The check compared Newbook's FIRST tariff (typically flexi B&B) against
Booking.com's lead-in card (often prepaid) — apples vs oranges, e.g.
21 Jul flagged B&B FLEX £289 vs a prepaid BC rate whose true comparable
was B&B PPAY £279.
- classify Newbook tariffs from names/descriptions (PPAY/prepay/advance/
ADV/NRF/saver = prepaid; DBB/dinner/half board = dinner-inclusive)
- use the scraped BC rate's flags (free_cancellation/no_prepayment/
breakfast_included) to pick the cheapest COMPARABLE tariff per date,
excluding tariffs not bookable for that date (success=false, min-stay
>1, unmet advance-purchase windows)
- tiered fallback (matched -> any non-dinner -> any -> legacy headline),
recorded per alert in room_category as 'TARIFF vs BC basis'
- shared gather_comparisons() now drives both the daily job and
GET /competitors/parity (issues gain newbook_tariff, booking_basis,
match_quality, expected_rate)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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