Trying to monitor a WestJet flight results page for when a specific fare-type is made available (ie. monitoring for “Business” fares to be released on a specific flight that currently only has “BusinessFlex”).
Issue: Page won’t fully load in Distill, so I can’t record/use a macro. Getting SELECTION_EMPTY and only see header in snapshot.
Any workaround for sites that don’t load properly in Distill? Browser/local monitor/desktop app? Or should I be using XHR/API instead?
@jessremps What’s likely happening is that the WestJet URL you’re trying to monitor includes a session-specific parameter such as bookid=. Those URLs expire, so when Distill loads them later, the page no longer resolves properly — which is why you only see the header and run into SELECTION_EMPTY.
The better approach is to start from the main WestJet booking page instead:
https://www.westjet.com/en-ca
Then set it up like this:
Create a Macro on the main booking page.
In the macro, enter the trip details such as origin, destination, travel dates, passengers, and then submit the search.
Once the search results page loads with the fare options and prices, save that macro.
Create the monitor using the same base URL, attach the macro, let it navigate to the live results page, and then select the specific fare element you want to track.
That should work much more reliably.