Getting blocked by Cloudflare
Apr 6, 2026 | 2:09 am
#31
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NUE
Programs: *G (TK elite+, LH SEN), ST elite plus (AF PFL), oneworld emerald (AT),IHG Diamond, Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,101
this cloudflare check is nerveracking. I get it since about 2 weeks very often. just leave the flyertalk page alone, click on a internal forum link after 10 minutes and voila - the check is back requesting to tick the box.
I had it at home in Austria and also at home in Germany.
please get that fixed. it's okay one time a day but not in that frequency.
I had it at home in Austria and also at home in Germany.
please get that fixed. it's okay one time a day but not in that frequency.
Apr 6, 2026 | 4:00 am
#32
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FRA/SXB
Programs: FB Silver; Accor Silver
Posts: 4,222
And with the new constant Cloudflare, there seems to be restrictions on which browsers work. It seems to only like Chrome. Firefox occasionally works, and sometimes it just spins and repeats. And the Huawei Navigator doesn't work at all with Cloudflare, I check it, it reloads, I check it again, it reloads, etc.....
Apr 6, 2026 | 9:06 am
#35
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: LON
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 5,129
So there might be a user agent angle on the Cloudflare paranoia. Suggest that subsequent posters please disclose in addition to the usual location / network they're using what device and browsers they usually use that are getting affected by Cloudflare prompts, and if they have easy access to any other browser's whether they're any different....
Apr 6, 2026 | 9:22 am
#36
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Tokyo
Programs: JAL Diamond Metal (OWE), SK Gold (STE+, LTG), UA Platinum(*G),Marriott Titanium (LTP)
Posts: 26,535
I use Android nd Chrome mainly, i just logged via Opera Mini, a Cloudflare screen for each step until logged in, then a couple, then no more. The I tried view Edge, Cloudflare until logged in, then nothing.and so far er then nothing on any of the 3 browsers since.
Apr 7, 2026 | 1:46 am
#37
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: London (née Melbourne)
Programs: Qantas Platinum (Oneworld Emerald)
Posts: 1,349
I’ve only just been able to get back in today. Up until this morning I was getting the page where you had to click a box to prove your human, but without that box ever appearing. So it just got stuck on that page forever and I couldn’t get in. Hopefully that’s been permanently fixed now?
Apr 7, 2026 | 4:20 am
#38
Join Date: Apr 2023
Location: AMS
Programs: AF Platinum, UA 1K, LH SEN, Radisson VIP, HH Gold, MB Gold, Melia Gold
Posts: 450
Experiencing the same Cloudflare issues since last week, multiple verifications daily, sometimes spinning for a while and then asking me to click to confirm again. Using Safari on macOS in Amsterdam, no VPN on home WiFI.
Apr 7, 2026 | 4:25 am
#39
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NUE
Programs: *G (TK elite+, LH SEN), ST elite plus (AF PFL), oneworld emerald (AT),IHG Diamond, Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,101
The strange thing is - I encounter those cloudflare checks on multiple sites - ONLY on flyertalk.com I have to click in the box. Other websites seem to auto detect that I am a human.
I have it on all browsers on MacOS - FireFox, Edge, Safari, Chrome as well as on my iPhone in mobile Safari and mobile Chrome. It seems around 10 minutes of inactivity on Flyertalk it lets you validate again. Very, very annoying.
I have it on all browsers on MacOS - FireFox, Edge, Safari, Chrome as well as on my iPhone in mobile Safari and mobile Chrome. It seems around 10 minutes of inactivity on Flyertalk it lets you validate again. Very, very annoying.
Apr 7, 2026 | 9:38 am
#40
Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 230
Firefox, Finland, residential ISP, and I guarantee there are no nasty botnets coming from our tiny northern country...
I get the CloudFlare thing all the time.
Whoever's responsible for FT's CloudFlare config should be replaced with a competent one. Frankly, amateur hour going on here.
I get the CloudFlare thing all the time.
Whoever's responsible for FT's CloudFlare config should be replaced with a competent one. Frankly, amateur hour going on here.
Apr 7, 2026 | 9:19 pm
#41
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 10,041
Apr 8, 2026 | 6:16 am
#42
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Argentina
Posts: 40,874
Apr 8, 2026 | 6:47 am
#44
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: LON
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 5,129
I've personally not seen a Cloudflare intercept for several weeks now (UK domestic broadband IP or VPN back to my home if out and about, using Chrome or Edge) but I am seeing periodic database errors which might infer some ongoing malicious activity in the forum as recent as yesterday.
Apr 8, 2026 | 7:29 am
#45
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FRA/SXB
Programs: FB Silver; Accor Silver
Posts: 4,222
That's interesting because for me and a lot of us based on the responses, things aren't getting better at all. If anything, they're getting worse sometimes- I have to literally reboot my laptop before I can re-access with Firefox sometimes.