A Bot Will Make Flights Cheaper And Have Airlines Pay Customers Back

Airplane rides can be notoriously expensive, especially for those who are riding first-class. However, one bot might be able to help with this particular issue by essentially finding cheaper tickets even after a booking was already made. What’s more, it seems this bot could also help customers by forcing airline companies to pay them back.

The bot is called DoNotPay, which a lot of people are already familiar with as a service that also helps those in need with disputing parking tickets. Created by Stanford University student Joshua Browder, the service is meant to help people who might not have the financial clout to go against powerful forces in a legal manner. The areas it covers have since expanded to include flight and hotel booking protection.

According to its website, the concept is fairly straightforward. Users register for free and when they book a ticket, the bot will keep track of that particular booking to find cheaper alternatives until the flight date. Once it does, the bot will then find a legal loophole that will allow users to change their bookings and even get reimbursed, as a result.

“Flight and hotel prices change all the time. DoNotPay finds travel confirmations from past bookings in your inbox. When the price drops, our robot lawyer will find a legal loophole to negotiate a cheaper price or rebook you,” the site’s description reads.

Such a service can be particularly handy given how often airline ticket prices can change, Futurism notes. Recent data even suggest that the costs of tickets can fluctuate every six seconds, which can mean hundreds of dollars in extra costs for those who have particularly bad timing.

According to Browder, himself, users could potentially save at least $450 a year using DoNotPay. This is for those who aren’t frequent travelers, as well. People who spend quite a bit of time in the air could stand to save even more.