Originally Posted by
jackal
I have seen that happen occasionally (not all the time), but it's not TCB that's doing it (TCB has no influence on the rates shown on another site)--it's Hotels.com. I've seen the same thing when linking from other CB sites. Hotels.com seems to sometimes--again, not all the time, but sometimes--show inflated prices when coming from an affiliate link, as they know they are going to have to pay some of their cut to the affiliate.
It doesn't really matter who's doing it: TCB (or any other CB web site) or hotels.com. Either way, the price goes up to a point where it pretty much kills the rebate. Does it only happen with hotels.com? Do you know of any other travel sites that do the same thing? That sucks, because from now on I'd have to compare prices every time I assess any site via CB portal.