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  "collectionContext": {
    "displayedCurrency": "USD",
    "requestLocale": "en-US",
    "timezone": "UTC",
    "loginState": "logged out / public catalogue",
    "taxTreatment": "not recorded; prices are pre-checkout public displays",
    "priceRule": "Provider-displayed USD price; coupon codes, cashback, and checkout-only discounts excluded."
  },
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    "hashSerialization": "UTF-8 JSON.stringify of each object in the snapshots array",
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      {
        "destination": "turkey",
        "checkedAtUtc": "2026-10-01T11:13:24.232Z",
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      },
      {
        "destination": "thailand",
        "checkedAtUtc": "2026-10-01T11:13:24.232Z",
        "sha256": "45a4ac62f4b20e374f2ee56369a203e119dd715ffd3e98e35e1d6198c2eceded"
      },
      {
        "destination": "vietnam",
        "checkedAtUtc": "2026-10-01T11:13:24.232Z",
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      }
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  },
  "limitations": [
    "The immutable capture contains normalized production snapshots, not complete raw upstream provider responses.",
    "Promotion and reference-price status were not retained row by row, so the release labels them not_recorded.",
    "Prices are public pre-checkout displays and do not prove checkout availability, taxes, network quality, or service performance."
  ],
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        {
          "destination": "turkey",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://www.airalo.com/turkey-esim",
          "acquisitionSourceUrl": "https://www.airalo.com/products.xml"
        },
        {
          "destination": "thailand",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://www.airalo.com/thailand-esim",
          "acquisitionSourceUrl": "https://www.airalo.com/products.xml"
        },
        {
          "destination": "vietnam",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://www.airalo.com/vietnam-esim/",
          "acquisitionSourceUrl": "https://www.airalo.com/products.xml"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "provider": "saily",
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        {
          "destination": "turkey",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://saily.com/esim-turkey/",
          "acquisitionSourceUrl": "https://saily.com/esim-turkey/"
        },
        {
          "destination": "thailand",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://saily.com/esim-thailand/",
          "acquisitionSourceUrl": "https://saily.com/esim-thailand/"
        },
        {
          "destination": "vietnam",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://saily.com/esim-vietnam/",
          "acquisitionSourceUrl": "https://saily.com/esim-vietnam/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "provider": "yesim",
      "destinations": [
        {
          "destination": "turkey",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://yesim.tech/country/turkey/",
          "acquisitionSourceUrl": "https://api3.yesim.co.uk/plans?country_id=483&lang=en&platform=3"
        },
        {
          "destination": "thailand",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://yesim.tech/country/thailand/",
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        },
        {
          "destination": "vietnam",
          "officialDestinationUrl": "https://yesim.tech/country/vietnam/",
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        }
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    }
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}