Using AI/ChatGPT for Planning Travel
I am dipping my toe into AI for work leisure and interest, as I figure either keep up with the times or get left behind.
In the olden days I would spend hours searching for cheapest/best flights to a destination before booking. This sort of work is what the AI bots seem cut out for
I subscribed to Google Gemini Advanced and so far it has done a poor job of finding flight options.
Here is the prompt I gave to Gemini:
Find me the least expensive round-trip business class ticket between YVR and HKT with the following criteria: travel duration between 2.5 to 4 weeks, dates of travel must be between March 1st and April 20th 2025 or between November 15th and December 20th 2025, avoid Air India, avoid Philippine Airlines, avoid consolidators and travel agents but rather book directly through the airlines, maximum two stopovers, prefer only one stopover, and avoid stopovers greater than 4 hours
Gemini returned answers including Air India (which was specifically to be excluded from the search) and a Delta flight that cost twice the going rate ($12,000.00 CDN when there are plenty of good options between $6000.00 and $7,000.00)
Wondering if others can recommend a good chatbot that is capable of doing a proper fare search like this. There is no need for humans do do the drudgery when an AI bot ought to be capable of this work