Soar

Soar is an AI flight planner tool. Soar, now Rift, is a web app that searches live airfare, compares airlines and books flights directly, with flexible date windows, passport checks, stored cards and iMessage flight alerts, auto check-in and itinerary chat after purchase.

Soar, now branded Rift, is a web app for searching live airfare, comparing carriers and completing a booking without leaving the product. The pitch is blunt: the homepage claims it finds flights around 50 percent cheaper than Skyscanner and Google Flights. Whether that holds in every market is for the traveller to test, but the underlying workflow is a full booking engine rather than a referral link. Search results are organised by stops, airlines, times and a best-value sort, and the results view can switch between a list and a map. The search form covers the basics a frequent flyer expects: origin, destination, one way or round trip, cabin class, passenger count and a date picker with flexible windows ranging from one day either side up to two weeks. That flexibility toggle is the practical core of the tool, since shifting dates by a few days is usually where the real savings sit. Booking happens inline. Passport details are captured when the airline requires them, and the app checks passport expiry against the departure date before letting a reservation proceed, which prevents a common failure at the gate. Card details can be stored for one-tap checkout, and confirmation runs through a code sent to the traveller. After purchase, Soar leans on iMessage for the trip itself. Scanning a code and sending an activation text unlocks flight alerts for gate changes, baggage pickup and status updates, automatic check-in with boarding passes pushed to the phone, and a chat thread where questions about the itinerary get answered. A change-flight flow shows what the airline permits, lists same-day alternatives and quotes the exact price difference before anything is charged. A profile screen tracks total spend and countries visited. It fits between legacy online travel agencies and pure meta-search sites: closer to a booking agent than a comparison engine, with the messaging layer doing the work most airlines push to their own apps. Travellers who want human support or complex multi-city itineraries should look elsewhere. The free-text homepage and a page that failed to load mean pricing and coverage details still need confirming.