I set up a VPS as a VPN server just for me. There’s sites have definitely done this. Reddit for one. I get cloudflare captchas a lot as well.

Yes

You might be already paying a premium for a Skyscanner’s cut. I’d suggest find the flight on Skyscanner and then go directly to that airline’s website to see what the price is there.

I just tried it and got 723 on Skyscanner and 547 for the same ticket direct from airline.

Had the same research issue from multiple models. The website it linked existed and was relevant but often the specific page was hallucinated or just didn’t say what it said it did.

In the end it probably created more work than it saved.

Also a programmer and i find it OK for small stuff but anything beyond 1 function and it’s just unmaintainable slop. I tried vibe coding a project just to see what i was missing. Its fine, it did the job, but only if I dont look at the code. Its insecure, inefficient, and unmaintainable.