One of my colleagues, who I'd given the heads up to, told me they used their teenager's help to set up a 'clicker' app on their computer and set it to repeatedly mash/click on the purchase button when the Choice deal went live. While not quite a bot, I think workarounds like this may be putting many packages into shopping carts nearly instantly after they become available. They managed to pick up four sets of Choice points (and not the $84 variety either).
I've only had luck with the $100 (2) Marriott gift cards this year.
Originally Posted by
gil123
It absolutely has to be brokers/bots. I started refreshing the Choice page about 30 seconds before the atomic clock turned 13:00 on my PC and phone simultaneously and kept at it for at least 15 minutes until I miraculously managed to get one of the 55K packages. Everything was already "on hold" as soon as it went on sale.