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		chacha102 on Feb 26, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perfect example of real-life hacking It's funny that the company made that mistake, but it is really cool that the guy got his miles. I would have thought that they would have a 'Some Restriction may apply' clause and have put a maximum on the amount of miles you can receive.

idlewords on Feb 26, 2010 [–]

It wasn't a mistake. As the Snopes link says, the pudding company was happy with the publicity, and the airlines were as well.

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