Ask Maria, the flight bot with a suspiciously good eye for fares

Why it surfaced

Ask Maria watches routes for months, compares one-way and self-transfer combinations, adds baggage costs, and checks sellers against ATOL, IATA, and Trustpilot. Its beta is unusually candid: each new watch is still checked by hand, so invites go out only in small batches.

An invite-only Telegram bot that watches flight prices twice a day, builds whole-trip costs, and flags questionable sellers before recommending a booking.