Originally Posted by
aster
Maybe this only applied to the hotel I made a reservation at, but so far the biggest bonus of iPrefer has been the fact that by booking directly you have breakfast included (and iPrefer happened to have the lowest rate too).
On a side note, do check the price of the same stay a day earlier (or until the last moment you are able to make free changes) as the price can drop considerably. By changing the reservation you can make quite a substantial savings...
So are bookings made via Preferred Hotels/iPrefer direct bookings, as far as the Hotel is concerned? And so you would get any benefits that you have via status with the hotel?