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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Noxocopter on 2026-03-11 00:41:56+00:00.
I think I may have just speedrun the dumbest financial mistake of my life.
I was looking at a vacation package online and wanted to see if it was possible to spread the payments over a few months. Because I was just testing the checkout flow, I filled in the passenger fields with completely fake names.
At some point the page froze, I refreshed it… and apparently that was enough to finalize the booking and charge my PayPal for the deposit.
So now there’s a several-thousand-euro vacation booked under a list of people who don’t even exist, and I reported it immediately but I’m currently waiting to hear back.
I’m trying to laugh at my own stupidity but if this doesn’t get reversed it’s actually going to put me in a pretty tight spot financially.
Anyway, that’s how my evening is going.
TL;DR: Tested a vacation checkout with fake names to see payment options, refreshed the page, accidentally finalized the booking and got charged a large deposit.