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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by scubaccr
AND if as article says if will cost $ 50 to cancel a flex rate, on possibly a $100 room, then no one will book flex months ahead anymore, which gives hotels no idea of occupancy on the night, and will force hotel to lower rates to fill their undercooked inventory making booking early flex even less likely by guests
No kidding. If I wanted the cheapest non-refundable rate I'd pay it. I'm usually willing to pay a modest premium for flexibility, but if Hilton wants to add an extra premium and thus drive me over to Priceline/Hotwire/Hotel Tonight/Kayak/channels where hotels dump excess inventory, or not have me make reservations through hilton.com until close in ... so be it, I guess?
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