How to check airplane seat maps with ChatGPT and Claude

AI assistants cannot see airline seat maps on their own. Connect the free FlightSeatMap MCP server once and your assistant can pull the seat map for any of 844 seat maps across 6,161 airlines — plus seat-level detail and passenger reviews — without you opening a browser tab.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Open Claude connectors Open ChatGPT connectors

Claude and ChatGPT have no one-click install for remote servers yet. Open connectors, choose “Add custom connector”, and paste https://mcp.flightseatmap.com/mcp.

What you can ask

“Show me the seat map for QF1.”
“I'm on BA178 in economy — which seat has the most legroom?”
“Is 12A a good seat on CX880? What do passengers say about it?”
“Compare the seat maps for AA100 and BA112.”

Which assistants work

Assistant	Setup
Cursor	One click, using the button above
VS Code	One click, using the button above
Claude	Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the server URL
ChatGPT	Settings → Connectors, then paste the server URL
Windsurf, Claude Code, other MCP clients	Add the server URL to your MCP config — see the setup guide

What it costs

Seat maps, seat details, best-seat recommendations and passenger reviews are free and need no account. You only sign in for live seat availability and seat alerts.

See pricing for the paid tiers, or read the full MCP server documentation.

Frequently asked questions

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets an AI assistant call external tools. FlightSeatMap runs an MCP server, so any assistant that speaks MCP can query our seat map data directly.

Does this cost tokens or slow the assistant down?

Each lookup is a single tool call that returns a compact text seat map, so it behaves like any other tool your assistant already uses.

Do I need an account?

Not for seat maps, seat details, best-seat picks or reviews. Live availability and seat alerts prompt you to sign in through your assistant when you first use them.

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