Why give a code editor flight data?

Because the agent that writes your travel feature can also run it. Cursor can fetch a live response, generate types and fixtures from it, and test parsing logic against real data instead of a guessed schema: the response shape it codes against is the one production will see.

Is my key billed to me?

Yes. The MCP servers are bring-your-own-key: Cursor sends your RapidAPI key with each call and usage meters against your own subscription. There is no FlightPowers account and no second bill.

Where does the key live?

In .cursor/mcp.json, as a header value. Treat the file as a secret: keep the project-level copy out of shared repositories, or use the global config instead.

Which plan do I need?

The free tier is 10 requests/month with a hard cap: enough to verify the config, not to develop against. For a development workflow, the $10 PRO plan (2,500 requests/month on flights) is the realistic floor. Every plan includes every endpoint.

Does the same config work elsewhere?

Yes. It is a standard MCP server over HTTP. Any client that reads an mcpServers block (or accepts a URL plus headers) connects the same way; only the file location changes.

Integrations

Live flight & hotel data in Cursor

Drop one block into .cursor/mcp.json and Cursor’s agent can query live fares and hotel rates while it writes your travel features: real responses, not guessed schemas.

Google's price band + a low | typical | high verdict on every fare
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Live Booking.com rates too, with proxy_country per-market pricing

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.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flights": {
      "url": "https://flights.flightpowers.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor and the tools appear in the Agent toolbox. Same shape works in any mcp.json-style client.

Connect

Add to .cursor/mcp.json

1
Get a RapidAPI key
Subscribe on the listing’s pricing tab. The free tier needs no card. The key is the only credential this integration uses.
2
Add the block to .cursor/mcp.json
Project-level or global: paste the config above with your key. For hotels, add a second entry pointing at https://hotels.flightpowers.com/mcp; one RapidAPI key covers both once you subscribe to each listing.
3
Restart Cursor
The tools appear in the Agent toolbox. The same config shape works in any mcp.json-style client, so the block travels with your dotfiles.

Ask it

Five things to say, verbatim

Prompts for a coding agent: each one runs a live call and puts the result to work.

“Call search_oneway_flights for LHR to JFK on October 13 and show me the raw JSON so we can write a parser for it.”

“Fetch live fares for LIS to JFK across November and build a test fixture from the five cheapest days.”

“Add a fareVerdict helper that maps price_range_in_relation_to_other_periods to a badge color, then check it against a live JFK to LHR search.”

“Query search_hotels for Lisbon, October 9 to 12, and generate a TypeScript type from the response.”

“Run find_hotel_by_name for the Rixos Sungate with proxy_country us, de, and il, and print the price spread.”

Tool inventory

The four tools in the Agent toolbox

Printed raw on purpose: this page is written to be read by an agent as much as by a person.

search_oneway_flightsflights server

One-way fares with Google’s price band, the low | typical | high verdict, and a buy_link on every result. Takes a single date or a date range, expanded server-side.

search_roundtrip_flightsflights server

Paired-leg round-trip itineraries: one object per option with both legs matched and a combined total_price.

search_hotelshotels server

Destination search over live Booking.com rates, with the site’s own filters: review_score_8, free_cancellation, and the rest.

find_hotel_by_namehotels server

One property by the name a human would type. proxy_country prices it from any market, the rate-parity tool.

Recipes

Seven things to build in Cursor

Each one is a full page: the connect block, the prompt, the exact call it makes, and the response fields your logic reads.

One-way flight search

Flights API · search_oneway_flights

Round-trip search

Flights API · search_roundtrip_flights

Price-insights check

Flights API · search_oneway_flights

Cheapest-date scan

Flights API · search_oneway_flights

Hotel search

Hotels API · search_hotels

Rate-parity check

Hotels API · find_hotel_by_name

Fare-alert cron

Flights API · search_oneway_flights

Questions, answered plainly

Why give a code editor flight data?: Because the agent that writes your travel feature can also run it. Cursor can fetch a live response, generate types and fixtures from it, and test parsing logic against real data instead of a guessed schema: the response shape it codes against is the one production will see.
Is my key billed to me?: Yes. The MCP servers are bring-your-own-key: Cursor sends your RapidAPI key with each call and usage meters against your own subscription. There is no FlightPowers account and no second bill.
Where does the key live?: In .cursor/mcp.json, as a header value. Treat the file as a secret: keep the project-level copy out of shared repositories, or use the global config instead.
Which plan do I need?: The free tier is 10 requests/month with a hard cap: enough to verify the config, not to develop against. For a development workflow, the $10 PRO plan (2,500 requests/month on flights) is the realistic floor. Every plan includes every endpoint.
Does the same config work elsewhere?: Yes. It is a standard MCP server over HTTP. Any client that reads an mcpServers block (or accepts a URL plus headers) connects the same way; only the file location changes.

Elsewhere

The same data in the rest of your stack

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