I use VPNs as I travel often to China (but use it all the time for the privacy/security)

The never ending "captcha's" is killing expertflyer usability. Both on PC and smartphone!

I use same browser for all the other websites I use and except for a random captcha here and there (usually when paying for something) I don't have this problem. Hence I assume it is an EF policy not a my setup. Why should I switch browsers?

What is EF worried about? the capthca happens before you even login, that someone will abuse all the free info on your general homepage?

If someone is using your free service, then go ahead and use a captcha. Or your paid service, if over XX queries per hour if you are concerned it is a bot. But why before Login?

I don't use it in incognito mode so why can't you just read a cookie and see I am a paying premium subscriber? (yes the VPN will mean a different IP then usual

Even if someone is using a bot, and there are 5 queries a day (my guesstimated average, jumping to actual 25 a day when researching a flight) what does EF care?? I agree EF does not want full GDS type access for $99 a year nor DOS stuff (like every other website does not want that and does not push captchas, and double captchas and double double captchas at you*)

Frustrating to the highest level. A tool mean to de-frustrate our travel experience (and frankly the absolute most expensive online subscription I have. I guess if I had Netflix it would be 2nd)

* I have to turn a picture of a donkey right side up twice (we wouldn't want to make it easy for those bots that can figure out a donkey easily so have to do it twice) to pass, get in, login, and then a few minutes later, usually my first query, it happens again.