Man uses first-class ticket for year’s worth of free meals (opens in new tab)

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40 pointsmanish_chhabra12y ago9 comments

9 comments

jyz12y ago

Reminds me of that pudding guy getting 4 million miles or something. Crazy... genius

networked12y ago

Here are the two most prominent HN discussions of that story:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1152269

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6404563

All this makes me wonder what crazy real-life hacks have been described in YC applications.

Edit: There's a discussion thread from when the "real-life hack" question was introduced to YC applications at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=104802. A few HNers shared their hacks there.

ColinWright12y ago

This was posted a few days ago - you might want to look up the discussion. I can't find it for you because the search function doesn't work on the Blackberry browser. Way to go everyone.

gertef12y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7136797 (0 comments)

scott_s12y ago

What about the legacy-style search?

ColinWright12y ago

Nope - HNSearch never worked on my Blackberry. I said so several times, but they didn't see it, or didn't care.

thekaleb12y ago

This was found to be unverifiable.

ojbyrne12y ago

No change fees?

otterley12y ago

First class ticket. Fully refundable.

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9 comments

jyz12y ago

Reminds me of that pudding guy getting 4 million miles or something. Crazy... genius

networked12y ago

Here are the two most prominent HN discussions of that story:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1152269

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6404563

All this makes me wonder what crazy real-life hacks have been described in YC applications.

Edit: There's a discussion thread from when the "real-life hack" question was introduced to YC applications at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=104802. A few HNers shared their hacks there.

ColinWright12y ago

This was posted a few days ago - you might want to look up the discussion. I can't find it for you because the search function doesn't work on the Blackberry browser. Way to go everyone.

gertef12y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7136797 (0 comments)

scott_s12y ago

What about the legacy-style search?

ColinWright12y ago

Nope - HNSearch never worked on my Blackberry. I said so several times, but they didn't see it, or didn't care.

thekaleb12y ago

This was found to be unverifiable.

ojbyrne12y ago

No change fees?

otterley12y ago

First class ticket. Fully refundable.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse