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 online travel agency website like Expedia.com or Booking.com to the hotel chain’s own website rates. Except for Hyatt and Starwood…
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Live 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 set…until I woke up this morning and realized I have seven hotel reservations for 12 nights. I kept thinking…
(Almost) Live Testing Marriott LNF Best Rate Guarantee
Mommy Points spent yesterday looking for viable Best Rate Guarantee claims with Hyatt and today she posted a piece Saving Money on Hotel Stays with Best Rate Guarantee Claims. Yesterday I also was searching for Best Rate Guarantee claims and I submitted a Look No Further claim with Marriott. I started to write a post…
Grand Hyatt Denver suite, two Best Rate Guarantee hotels and winter storm Q
Grand Hyatt Denver with a suite upgrade. Fairfield Inn Cherry Creek with a Look No Further 25% discount rate. Crowne Plaza Denver with a Best Price Guarantee free night. After basking in the 80 degree sun of Monterey Bay with sea otters and sea lions on Friday, Feb 15, I had my hands freezing on…
Multiple Best Rate Guarantee claims for really low hotel rates
Finding one potential Best Rate Guarantee option is a great find for a reduced cost hotel stay. Finding two Best Rate Guarantee rates in different chains means a duel for the best rate and benefits. Marriott offers a Best Rate Guarantee called Look No Further. A successful claim reduces the lower hotel rate from the…
Hilton Worldwide Best Rate Guarantee weaker than Marriott?
Hilton Worldwide is the second hotel chain evaluated for my series on Best Rate Guarantee (BRG) policies. In contrast to the mostly positive reviews on FlyerTalk for Marriott’s Look No Further Best Rate Guarantee program, the FlyerTalk member reviews in recent months are mixed on the Hilton BRG program, and several negative reactions. All the…
Evidence indicates Marriott vastly superior to Hilton for Best Rate Guarantee claims
FlyerTalk has a 56-page thread on Hilton’s Best Rate Guarantee with over 800 posts covering 7.5 years since 2003. Over 80 posts from the past 12 months indicate there have only been a couple of posted successful Best Rate Guarantee claims approved by Hilton Worldwide and even these often required escalating the claim to Hilton…