In The Race For Cheap Airfare, It’s You vs. The Machine • Discoverology

In The Race For Cheap Airfare, It’s You vs. The Machine

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Travel providers now use artificial intelligence software to re-price their offerings, sometimes dozens of times a day, to maximize revenue. For business and leisure travelers, the result is a variation of the cat-and-mouse game, where travel companies are almost always the cat.

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