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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by bushbaba on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:00PM (#50460855)
Disagree. An agent could theoretically continually book, then cancel a flight to hold a seat as a means of price watching.

However United can (and will) ban problematic customers. This policy just gives them something to point to as to why the customer was banned.

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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by skinfaxi on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:33PM (#50461841)
Don't you need to provide traveller information at booking? Tickets are tied to names nowadays.
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by alboy on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:25PM (#50462292)
Make anything up to hold (repeatedly if necessary), cancel, then finally rebook under the actual name and passport #. As long as they can't or don't fingerprint you well enough to stitch those identities back together (so would require a few distinct email addresses at the very least).
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