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ARCHIVE: 2017 Disruptive Ads / Advertisement on FT Reports
Feb 6, 2017 | 10:29 am
#91
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Uranus
Programs: Ann Summers Gold, Costa Cruises Bronze, BA Silver, Hilton Diamond, Caff Nero, Costa Coffee.
Posts: 6,308
And, if you enter a thread and it redirects you, you lose your "reading" place in the thread and if you try to click into the thread again it just takes you back to the start of the topic!
Feb 6, 2017 | 7:22 pm
#92
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Gulf Coast
Programs: Hilton Honors Lifetime Diamond; National Car Rental Executive Elite
Posts: 2,785
Browsing the FT Hilton Honors forum via iPhone, the following ad took over my Safari browser. It re-directed almost a dozen times before I stopped it and deleted the tab.
iPhone 6
iOS 10.2.1
Safari
Country: US
iPhone 6
iOS 10.2.1
Safari
Country: US
Feb 6, 2017 | 9:01 pm
#93
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: PDX
Programs: AS DL
Posts: 9,038
Flyertalk ad proves emotional support animals are frauds, they're pets
Just now, there is an ad in the forums that reads "Make your pet an emotional support animal. ESA fly in the cabin free."
This is proof of abuse. All you have to do is pay for the letter and take a bogus quiz.
This is proof of abuse. All you have to do is pay for the letter and take a bogus quiz.
Feb 6, 2017 | 9:04 pm
#94
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North America
Posts: 2,273
Correct.
It's out of hand.
Not sure if the airlines will decide to fight it any time soon as it will certainly draw negativity, especially in this age of social media and hash-tagging trends.
It's out of hand.
Not sure if the airlines will decide to fight it any time soon as it will certainly draw negativity, especially in this age of social media and hash-tagging trends.
Feb 7, 2017 | 10:09 am
#95
Join Date: Apr 2011
Programs: AAdvantage (Platinum)
Posts: 536
Here's the Comcast variation.
Feb 7, 2017 | 1:10 pm
#96
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 7,605
Chrome 56.0.2924.87, Windows 10, Dell, UK
When first entering FT rather than giving the Forums homepage, it says that FT is "not secure", then it brings up a series of different dodgy looking extensions or websites
eg Combo Search, Seen On Screen, "Player missing, You need Media Player to play this media", Quantumcode all of which I can't exit from without killing Chrome
When first entering FT rather than giving the Forums homepage, it says that FT is "not secure", then it brings up a series of different dodgy looking extensions or websites
eg Combo Search, Seen On Screen, "Player missing, You need Media Player to play this media", Quantumcode all of which I can't exit from without killing Chrome
Last edited by alanR; Feb 7, 2017 at 1:16 pm
Feb 7, 2017 | 11:21 pm
#97
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: former many things
Posts: 6,896
The above quoted b-games (screenshot in my previous post) keeps popping up nearly every time I open a thread on my mobile. This is ridiculous. I'll stop using FT on mobile soon if this doesn't get resolved.
iOS 10.2.1
iPhone 6S
Safari
iOS 10.2.1
iPhone 6S
Safari
Feb 8, 2017 | 10:44 am
#98
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MIL,LHR
Programs: *A, OW, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 380
Same spammy ads on mobile. iOS user
Please fix this once and for all
Please fix this once and for all
Feb 9, 2017 | 1:07 am
#99
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: TLV now - formerly LAS
Programs: King of Rental Cars, AA MM Gold, A3 Gold, BA Gold, SK Gold,Virgin Atlantic Gold, Hotel SuperElite
Posts: 7,423
Spammy ads on iOS
viewing http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1820566-very-exclusive-facebook-group-gold-ggl-premier-only.html redirects multiple times before ending up with this:
image upload no registration
image upload no registration
Feb 9, 2017 | 6:03 am
#100
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: former many things
Posts: 6,896
Really?
Feb 9, 2017 | 9:56 pm
#101
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: MSP & BWI
Programs: DL PM & NRSA, AA Gold, ANA Plat, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, National EC Exec, GE, CLEAR
Posts: 1,227
Mobile Malvertizing
Okay this is starting to get tiring. For the last several months now, on serveral occasions, two separate advertisers when on flyertalk (Android) would randomly with out me getting near tapping an ad, redirect me to their scam pages. Just today this happened twice - in a five minute period.
The redirect today:
Hopefully, we can get this settled out and be more selective on the advertisers IB partners with.
..Android 6.0 / Chrome / Mobile Skin
The redirect today:
Spoiler
..Android 6.0 / Chrome / Mobile Skin
Last edited by TheLifeOfA_NKCM; Feb 10, 2017 at 5:36 am
Feb 10, 2017 | 2:20 am
#102
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Democratic People's Republic of the UK
Programs: Lifetime Gold, Global Entry, Hertz PC, and my wallet
Posts: 21,925
Good luck.
Feb 10, 2017 | 5:32 am
#103
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: MSP & BWI
Programs: DL PM & NRSA, AA Gold, ANA Plat, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, National EC Exec, GE, CLEAR
Posts: 1,227
Feb 10, 2017 | 5:35 am
#104
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: MSP & BWI
Programs: DL PM & NRSA, AA Gold, ANA Plat, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, National EC Exec, GE, CLEAR
Posts: 1,227
Oh I realized just now that there's already a thread for this. 
Mods, mind merging it with the existing one on this?
Mods, mind merging it with the existing one on this?
Feb 10, 2017 | 7:42 am
#105
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: former many things
Posts: 6,896
More annoying full screen stuff without having the possibility to get back to the thread but rather had to start all over again
