Flight Path by Tern

Episode Overview Tern co-founder David Shull, Head of Product Molly Johnson, and Head of Design Brad Turner catch up after a July 4th break. The episode centers on Tern's overhauled agency back office: a new Back Office Home separating agent and admin views, automated commission splits for referrals and mentors, and a system letting agents self match unclaimed commissions instead of admins exp...

Episode Overview: David, Molly, and Brad are back with a packed episode covering the biggest AI chat upgrades to date, a major new agency back-office feature, and a meaningful update to groups. This week's AI updates go deeper than new features: they address the frustration advisors have felt when the chat forgets their preferences, and start to answer the bigger question of how AI memory shou...

Episode Overview: Brad Turner (Head of Design) and Molly Johnson (Head of Product) host this week's episode, joined by Spencer, one of Tern's lead engineers on AI. With David traveling back from a team offsite in Singapore, the three dig into a packed week of shipping: agency supplier payout rules, a wave of AI chat improvements, and a long list of quality-of-life fixes. Spencer pulls back the cur...

Episode Overview: Fresh off their biggest webinar yet, David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner sit down for the behind-the-scenes debrief. This episode unpacks what didn't get enough airtime during the live event: how agentic AI works differently from regular chat AI, why a single email demo moment stopped the webinar chat cold, and what it means for advisors that personalization no longer...

Episode Overview: David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner recap a packed pre-webinar week on Flight Path. The team walks through a full itinerary redesign with new header layouts and font options, six new AI chat capabilities, and a candid conversation about AI pricing, usage efficiency, and what Tern Pro means for advisors. The episode closes with quality-of-life improvements across bookings,...

Episode Overview: David, Molly, and Brad are back with a packed episode recorded live from the ASTA conference in San Diego. David joins on four hours of sleep after a booth that stopped fellow exhibitors mid-floor. This week covers two long-requested features now live, a wave of AI chat improvements, and a look ahead at group subtrip syncing, itinerary style updates, and the June 10 product launc...

Episode Overview: David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner cover a week of meaningful AI chat improvements. The biggest change: instead of typing answers back into the chat, advisors can now pick from clickable options and move through workflows in seconds. David demos this live, including a cruise search pulling ports, ships, and cabin options on command. Abby, Head of Customer Experience, wal...

Episode Overview: David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner cover a packed week. AI chat gets its own home in the navigation with new capabilities to search cruise templates, build comparison breakdowns, and add port images in seconds. The team also walks through agency updates on supplier management, commission payout logic, contact deduplication, and cleaner client payments. Register for the J...

Episode Overview: David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner had a week that felt bigger than most. A host agency came back after 14 months to demo their full workflow in Tern, and the before-and-after data on advisor sales moved the room. That energy carries through everything the team shipped: meetings now live inside Tern, AI chat can find the right client for a supplier promo and send a perso...

Episode Overview: David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner dig into what may be the biggest agency back office feature Tern has shipped: AI commission reconciliation. The team walks through how it works, what it actually means for the accounting teams and agency owners who spend hours on statement matching every month, and why Tern is uniquely positioned to build this kind of end-to-end flow. T...

Episode Overview: David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner cover one of Tern's biggest engineering lifts to date: itemized package pricing. Advisors can now track costs at the item level within a package, see them reflected on invoices, and handle optional add-ons without workarounds. The team also walks through new AI assistant capabilities in Notes, a support schedule overhaul that cut re...

Episode Overview: David, Molly, and Brad cover Tern's fastest-moving area right now: AI. David demos AI chat building trips from scratch, generating activities from client details, and reading your task list to tell you what to work on today. Molly walks through a new payments update plus fixes across group trips, commission statements, and agency settings. Brad covers Chrome extension updates...

Episode Overview: In this week's episode of Flight Path, David Shull (CEO and co-founder), Molly Johnson (Head of Product), and Brad Turner (Head of Design) dig into a packed week of quality-of-life shipping, a look at what is being built behind the scenes, and a candid conversation about the future of AI in travel advising. From optional transfer add-ons and smarter booking failure notificati...

