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"You must act in your role as a private consumer to purchase Flights products and services on our Platform. A private consumer is...a natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes which are predominantly outside its commercial and/or self-employed activities.Excerpt from Booking.com's Terms and Conditions
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The clause states: “You must act in your role as a private consumer to purchase Flights products and services on our Platform. A private consumer is...a natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes which are predominantly outside its commercial and/or self-employed activities.”
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