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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by pixl97 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:02PM (#50460160)
Anyone here sticking up for the airlines just because you hate AI, ya'll are out of your minds.

The airlines use every nasty practice they can to raise costs to you. Hidden fees, raising costs by just viewing flights and all kinds of other crap.

Let them burn.

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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by jen729w on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:22PM (#50461745)
Nothing stopping you from starting an airline if you think you could do it better.

You could expose all prices as add-ons, that way it's totally transparent. Ryanair does that and people love them…

/s

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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by BeetleB on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:04PM (#50462533)
Inflation adjusted, airline prices are just a bit higher than historic lows.
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by teaearlgraycold on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:45AM (#50465446)
I wonder if there's something here about the prices actually getting so low that new classes of people are gaining access to air travel, and in doing so are just barely able to stretch to afford it but complain about the price.
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