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Finding a genuinely cheap fare is only half the problem — the other half is everything that has to happen at home while you're gone. "Away Mode" is our name for that second half: a short checklist of real, currently-live partners, not a wishlist of things we'd like to offer eventually.
To be direct about where things actually stand: we have exactly three live partners today. We'd rather say that plainly than pad the list with logos for programs we've only applied to.
SafetyWing
Travel medical insurance built for people leaving home for a while. This is the one item on the list we'd call non-negotiable — a bad week abroad without coverage costs far more than the policy does.
Bounce
Luggage storage by the hour, wherever you land — useful for an early arrival before check-in or a late flight after checkout, so you're not dragging a bag around a city for half a day.
US Global Mail
A virtual mailbox that opens, scans, and forwards your physical mail, so nothing piles up at home while you're away — the one item on this list that's about your house, not your destination.
eSIM connectivity and pet/home care are both things we're actively working on adding — we're not pretending otherwise. We only add a partner once there's a real, working link, not a placeholder, so a link on this page never silently breaks the tracking behind it.