Create Your First Trip

Overview

Trips are the core of MileIntel. Once a trip exists in your dashboard, MileIntel can track your flight status, recommend lounges, find upgrade opportunities, alert you to price drops, and activate the Travel Command Center. There are two ways to get a trip in: let MileIntel detect it automatically, or create one yourself.

Option 1: Auto-Detected Trips

If you've connected Gmail or Google Calendar, MileIntel creates trips automatically when it spots booking confirmations or travel events. These show up on your Dashboard with details pre-filled — airline, flight number, dates, and destination pulled straight from the source.

You don't need to do anything. Just check your Dashboard.

Option 2: Create a Trip Manually

1. From your Dashboard, click the + New Trip button in the top right.
2. Enter your origin and destination — type an airport code (LAX, JFK) or city name.
3. Set your departure and return dates.
4. Choose your cabin preference (economy, premium economy, business, first). This helps MileIntel tailor upgrade and pricing recommendations.
5. Add a trip name if you want (e.g., "Tokyo Spring Trip"). Optional but helpful if you travel a lot.
6. Click Create Trip.

Key Details

• Trip intent is auto-detected. MileIntel classifies your trip as business, leisure, or mixed based on your calendar events, destination, and trip name. A Tuesday-to-Thursday trip to Chicago reads as business; a week in Honolulu reads as leisure. This classification shapes which TCC features you see.
• Add flights after creating. You can create a trip with just dates and destinations, then add specific flights later when you've booked them.
• Multi-city support. For trips with multiple legs (NYC to Dallas to Phoenix), add each leg as a separate flight within the same trip.

Tips

1. Even if you haven't booked yet, create the trip. MileIntel starts monitoring prices and availability as soon as the trip exists — you'll get alerts if a deal drops.
2. Name your trips something memorable. "Q2 Client Visit — London" is easier to find than "Trip 47."

Troubleshooting

Issue: Auto-detected trip has wrong dates or destination. Fix: Click into the trip and edit the details. Auto-detection is based on email parsing and occasionally gets things wrong — your manual edit takes priority.Issue: Duplicate trips appearing. Fix: If Gmail and Calendar both detect the same trip, MileIntel usually merges them. If duplicates slip through, delete the extra one from the trip detail page.