# Find refunds and money you're owed hiding in your inbox

> One reviewer's email sweep turned up an 8-hour flight delay that paid out $1,400.

Connect your email and ask AI to comb a year of messages for delayed flights, missed refunds, credits and price guarantees. You get a list of money owed and the next step for each.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/find-money-owed-in-your-inbox/
- Category: Handle life admin fast
- Made for: Everyone, Small business owners
- Works in: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Gmail
- Time: About 15 minutes
- Effort: A few steps
- Note: Needs the Gmail plugin connected. App availability varies by ChatGPT plan and region.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
Please search my connected email from the last [HOW FAR BACK, e.g. 12 months] and look for any money I might be owed. Check for delayed or canceled flights and trains, refunds a company promised but may not have paid, orders that arrived late or broken, store credits and gift cards I never used, price-drop or price-match guarantees, and deposits that should have come back. Take your time and read the details, not just subject lines. For each one you find, give me a table with: what happened, the date, the company, roughly how much I could get back, how sure you are, and the exact next step (a link, a form or a short message I can send). Put the biggest and easiest wins first. Don't send or submit anything. Tell me what you found and wait for me to approve each one.
```

## Step by step

1. Connect Gmail in ChatGPT under Settings, then Plugins
2. Start a new chat and paste the prompt below
3. Answer its questions about which accounts and dates to check
4. Approve each claim or refund request yourself before anything is sent

## What you'll get

A ranked table of refunds, credits and claims hiding in your email, each with an amount and a ready next step.

## Good to know

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Gmail. On this page, ChatGPT and Claude open with your prompt already typed in. Needs the Gmail plugin connected. App availability varies by ChatGPT plan and region.

**How long does it take?** About 15 minutes. It's rated "A few steps". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for one blank: how far back. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** A ranked table of refunds, credits and claims hiding in your email, each with an amount and a ready next step.

Idea spotted on X, shared by @JustinBleuel: https://x.com/JustinBleuel/status/2108633622672748608. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.