Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be...
by fcarraldo on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:57PM
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Is it wrong? Let’s just rename it “algorithms”.
They are using algorithms to extract the highest price from you.
You can use algorithms to extract the lowest price from them.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be...
by slg on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:53PM
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Why stop at algorithms? Why not computers, electricity, or math? Some connections can be so loose as to be meaningless which makes attempts to establish them pointless or even potentially counterproductive.
If this was the intended point, it could be made in dozens of different ways from increasing baggage fees to decreasing legroom to the death of inflight meals. The specific example was obviously chosen because they can both be connected under the nebulous label of “AI” to make it seem more unfair.