Originally Posted by
lancexfang
It may help you feel better. The thing is, many companies don't do a very good job when it comes to traceability. This kind of targeting a lot of times is computer generated and they may not have a good handle of to whom the emails went out.
This information should be readily available in the logfiles of the servers that sent the emails.
Originally Posted by
lancexfang
A better bet is the application links themselves may have something embedded in them that can be used to tell how many people applied using the same link.
There's also the case of people that received the mail, didn't realize what was being offered, then saw it spelled out on Loyalty Lobby and applied from that link.
The user's name and account information is indeed embedded in the URL in clear text that can easily be changed. But I thought it best to use the link from a respectable travel blog as is instead of hacking the URL and possibly being accused of getting the offer in a fraudulent manner. Especially since the offer itself was not limited to any group of people according to the terms.
I am already a Diamond, so I can afford to be patient while Hyatt figures out what they want to do next.