OK, I'll concede on the competition aspect of this discussion. Agreed that it has now increased by the "bot" factor.
That said, aren't we giving these alleged bots a lot more credit than they are due? Correct me if I'm wrong, but an account can still have only one signon at a time, right? The bot can only issue one reservation request at a time, right? They still have to navigate the Captcha inquiry (sometimes incorrectly I assume), right? And unless there are multitudes (hundreds maybe?) of these bots trolling the system (I can't believe that would go undetected or unaddressed), what's the probability that one or more of them are looking for the 3 nights at Panama City beginning on 4/2/16 that I just cancelled to rebook at a discount AT THAT MOMENT? If I am the "owner" of that bot, have I programmed it to look for a specific resort at a specific time? Again, wouldn't that be quite easily detected and addressed? Why would Wyndham tolerate such abuse of the system?
Feels like a lot of conjecture and speculation without a hard foundation of fact surrounding the existence and impact of these bots. Perhaps my logic-based thinking is flawed. Help me understand what I may be missing.
And yes, I have lost a reservation or two when cancelling and rebooking without the help of a VC . Nothing I wasn't prepared to lose in advance.