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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 7:49 pm
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Originally Posted by myko85
Don't book the lowest rate -- often times that is the nonrefundable rate. What I've done in the past is book a refundable rate and ask for BRG. The BRG agents look at the lowest available rate vs. 3rd party website and if they approve they'll match and change your reservation.
There have been major changes to the BRG program that happened about 3 months ago. This is no longer true. Room type and cancellation policy must match.

Suggest you flip back through a few pages of this thread to get caught up. I think the change happened on May 25.
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