Originally Posted by
jackal
I know the format of the URLs across FlyerTalk changed when IB inserted the vBSEO plugin. Most links (including, IIRC, the "magic" URL) were .php pages, whereas now they're all (including the "magic" URL) static.html pages.
That change was made years ago, though, and the problem seems to only now be surfacing. But the link code may not be core vB...
I remember that change (though we cannot call the pages static just because they use .html).
Viewing the details of the traffic we can see things like:
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11:19:41.640 Status: pending GET http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/southwest-rapid-rewards/1230034-chase-rapid-reward-points-did-anyone-not-get-theirs-transferred-new-post.html
11:19:41.696 Status: 301[Moved Permanently] GET http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=16635962#post16635962
11:19:42.890 Status: 200[OK] GET http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/southwest-rapid-rewards/1230034-chase-rapid-reward-points-did-anyone-not-get-theirs-transferred.html#post16635962
The URI points to the same (incorrect in this case) place in the thread both pre- and post- vbSEO, so we can rule that out.