The problem, I think, is just lazy security for the site. There are ways to impliment smart "bot defenses" that analyze the different kinds of automated attacks to e-commerce sites (like credential stuffing, price scraping, and a multitude of others). It takes time, but these defenses are extremely successful, if you take the time to do it. Or, you do with Southwest does: sweeping blacklist blocks of IP address from where these attacks >might< originate. Unfortunately, that means that people who use VPNs to protect their connections will get access denied (my own Access Denied error brought me here). Additionally, international people that might want to use Southwest while visiting the US will also be denied. I use StrongVPN and have to turn it off every time I want to access the site. So, I have to lower MY protection to use this site...yeah, fantastic work Southwest. This won't go anywhere, but I'll post my Access Denied error as well. With status matching all over the place these days, I may just take my A-List Preferred + Companion Pass level and go elsewhere. Why should I have to lower MY protection to use a website? Oh, and no, "using the mobile app" is NOT an appropriate solution to this. Anyway, here's the error: Access Denied You don't have permission to access "http://www.southwest.com/" on this server. Reference #18.4703d417.1535646674.85226e1
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