This change is truly a shame. After using hotels.com for 10+ years, I will also be trying out booking.com or agoda based on your suggestions--thanks! No point in earning OneKeyTrash.
Curious if anyone knows the answer to this: will One Key honor tier status that expires after Jan 1st 2024, or will they reset you on Jan 1st? For example, my current status (in hotels.com) says "Current membership: Jul 22, 2023 to Jul 22, 2024". But in the One Key program it seems everything resets on Jan 1st, so.. what will happen come Jan 1st?
Also, I had received a message that my Hotels.com stamps would expire in date X (12 months after my last booking). But it looks like OneKeyTrash expires after 18 months. So, should I care about date X or do I have date X + 6 months?
[I know only the hotels.com/expedia staff can answer these questions, but maybe someone here already asked and knows the answers].