What Is Axel?

Axel is the AI travel agent that books flights and hotels at rates and fares you won't find anywhere else. Tell him where you want to go and he compares public rates with private, off-market rates across airlines and hotels, filters the options around how you like to travel, and books the trip when you confirm. After you book, he keeps watching the price and looks for eligible savings, including flight repricing when airline rules allow it. Axel is free to use. No membership is required to search, book, or get help from Axel. Axel customers save $428 per year on average. Axel Membership is optional: it costs $15 for the first month, then $10 per month, can be cancelled anytime, and adds member prices on flights and hotels plus ongoing repricing on every booking.

How It Works

Instead of searching the same route across multiple booking sites, filters, tabs, and fare pages, you can ask in plain language.

For example, you can say:

I want to go from LAX to JFK on Friday. What is the cheapest flight?

He compares your options across airlines, fare classes, times, and routes. If you want something different, you can refine the search conversationally: earlier flight, fewer stops, better airline, cheaper fare, more flexible ticket, or a hotel nearby.

He Helps You Book

This is not just a search box. Once you find the option you want, he helps you book it.

If your traveler information is already saved, booking can be as simple as choosing who is traveling and confirming the trip. He only books with your confirmation.

Better Rates Than Public Sites

Public travel rates often include the costs of being listed, advertised, and sold through major public booking channels. He can access private and off-market travel rates that are not always visible on public search sites.

That matters for both flights and hotels. For flights, he compares options, helps you book, and keeps watching after you book. For hotels, he can surface private rates that may be meaningfully lower than the prices travelers usually see online.

He Keeps Working After You Book

Travel prices do not stop moving after checkout. He keeps watching your trip after you book and looks for eligible savings, including flight repricing when airline rules allow it. Repricing is included with Axel Membership.

Repricing is not guaranteed, and outcomes depend on airline acceptance, but the important part is that he keeps working in the background.

Why Travelers Use Axel

Travelers use Axel because he makes booking easier and less stressful:

• Compares the market for you.
• Filters results around what you like.
• Accesses private and off-market rates.
• Books only with your confirmation.
• Keeps watching after you book.

He has already helped travelers save hundreds of thousands of dollars in the first few months, and the product is built to keep finding better rates as more people book.

Who Makes Axel

Axel is made by Ascend Travel Inc, founded in 2017 as Gordian Software and backed by Y Combinator (W19). The company is based in Bellevue, Washington, in the Seattle area, and is led by CEO Stephen Grabowski, formerly of Skyscanner.

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