Points Tracker

Setup guide

Start well. Keep your ledger safe.

Setup, capture, locking, and backups—at your own pace. Every screenshot uses fictional records.

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People & account ownership

  1. Version 2.2.0 is the published Chrome Web Store release.
  2. The 2.2.0 update adds up to four people, including P1, in one shared local vault.
  3. New vaults use a local PIN; vaults created by earlier releases continue to use their original text passphrase.
  4. Either credential unlocks the shared vault for everyone.
  5. New names can contain up to 14 characters.
  6. Use the + beside the person tabs to add someone; double-click a tab to rename it, then press Enter to save or Escape to cancel.
  7. P1 stays the default person and cannot be deleted; other people can be removed after a confirmation.
  8. Manage opens the selected person’s program choices, and manual values remain separate for each rewards account.
  9. The default person opens first but does not determine who owns an airline or hotel account.
  10. A unique full member-number match routes to its saved owner; an unfamiliar or ambiguous account asks you to choose among people who enabled that program.
  11. Replacing a different saved member number requires a separate confirmation.
  12. United MileagePlus, Pool, and TravelBank use one owner choice, then save the enabled balances to that person’s own records.
Each person has independent saved records inside the shared local vault.
A person’s separate rewards ledger

Each person has independent saved records inside the shared local vault. All records shown are fictional.

One confirmed choice applies to the enabled United balances shown for that account.
Choose an account ownerMock provider page

One confirmed choice applies to the enabled United balances shown for that account. All records shown are fictional.

Program choices belong to the selected person.
Manage programs for Alex

Program choices belong to the selected person. All records shown are fictional.

Install & set up

  1. Install from the Chrome Web Store and pin Points Tracker from Chrome’s Extensions menu.
  2. Open it, read the notice, and create a local PIN with at least four characters.
  3. Letters, numbers, and symbols are allowed.
  4. Choose the locking preference, enable at least one program, and select Continue.
  5. In 2.2.0, Manage saves each person’s program choices automatically.
Read how supported-page capture, local encryption, and recovery work.
Before you start

Read how supported-page capture, local encryption, and recovery work. All records shown are fictional.

Keep your local PIN. Forgotten credentials cannot be recovered.
Create your local vault

Keep your local PIN. Forgotten credentials cannot be recovered. All records shown are fictional.

Show only the programs you use; hiding one keeps its saved values.
Choose your programs

Show only the programs you use; hiding one keeps its saved values. All records shown are fictional.

Capture & manual updates

  1. A dash means no balance has been saved.
  2. Unlock the vault, visit an enabled supported account page, and sign in with the provider.
  3. The row refresh arrow opens that official page.
  4. Sign-in or verification has up to five minutes from opening the provider page.
  5. Cancel or timeout stops the capture and leaves the provider tab open; a late result cannot overwrite newer saved values.
  6. Use the pencil when a site changes.
  7. Passive visits leave manual values alone; refresh asks before replacing them.
  8. Bank pages show a person picker because the page cannot reliably identify its owner.
  9. After you choose, Points Tracker opens the configured rewards page when needed and resumes that person’s refresh.
  10. The green picker panel shows selection, progress, and result; drag it within the page, and it resets on navigation.
  11. Airline and hotel pages show a non-clickable activity indicator during refresh, including sign-in or account-owner waits.
  12. Hover it for help and drag it if needed; it resets on navigation.
  13. Click Name for A–Z sorting and again for original order.
  14. Guide opens these instructions, and Report opens a support email draft without attaching ledger data or diagnostics.
Visit a supported page while unlocked, or choose Refresh.
Start with an empty ledger

Visit a supported page while unlocked, or choose Refresh. All records shown are fictional.

Refresh opens the account page; the pencil is the manual fallback.
Refresh & edit controls

Refresh opens the account page; the pencil is the manual fallback. All records shown are fictional.

Use the explicit picker when a bank page cannot identify the account owner.
Choose a person for a bank captureMock provider page

Use the explicit picker when a bank page cannot identify the account owner. All records shown are fictional.

Setting cards & permission

  1. The 2.2.0 Setting page groups Expiry Reminder, Lock when Chrome closes, and Other; Other contains Change PIN and Lock Vault.
  2. In 2.2.0, the first Expiry Reminder toggle saves immediately while Chrome resolves optional notification permission.
  3. If the status is still pending when you close the popup, reopen Setting to see the saved toggle and current permission status; you do not need to toggle it a second time.
  4. Chrome and your operating system must both allow notifications.
Version 2.2.0 saves the Expiry Reminder toggle before Chrome finishes resolving notification permission.
Setting cards while permission is resolving

Version 2.2.0 saves the Expiry Reminder toggle before Chrome finishes resolving notification permission. All records shown are fictional.

Expiry reminders

  1. Available in published version 2.2.0.
  2. Look for expiry countdowns in the ledger and known expiring amounts beside total balances.
  3. Notices arrive at 30, 10, and 5 days before a confirmed exact expiry date, with one catch-up notice for missed milestones.
  4. They include the person’s display name and program name, but no balance, member number, or exact expiry date; reminder history is kept separately for each person.
  5. Checks pause while the vault is locked.
  6. Month-only dates and calculated inactivity dates do not trigger desktop notices.
  7. An expiry-reached warning means refresh and verify with the provider, not that your balance has been removed.

Locking & PIN changes

  1. Lock when Chrome closes is on by default; actual browser exit is different from closing the popup.
  2. Older vaults accept their existing text passphrase.
  3. Turning automatic locking off remembers access across restarts, extension updates, and reloads.
  4. Anyone with saved Chrome-profile data can then decrypt the ledger without your PIN.
  5. Lock Vault removes remembered access.
  6. Use Change PIN in Setting and confirm your previous credential; records and the locking preference remain.
  7. Forgotten local credentials cannot be recovered.
Capture resumes after unlock.
Unlock your ledger

Capture resumes after unlock. All records shown are fictional.

The Setting page groups Expiry Reminder and Lock when Chrome closes, with Change PIN and Lock Vault under Other.
Setting cards in published 2.2.0

The Setting page groups Expiry Reminder and Lock when Chrome closes, with Change PIN and Lock Vault under Other. All records shown are fictional.

Existing backups continue to need their original Backup PIN.
Change PIN

Existing backups continue to need their original Backup PIN. All records shown are fictional.

Backups & moving installations

  1. While unlocked, export an encrypted file using a separate Backup PIN with at least four characters.
  2. Keep the file and its credential safe.
  3. Import requires an unlocked destination vault and the file’s Backup PIN; leave it blank for older valid plaintext backups.
  4. Import replaces the destination ledger after validation, keeps its local PIN and locking preference, and does not alter the source file.
  5. Export a destination backup first if you want to keep its records.
  6. To move from an unpacked build, export there, set up the store installation, unlock it, and import before removing the old build.
  7. Chrome manages routine store updates.
The Backup PIN protects this file separately from your local vault.
Export encrypted backup

The Backup PIN protects this file separately from your local vault. All records shown are fictional.

Import replaces saved rewards records after validation.
Import backup

Import replaces saved rewards records after validation. All records shown are fictional.