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Old Jul 8, 2018 | 12:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Marco Vigini
Thank you both for your reply. I know it's really hard and the policy is more a scam that a real incentive to book with them. I already tried several times to book a refundable rate and I understood that it's impossible to get a claim approved.
I read a lot about their work: if you find a lower rate on refundable rate, the cancellation policy never match. If you find a lower rate on a non-refundable rate, the website is not valid.
2 months ago I found a really good rate with Agoda. They denied the claim several times and once they told me that the rate I booked on Hilton (698€) was lower than the rate on Agoda (639€). The prices were different, but I swear they wrote to me like that, with the price in evidence.
This is why I would like to book first only for 6 days, and IF they approve my claim, I would book more days and claim again. If not, I probably book another hotel or through hotels.com
Agoda is currently scamming people themselves. They are backing out taxes to appear cheaper on the aggregators, but then the all-in cost you actually pay is the same as everybody else's rate...
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