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Google Flights’ price guarantee could pay you back if your tickets get cheaper (Ok this seems very good, yes?)
The Verge ^ | Today | Mitchell Clark

Posted on 04/03/2023 6:54:02 PM PDT by cba123

Google is testing out a price guarantee program for Google Flights that will pay you money if the price of a flight goes down after you booked it through the service. The feature is currently available as a “pilot program” in the US (get it?) for specific flights, according to a Monday blog post, but it could be a compelling reason to use Google’s tool the next time you’re searching for a flight.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: airlines; cheaper; prices
I cautiously, fully endorse this idea.

(I think?)

1 posted on 04/03/2023 6:54:02 PM PDT by cba123
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To: cba123

suit yourself. i’ve never used anything Google willingly.


2 posted on 04/03/2023 7:01:43 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: dadfly

well, i confess i did willingly leave a resume at their booth once back in the 1990s. of course, back then they were on employee numbers in the teens.


3 posted on 04/03/2023 7:04:31 PM PDT by dadfly
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A friend of mine was Netscape employee #6, Director of Cross-Platform Development. He took his salary in stock options, until they went public. His wife was paid very well, so they could afford it. They were worth millions after the IPO. No, I’ve never asked how many.


4 posted on 04/03/2023 7:10:13 PM PDT by jimtorr
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yep. even the janitors made out handsomely.


5 posted on 04/03/2023 7:14:59 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: cba123

Google is evil. Hard pass. Why fund the enemy?


6 posted on 04/03/2023 7:17:11 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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Google could offer me five dollars for every breath I take, and I would turn it down. Because somehow they would make fifty dollars on each one by selling the info to the government and advertisers.


7 posted on 04/03/2023 8:28:04 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: cba123

Looks like Expedia could be a good short.


8 posted on 04/03/2023 9:15:32 PM PDT by montag813
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Elsewhere today on FR you can read about YuTube suspending Right Side Broadcasting today, just in time to prevent real coverage of the Trump trial.

Google owns YouTube.

If you are a conservative they are not your friend.

I feel like they are already to big and powerful, and maybe don't deserve to dominate anything else.

9 posted on 04/04/2023 5:17:58 AM PDT by Vlad0 (Ukraine is the money laundering center for the Soros / WEF / Democratic elite. Ask Hunter! )
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