Originally Posted by
Tafflyer
But what is, is when you search MUC-SFO on Expedia then on FlyerTalk get an advertising banner from BA offering, guess what, MUC-SFO.
Cookies, advertising plug-ins, website tracking, all tools of modern day marketing. Sometimes very useful, sometimes downright annoying.
I really don't think it's as bad as 'spying'. You have the choice to change your settings and not to allow websites to collect cookies (although there are admittedly other ways to track web browsing behaviour).
I don't really care about being re-targeted, as a) I have the ability to ignore what ever ads I see, and b) it's got to be better than completely unrelated/irrelevant ads.