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Old Sep 14, 2022 | 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
There have been prior reports that the Google Link bypass certain flags / cookie setup and warnings like BE are not properly displayed. You should set your GF search not to allow BE.
Yeah, I forget the thread/details since it from long ago, but there was a reliably reproduceable way to use Google Flights to both bypass BE warnings and also get a seat assignment on a BE fare like this.

This was definitely a website bug where it did not force BE restrictions or warn you, despite the fact that it was a BE fare.
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