international support for users in Europe, the UK, Australia, and Canada. Its primary customers are SMB/individual consumers seeking to maximize redemption value across multiple transferable points currencies such as Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, and Citi ThankYou.

The company's core technology is a proprietary multi-program award search algorithm that aggregates real-time inventory across 19+ airline loyalty programs (including United MileagePlus, American AAdvantage, Delta SkyMiles, Air Canada Aeroplan, Flying Blue, Avianca LifeMiles, Emirates Skywards, and others) in a single search, covering 200+ airlines worldwide. Supporting products include SkyView (a visual map-based interface for exploring award availability), SkyView Flight Alerts (up to 5 customizable route alerts), and a beta iOS mobile app. The company also operates an extensive content library covering 32+ airline programs, city/country directories, hotel directories, and educational guides, complemented by a daily email newsletter.

Roame operates a freemium, direct-to-consumer business model. A free tier provides basic award flight search, while the Roame Pro paid subscription (monthly or annual billing) unlocks flight alerts, region-to-region search, and multi-day search features. Distribution is product-led and community-led: users sign up via the web or iOS app, and growth is amplified through seven region-specific Facebook community groups, multi-channel organic social media (Instagram, X, TikTok), an affiliate program on Rewardful, and a daily newsletter. The company is Y Combinator-backed (single $500K seed, September 2023) and is independently owned with no parent company or institutional investors beyond YC identified.

Name

Roame Holdings

Legal name

Roame Holdings, Inc.

Website

https://roame.travel

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Roame Holdings operates a freemium search engine for award flights and hotels using credit card points and airline miles, aggregating real-time inventory across 19+ airline loyalty programs covering 200+ airlines for individual credit card points holders and award travel enthusiasts globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Membership: Annual or monthly subscription fees for premium access. Free tier provides basic search capabilities; paid membership (Roame Pro) unlocks flight alerts, region-to-region search, and multi-day search features. Recurring billing model with automatic renewal at the beginning of each billing cycle.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Roame operates a unified award travel search platform that lets consumers query real-time airline award seat availability across 19+ airline loyalty programs (covering 200+ airlines) in a single search. Its core products are a free flight award search engine, the SkyView visual mapping tool with up to 5 customizable flight alerts, and a paid Roame Pro subscription that unlocks region-to-region and multi-day search, supported by a daily deals newsletter and an iOS app in beta.

Product overview

Roame Holdings operates a unified award travel search platform centered on the Roame Flight Award Search engine, which enables users to search across 19+ airline loyalty programs in a single interface. The core product portfolio includes the flight search engine with SkyView visual mapping, SkyView Flight Alerts for monitoring up to 5 routes, an iOS mobile app (beta), and a membership subscription for premium features. Supporting offerings include comprehensive directories of airline programs, cities, countries, and hotels, plus educational guides and a daily newsletter. The platform covers over 200 airline partners globally and supports users worldwide with both free and subscription tiers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roame Flight Award Search Primary flight search engine enabling users to search for award flight availability across 19+ airline loyalty programs in one unified interface, covering over 200 airlines worldwide. Targeted at individual credit card points holders and award travel enthusiasts.
• SkyView Visual map-based interface for exploring and discovering award flight availability across regions, with option to set automatic alerts for specific routes.
• SkyView Flight Alerts Automatic alert system allowing users to monitor up to 5 flight routes for award ticket availability and price changes.
• Roame iOS App Mobile application for iOS devices providing award flight search functionality, available in beta with early access to core search features.
• Roame Membership/Subscription (Roame Pro) Premium subscription service (Roame Pro) offering flight alerts, region-to-region search, and multi-day search capabilities. Includes recurring monthly or annual billing with automatic renewal and no refunds for partially used periods.
• Roame Daily Newsletter Free daily email service delivering the latest award flight deals and redemption opportunities to subscribers.
• Roame Gift Cards Gift card purchases available for Roame membership subscriptions, allowing users to gift premium access to others.

Quantifiable outcome

• Save 40%-95% on dream vacations when using points for award flights

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Facebook (Meta)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSocial media platform hosting multiple Roame community groups including Award Travel by Roame (main), Japan Award Travel, Middle East Award Travel, Asia Award Travel, Europe Award Travel, East Asia Award Travel, and Southeast Asia Award Travel. Also operates Roame's Facebook Fan Page.
• Rewardful (Affiliate Platform)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party affiliate platform (roame-holdings-inc.getrewardful.com) enabling partners to sign up as affiliates and earn commissions for referring new users to Roame.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Point.me: Point.me is a venture-backed award flight search engine that lets users compare award availability across multiple airline loyalty programs in a single search—the closest direct competitor to Roame's core product.
• Seats.aero: Seats.aero provides real-time award seat availability across major airline loyalty programs, with a strong focus on partner award searches. It is one of the most direct competitors in the multi-program award search category.
• AwardWallet: AwardWallet is a long-standing loyalty program tracking and award search tool that helps users monitor balances and find award availability across multiple programs, competing for the same credit card points-holder audience.
• AwardFares: AwardFares offers award flight search and alerts across airline loyalty programs, with both free and paid tiers. It directly overlaps with Roame's search-and-alert subscription product.

Broad incumbents

• The Points Guy: The Points Guy is a large, established media and tools brand covering credit card points, miles, and award travel. While broader in scope (content + tools), it competes for the same audience and increasingly offers award search features.
• Going (formerly Scott's Cheap Flights): Going is a subscription flight deals service that targets cost-conscious travelers. While it focuses on cash fares rather than award redemptions, it competes for similar travel-savvy subscribers and overlaps on email-driven deal discovery.
• Google Flights: Google Flights is a dominant metasearch engine with massive traffic and resources. While it focuses on cash fares, it represents the largest competitive threat should Google add robust award search capabilities.
• Hopper: Hopper is a venture-backed travel booking app with AI-driven price predictions and aggressive expansion into hotel, car, and award travel. It competes for the same mobile-first, deal-driven traveler persona.
• Thrifty Traveler: Thrifty Traveler is a subscription deal-alert service covering flights and award redemptions. It competes in the points-and-miles subscription segment with a content-plus-alerts model overlapping Roame's value proposition.

Emerging players

• CardPointers: CardPointers is a credit card rewards tracking app that helps users optimize which card to use and maximize point earning. It competes for the same credit-card-curious user base with a complementary but overlapping toolset.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/roametravel
• Facebookfacebook.com/roame
• Instagraminstagram.com/roame.travel
• TikToktiktok.com/@roame.travel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/roametravel

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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