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by goldcd 1383 days ago
Maybe not a loss from adverts as you book - but knowing when somebody is going to arrive in a city is worth an f'in fortune to hotels looking to shift unsold rooms.
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But do they really need some kind of elaborate fingerprint-and-retarget scheme when they've already got your name, address, credit card, and possibly passport details?
Who says anything about tracking tech? Show the ad right at checkout when the person is booking the travel… yanno on the site they booked the flight.

The point isn’t getting info, it’s up selling in the moment.