Absolutely - there are more than a few "bottom feeders" with the cheapest prices on comparison sites like Skyscanner! These charlatans don't deserve anyone's business.
If a deal from a smaller OTA looks too good to be true, you might want to think twice.
[/QUOTE]OTA often have cheap fares, but before buying through them, check airline direct & also a travel agent, preferably one that specialises in the area you're going to.
eg. we travel a fair bit. Long haul up to 4 times a year, short haul up to 6 times a year & domestically about every month.
We go to USA every Jan mainly to go skiing, as it's so cheap (don't be mislead by the exchange rate).
Few years back we were short of cash & had to go in school holidays on set dates as staying with friends who'd already booked.
Looked at Qantas & dates we had to go (early Jan) was $2500 return on Qantas site & about $80 less through various OTAs.
Then we found going through a snow wholesaler, a fare which was Qantas in one direction & Air Pacific/Fiji air in other for $1400, so we did this.
Could not find anywhere online including Qantas or Fiji air website, where we could buy this sort of fare.
Sometimes consolidators/wholesalers have deals they only sell through travel agents & this was obviously one of them & we earned Qantas ff pts for whole trip & had a stopover for few nights in Fiji.
There are so many deals around right now due to Corona, but many are very limted number of seats.
Probably best to say on here, where you want to go & preferred dates & you might get some suggestions of best way to go.
If you pay with a credit card, you're probably safe. Even airlines go belly up. Qantas looked like it would go under a few years back.