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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by dataflow on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:01PM (#50461525)
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by 1659447091 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:13PM (#50461653)
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by dboreham on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:30PM (#50461819)
I've canceled United bookings in the 24h window many times. In all but one case it was as easy as clicking a button. The other case I had to call them, I think because it was around 23h after booking and there was some broken timezone math behind the button.
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:02PM (#50462525)
Why would there be any timezone math behind the button? 24 hours is 24 hours regardless of whether you move during that period.
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