I just realized this: doing a "no show" is not a valid approach, because there will be penalty for no show, right? That means there will be additional cost involved for the sake of the 40 pounds bonus. I think I'd better just get some genuine help from my friends.
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My lowest was just over $1 for an upcoming 2* night in downtown Las Vegas. It might be to our advantage that they charge something to the card, as it greatly reduces the chances of messing with completed bookings if something was paid and charged (in case something should happen with the promo). Maybe that's a bit paranoid, but I remember Fatwallet deals where some piece of merchandise would be ordered on mistake pricing from a merchant. Orders with zero balances would stand a much higher chance of getting cancelled out than orders with some balance. I guess having a credit card company involved as a third party subjects the transaction to those rules and laws governing them, so it's a lot harder to back out when money has been paid for something.
I also notice Discover has a virtual card number service but Expedia UK doesn't take Discover. Some Visa/MC issuers like Citi do, but apparently Chase isn't one of them.
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Also the T&C say not good at hilton group.
I just did a dummy booking and it looks like it accepted the code.
Anyone think they would remove the rate and charge in full in the future?
If you can successfully book and pay for a Hilton stay I'd say you're probably OK but do run some risk of getting cancelled, in which case they'd likely just undo the transaction and refund the money paid to the card.
If you try a dummy booking and aren't logged in it'll take just about any unused code, but if you try to book and the account booked from already has a redemption on that type of voucher, it'll go to the error message about the voucher already being used (even though it hasn't)
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I just realized this: doing a "no show" is not a valid approach, because there will be penalty for no show, right? That means there will be additional cost involved for the sake of the 40 pounds bonus. I think I'd better just get some genuine help from my friends.
If Expedia finds out about no-show GBP20 bookings they won't be happy campers, let's put it that way. The hotel cartainly won't eat the cost, and Expedia might be willing to enforce rules to the letter to make the buyer pay it rather than having it come out of their pocket. That'd seem to be what it'd come down to.
Thanks for posting. I wonder if it's all the same database or separate databases (haven't found time to experiment with it yet).
As of today, 20GBP is about $31.80 and 20EUR is about $27.92, so the 20EUR ones might prove useful as well.
This whole promo has up-ended my thinking about future travel plans, as it tends to encourage single-day bookings and a nomadic approach, whereas I've had years with Priceline where it's better to stay put and pay only one Priceline booking fee rather than several.
As of today, 20GBP is about $31.80 and 20EUR is about $27.92, so the 20EUR ones might prove useful as well.
If you use a EUR credit card issued in the EUR-zone, you will save 2-4% credit card charges (as charges for EUR amounts are prohibited if the vendor is located in another country with EUR as the official currency - even though it's a x-border charge).
Then the booking in Italy might make perfect sense...
and can somebody explain, why have I received for some of my friends 2 40GBP vouchers? So, for 2 of my invited friends I received two e-mails from expedia, which were send at the same time, but the vouchers are different...
If Expedia finds out about no-show GBP20 bookings they won't be happy campers, let's put it that way. The hotel cartainly won't eat the cost, and Expedia might be willing to enforce rules to the letter to make the buyer pay it rather than having it come out of their pocket. That'd seem to be what it'd come down to.
You're having a laugh, surely. Expedia won't know that you don't show. The hotel certainly won't care, as Expedia is paying them anyway.
THESE ARE PREPAID, NONCANCELLABLE BOOKINGS, remember. Even if you genuinely intended to travel but changed your plans, 99% of people wouldn't bother to cancel if they weren't going to get a refund.
Have you ever cancelled a low-cost flight you couldn't make when you knew you weren't going to get a refund? Of course not, you just don't show.
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You're having a laugh, surely. Expedia won't know that you don't show. The hotel certainly won't care, as Expedia is paying them anyway.
THESE ARE PREPAID, NONCANCELLABLE BOOKINGS, remember. Even if you genuinely intended to travel but changed your plans, 99% of people wouldn't bother to cancel if they weren't going to get a refund.
Have you ever cancelled a low-cost flight you couldn't make when you knew you weren't going to get a refund? Of course not, you just don't show.
Well, I'm 100% sure it's forfeited if it's my money, but only around 80% sure if Expedia's (as this is a highly unusual 0/100 split, in some situations). Am sure it comes down to the machinations of voucher reimbursements.
I even looked at a short trip to Orlando incentivized by this deal, but it seems some of the Allegiant Florida hubs (SFB, PIE and Punta Gorda) are getting bad supply/demand situations on rental cars and some pretty ridiculous quotes. It's always something.
Some Visa/MC issuers like Citi do, but apparently Chase isn't one of them.
