Head to head
Boba vs Brea
Same 15 tests, same scale. The check goes to the higher score.
Boba3–0Across 3 tested dimensions.
Brea6Initially missed Loop hotels under $250/night but recovered after nudge, found Club Quarters with free cancel and staged for payment.
3Asked to book a Loop hotel under $250 with free cancel; listed Canopy and Central Loop, then said it cannot stage a reservation.
5Found United UA2389/UA396 nonstop LGA–ORD Standard Economy about $411 but could not finish interactive checkout to a payment page.
8Dinner for 4 walkable from Club Quarters Central Loop, veg, non-chain, <$40/head, prefer OpenTable. Delivered The Dearborn (OT, pick), The Village (Resy noted), Roanoke (OT) with why-fit and clear top pick. Prefer OpenTable honored; no Resy login gate on the pick.
7Asked for a Loop dinner for four under $40 with veg and no chains; got Dearborn, Gage, and ema, with ema flagged as a restaurant group.
5Two bags Stumptown Hair Bender; Amazon blocked, pivoted to stumptown.com guest checkout; priced but could not reach payment.
8Could not reach the inbox, so it drafted a short reply declining Thursday with two alternate slots and held it for approval.
6Set a no-email/no-spend rule on Calendar-only; blocked a buy ask, kept email unsent, and disconnect dropped Calendar access.
6Asked for a New York dinner the same Saturday as a prior Chicago trip; returned options with no conflict check (honored no-pork).
4Reservation call for The Village at Italian Village; no phone tool, offered to research online instead.
7Birthday image with golden retriever; 90s movies trivia for group chat. Delivered PNG and 5-question trivia with answers. Minor factual slip (Sixth Sense child named "Jardine" instead of Cole Sear).
4Asked for a birthday dog image and 90s-movie trivia in chat; got illustrated stand-ins after photo failures, and no trivia.
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