Originally Posted by
moondog
I like that sort of transparency, myself, because: 1. I definitely want to know about 3rd party booking options; and 2. I'm glad that Google isn't attempting to decree which 3rd party sites are worthy and which should be avoided. It's on us to do our own DD on OTAs, which isn't especially hard.
I appreciate your alternate viewpoint, and I can see why this might have some value. That said, given the mix reviews of certain third party agencies, I wish then at least there was a way to select which sellers should be included in the prices on the first page of search results.
This is similar to my wish that there was a way to exclude basic economy fares. Giving the user more control allows us to compare apples-to-apples on our own terms.