Episode Overview: In this episode of Flight Path, David Shull (CEO and co-founder), Molly Johnson (Head of Product), and Brad Turner (Head of Design) dig into a packed week of updates at Tern. The team covers a major dashboard improvement that group travel advisors have been requesting, a series of notes and AI chat upgrades, and over ten quality of life fixes pulled directly from advisor feedback...

Episode Overview: In this episode of Flight Path, David Shull, Molly Johnson, and Brad Turner take listeners behind the curtain of Tern's biggest webinar to date, which drew over 4,000 registrants and broke their Zoom license live. The team unpacks the chaos, the last-minute engineering pushes, and the community energy that made it all worth it. From practical tips on how to get the most out o...

WEBINAR REGISTRATION: Register now at tern.travel before Thursday, March 26 at 3:30 PM ET. Episode Overview: In this episode of Flight Path, David Shull (co-founder and CEO), Molly Johnson (head of product), and Brad Turner (head of design) kick off with a look behind the curtain at the Tern team, including Brad's feature in an industry publication and Molly's viral blog post on AI and car...

Register now at tern.travel for the Tern Product Launch Webinar, happening March 26th at 3:30 PM Eastern time. This is where the biggest updates of the season drop live. Episode Overview: The Tern team is back in full force for another packed episode of Flight Path. David, CEO and co-founder, Brad, head of design, and Molly, head of product, cover a strong week of shipping including a long-awaited...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team dives into a series of powerful product updates designed to make life easier for travel advisors. David Shull (Co-founder), Brad Turner (Head of Design), and Molly Johnson (Head of Product) explore a brand new Chrome extension that can import content from nearly any website directly into Tern. From AI-powered itinerary imports to a new report that s...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team covers big February updates: Project Expedition tours (now with reviews and client self-booking), the new FAYE insurance integration, major commission reconciliation improvements, an email deliverability checker for your domain, plus AI upgrades and new closed betas. Episode Topics: (00:00) What’s new this week Tours, insurance, reconciliation, emai...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team shares key updates across training, agency collaboration, and itinerary workflows. David Shull (CEO and co-founder), Molly Johnson (product), and Brad Turner (head of design) cover the rebuilt Turn and Learn hub, the new Collaborator role for agencies, and several quality of life improvements. From smarter AI Assist flight imports to faster tour lib...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team covers quick updates across AI Assist, packages, tours, and agency tools. Brad Turner (Head of Design) hosts while David is out on paternity leave, joined by Ursula Holman (Designer) and Andrew Hooker (Engineer and travel advisor). They also share quality of life improvements, a peek into support engineering, and a couple practical workflow tips. Ep...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team covers a big week of advisor updates: AI Assist improvements, stronger group-trip exports, and a stack of quality of life fixes. Brad Turner (Head of Design), Molly Johnson, and guest Ursula Holman (Design) share what shipped, why some advisor work is happening “under the hood,” and what’s coming next. Episode Topics: (00:01) Welcome and what’s ship...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team shares major updates focused on agency control, smoother client booking experiences, and faster product delivery behind the scenes. Brad Turner hosts while David is out on parental leave, joined by Molly Johnson and CTO Brian. They cover centralized agency terms and conditions, agency-managed trips, a major unlock for Project Expedition optional add...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team shares a packed week of shipping, led by the launch of Tern’s first ever insurance integration. David Shull, CEO and co-founder, is joined by Molly Johnson, Head of Product, and Jade Pathe, Senior Product Lead, to break down one-click insurance quoting with ArchRoamRight, plus a wide range of agency back office improvements and quality-of-life updat...

Episode Overview: In this episode, the Tern team introduces a fresh take on Flight Path with more guests and a new Tips and Tricks segment. David Shull and Molly Johnson welcome Ellen Longley from Customer Support to break down what shipped this week, including a major automation upgrade, mobile improvements, and a new commission report built for tax season. From smarter traveler messaging persona...