The behaviour of browsers is very inconsistent when an Ajax request is answered with a redirect. Highlights are:

• IE 9 will follow a DELETE request with a second DELETE. You never want that.
• Firefox will follow a POST request with a GET, as you might expect. If a PUT is redirected however, you will get a confirmation dialog, where you can choose to follow with a second PUT or simply abort. You don't want that either.

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See some workarounds here.