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Old Mar 8, 2020 | 11:32 am
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Originally Posted by Flying Lawyer
Rest assured, the individual hotels pay commission to the chain. And they have to pay the costs (most of these like upgrades on availability don't cost anything) of these benefits. Or do you really believe the cashbay paid by shoop and others comes out of IHG's pocket. No, the hotels pay about 15% as commission to the chain, plus, plus, plus....
Basically benefits from the loyalty clubs are paid partially by the rate you pay to hotel, that's why you'll see no points rates are a lot cheaper in expedia compared to the "regular" rate which is higher than directly from the chain.
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