A new low for Kayak... Trying to fool the SPG BRG reps
Jul 20, 2017, 9:39 pm
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A new low for Kayak... Trying to fool the SPG BRG reps
So, I was researching prices for a BRG in reference to Starwood, which is why I'm posting this here, but if it should be somewhere else, mods, please move accordingly.
I noticed that the URL I copied and pasted from Kayak was not loading in a separate browser for some reason. Then I examined the URL and noticed "BRG" near the end of the URL...which leads me to wonder....
Is Kayak using tracking cookies to determine if you've visited a BRG page, and then purposely adding a token to the URL that invalidates that page when you copy and paste it?
I wouldn't put it past them... From now on, I'm just going to reference the mobile app and not use the desktop URL.
I noticed that the URL I copied and pasted from Kayak was not loading in a separate browser for some reason. Then I examined the URL and noticed "BRG" near the end of the URL...which leads me to wonder....
Is Kayak using tracking cookies to determine if you've visited a BRG page, and then purposely adding a token to the URL that invalidates that page when you copy and paste it?
I wouldn't put it past them... From now on, I'm just going to reference the mobile app and not use the desktop URL.
Jul 20, 2017, 11:00 pm
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Most direct URLs from booking engines don't work in another browser because they contain session IDs. I always just sent the top-level site URL and let SPG search for themselves.