> Does anyone buy airline tickets from the airline website ever? All other things being equal, I will strongly prefer buying directly from the airline, because

> Does anyone buy airline tickets from the airline website ever? All other things being equal, I will strongly prefer buying directly from the airline, because I've personally experienced the shifting of responsibility if things go wrong during a flight. I've also been denied boarding (not in my home country) because the airline claimed that the OTA (Netflights) didn't pay for my ticket, leaving me to spend the night in the airport and having to book a one-way flight with a different airline the next morning. That was a horrible experience I'm determined to not repeat.