Google has announced that some flights will be offering a best price guarantee and if the flight drops in price they will refund the difference. Google tested this feature back in 2019, so it’s nice to see it finally launch. There are some restrictions though:
Flight must be labelled as ‘price guarantee’ to be eligible (see badge below)
Price must decrease by at least $5
Maximum refund is $500
Limit of 3 price guarantee bookings at any one time
Flight must depart from the US, must use a US billing address, US phone number, country/region must be set to USD and price set to USD
It’ll be interesting to see how many flights actually have this price guarantee and if it’s only available on flights with departures in the near future. This feature would be enough to change my booking behavior.