Hasta La Gadget!

If you were one of the lucky travelers who believed they purchased tickets on United’s website for next to nothing Monday, the airline has some bad news for you.

United has decided not to honor those reservations because the extremely low prices resulted from users’ “knowing manipulation of United.com,” United spokesman Charlie Hobart told The Huffington Post. As such, he says, United isn’t on the hook.

On Monday, Mashable reported visitors to United.com were able to “trick” the site into thinking they had more frequent flier miles than they actually did. By booking a reservation in two different tabs of a browser, customers could game a loophole and redeem unlimited miles.

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