✈️ SeatGuru Just Shut Down After 24 Years (Here's What to Use Instead)

After 24 years of helping travelers choose seats, SeatGuru officially closed on October 31, 2025, leaving many frequent flyers wondering how to avoid bad seats. The site had been showing outdated aircraft configurations since 2020, making it more misleading than helpful. In this episode, we reveal superior modern alternatives that offer real-time seat availability and more accurate aircraft layouts than SeatGuru ever provided. Learn which tools to use for your next booking and why this change is actually better for award travelers trying to maximize their points and miles.Subscribe to Smart With Points 👉🏼 https://smartwithpoints.com/. Check out our sponsor Award Travel Finder to help with your award flight searches.Thanks to Hotel Redemptions and Award Travel Finder for sponsoring this episode!Support us - American ExpressAmerican Express BusinessCapital on Tap