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Google Debuts AI-Powered Flight Deals With New Basic Economy Exclusion

It’s designed to help flexible, cost-conscious travelers uncover savings through conversational AI searches.

Overview

  • Flight Deals enters beta this week in the United States, Canada and India, offering a chat-style search interface within Google Flights.
  • The feature interprets natural-language prompts for trip length, destinations and interests to surface deal-oriented suggestions with estimated savings.
  • Google is also rolling out a basic-economy filter for U.S. and Canada searches to let users exclude restrictive no-frills fares.
  • Hands-on reviews highlight useful bargain ideas but report occasional irrelevant recommendations and incomplete matches.
  • Observers note that Google has not disclosed which Gemini models, data sources or privacy safeguards underpin Flight Deals as regulators continue to examine the feature.