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Find my cheapest NYC to Tunis flights for October 26

Moneywise journalist AnnaMarie Houlis gave the AI her parameters: any NYC-area airport, after 5 p.m. on Oct. 26, carry-on only. The AI returned a reasoned lineup: its pick, a $595 Turkish Airlines flight from JFK (8:40 p.m., 14h45m); the cheapest, a $462 Royal Air Maroc with a 33-hour Casablanca layover; and the fastest, a $725 Air France from Newark (10h45m). She kept the research but booked herself, unwilling to share card details after reported the AI security vulnerabilities.

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How it works

  1. Take constraints (NYC area, after 5pm Oct 26, carry-on)
  2. Search in fresh logged-out sessions
  3. Return three options with price/time trade-offs and a recommended pick
  4. User books herself

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent argued for the $595 flight over the $462 one on total journey time, a judgment call, not a sort by price.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on moneywise.com. See the original ↗

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