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> And there’s a greater risk that you’ll end up on a travel website advertising a low fare that jumps just before you make a purchase, with a message like “this fare is no longer available.”

Might sound like FUD at first glance, but I do remember this kind of dark patterns once being the norm across the board, especially in the early 2010s. Heck, even with GFlights I still find myself sometimes double-checking the airline's own booking tool (with reasonable attempt at isolation) just to be sure; gladly I never spotted any discrepancy this way.



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