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Thu 02 Feb 2009Ryanair turns on blogger who found website glitch
RYANAIR HAS launched an attack on “idiotic” bloggers after a web developer wrote online about a bug he found in the no-frills airline’s website. Freelance web developer Jason Roe found that while trying to avoid credit card charges when booking through Ryanair’s website, he managed to reduce the flight price to zero.
He shared the glitch, which he says was a usability issue rather than an attempt to get free flights, with readers of his blog and followers on social networking site Twitter. However, the post soon attracted some critical comments.
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