Difficulty of getting IHG Best Price Guarantee claim approval for...
The value of an IHG Best Price Guarantee approval is first night free at the hotel. This post looks at the difficulty of getting best rate guarantee claim approval for international hotels. I have had...
View ArticleLoyalty Traveler $100 hotel night rule
This post shares how I stayed more than 50 hotel nights in 2013 spending less than $100 per night on average for hotel rooms for hotels priced much higher than I paid in most cases. There was a...
View ArticleLive testing Hilton Best Rate Guarantee
Hilton has a bad reputation for approving Best Rate Guarantee claims. I have made best rate guarantee claims with all the major hotel chains and I have had approved claims with all of them, except...
View ArticleLive Testing Marriott Best Rate Guarantee for Ireland Powerscourt Hotel
On Wednesday I fly to Dublin, Ireland from San Francisco. Yesterday I wrote about my 12 nights in Ireland and London with six paid nights and six reward nights. I thought my travel plans were all...
View ArticleBest Western gives dumbest reason ever for Best Rate Guarantee claim denial
Like Rory McIlroy hoping to secure the Grand Slam of golf this weekend with a win at the Masters Tournament, I felt assured my Best Rate Guarantee claim filed with Best Western Hotels last night would...
View ArticleStrike 3 on best rate guarantee claim for Park Inn Vancouver
Strike 3 on Vancouver best rate guarantee claims came in an email from Radisson with a lame reason. Two night stay Park Inn Vancouver. $112.50 Canada Dollars per night booked on Club Carlson site....
View Article2 of 6 hotel best rate guarantee claims in Canada approved. What worked and...
This past week I made six best rate guarantee claims with five hotel chains for hotels in Vancouver and Victoria, Canada. A best rate guarantee claim simply cites a lower rate found on a competitor...
View ArticleBest Western paid me $11 for my Georgia hotel night
The first night of my road trip from Orlando to Knoxville was at the Best Western Plus Brunswick Inn & Suites, off Interstate 95 in Brunswick, Georgia. Best Western paid me $11 for my Georgia hotel...
View ArticleTesting Starwood Hotels best rate guarantee in Vegas
Chris Elliott had an article in USA Today last month on the truth behind best rate guarantees. When I googled ‘Chris Elliott’ and ‘best rate guarantee’ there were a number of relevant search results....
View ArticleDeceptive Hilton rates thwart my BRG claim
I violated my own rule and booked a nonrefundable room rate at DoubleTree Kosice, Slovakia when I believed I had found a slam dunk best rate guarantee claim. The deal is I booked a prepaid room rate at...
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