Dear Travelocity Web Developers,
The plus character (+) is a valid character in an email address.
Stop telling me it isn’t.
Actually, Web Developers in general, please take note of that fact. Half of you are guilty of the same thing.
But much more importantly, don’t let me sign up with a ‘+’ in my email address if your “forgot your password” form doesn’t also accept a ‘+’ character in email addresses.
Because I can live with not using the ‘+’ sign. It’s lame, but I can live with it. But using different verification checks for different parts of your website? In a way that locks me out of my account? I’ll put it this way: Where I work, there is an honorary red stapler that is presented to an employee who has done something particularly stupid and embarassing. You so get the red stapler for this.