AI agent files EU261 claim user never would have bothered with, recovers €1,200
jason_mayes · x · 2026-10-04
Muse, an AI agent, discovered the EU261 rule entitling €600 per person for cancelled long-haul flights and automatically filed a claim, recovering €1,200 the user would never have bothered to claim. The poster muses on how much of the economy runs on consumer laziness — and whether automating such claims via agents could contract spending in the long run.
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