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Old Nov 6, 2013 | 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by zombietooth
WRONG!


However, sniping an upgrade seat from another flyer is not legally, morally, or ethically equivalent to premeditated attempted fraud by trying to acquire an award ticket for ZERO miles through manipulation (not "hacking") of the website. Those who are saying that they did it accidentally are just being disingenuous.
Originally Posted by fastair
So Walmart had an error (I saw the monitor on xpbargains.com, a place that lists computer sales) that was selling PC monitors for around $9.00 for midrange screens retailing at $200. It wasn't any hack, it was their published price online. Walmart has yet to state if they will deliver or not. This article is on that, and it mentions UA online glitches. Figure I'd add the link as it is on topic. http://www.foxbusiness.com/industrie...teep-discount/
IMHO the manipulation is the key, one is a published price, available to EVERY customer, and one requires the customer to jump through a morally ambiguous hoop.
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