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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by maccam912 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:13PM (#50459447)
Ah ok. So the worry is me being able to shop around more and find better deals? What's stopping me from using an agent to shop around still, and I just do the final booking myself?
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by nemomarx on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:21PM (#50459558)
Just a little extra friction, but if they want to ban agents from booking I'm sure they'd love to ban them from looking up prices too. But showing prices is kind of their advertising too, so it's harder to just cut it off - same reason why Google flights is allowed I suppose
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by reaperducer on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:33PM (#50459729)
What's stopping me from using an agent to shop around still, and I just do the final booking myself?

Sounds like Google Flights.

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