
Google Flights Search (Real-Time Fares)
Real-time Google Flights: one-way and round-trip fares over date ranges, with price verdicts.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
An API key from the service settings is required
Real-time Google Flights: one-way and round-trip fares over date ranges, with price verdicts.
How to connect
How to connect Google Flights Search (Real-Time Fares) to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://flights.flightpowers.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect Google Flights Search (Real-Time Fares) to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://flights.flightpowers.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect Google Flights Search (Real-Time Fares) to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://flights.flightpowers.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (2)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| search_oneway_flights | FlightPowers one-way fare search: live prices read from Google Flights. Input: origin and destination IATA codes -- the destination may be several codes, as "BCN,LIS,ATH" or ["BCN","LIS","ATH"] -- plus either one departure date or a date range. Returns each flight's price, airline, duration, stops, a bookable buy_link, and Google's historical price range (price_insights_low / price_insights_high) so you can say whether a fare is actually a good deal. Use it for any one-way fare question, including open-ended ones. For a flexible search make ONE call with a date range and/or several destinations -- do NOT call it once per date. 'Cheapest flight to Sri Lanka anywhere in October' is one call, not thirty. Each date/destination combination is one billed request; the count and the plan's remaining quota come back in `api_usage`. `by_destination` carries one entry per destination you asked for -- empty ones included, each with a `reason` -- so read it before telling a user a destination has no flights. Requires the caller's own RapidAPI key for the Google Flights Live API. Get one (free tier available) at https://rapidapi.com/mtnrabi/api/google-flights-live-api, then pass it as an `x-rapidapi-key` header (preferred), a `?rapidapi_key=` query parameter on the server URL, or your client's own API key field -- first non-empty wins. Usage counts against the caller's own RapidAPI plan, not ours; every response reports what it spent and what is left in `api_usage`. No key? Sign in with Google and the first 10 searches each day are free on this server -- ad-free, nothing to paste. Connect your own RapidAPI key at https://flights.flightpowers.com/connect to remove the cap. |
| search_roundtrip_flights | FlightPowers round-trip fare search: live prices read from Google Flights, priced as paired legs rather than two separate one-ways. Input: origin and destination IATA codes -- the destination may be several codes, as "BCN,LIS,ATH" or ["BCN","LIS","ATH"] -- a departure date or range, and either a return date or a trip length in nights. Returns the total price for both legs, per-leg airline, stops and duration, and a single bookable buy_link for the trip. Use it for any return-trip fare question. For a flexible search make ONE call: pass departure_date_from / departure_date_to for the outbound range and `nights` instead of return_date to compare trip lengths -- '5 to 7 nights in Rome sometime in May' is one call. Each date/destination combination is one billed request; the count and the plan's remaining quota come back in `api_usage`. `by_destination` carries one entry per destination you asked for -- empty ones included, each with a `reason` -- so read it before telling a user a destination has no flights. Requires the caller's own RapidAPI key for the Google Flights Live API. Get one (free tier available) at https://rapidapi.com/mtnrabi/api/google-flights-live-api, then pass it as an `x-rapidapi-key` header (preferred), a `?rapidapi_key=` query parameter on the server URL, or your client's own API key field -- first non-empty wins. Usage counts against the caller's own RapidAPI plan, not ours; every response reports what it spent and what is left in `api_usage`. No key? Sign in with Google and the first 10 searches each day are free on this server -- ad-free, nothing to paste. Connect your own RapidAPI key at https://flights.flightpowers.com/connect to remove the cap. |