Originally Posted by 747FC (Post 37427215)

It was a surprise to me. Both the FHR and Hotel rates were 3rd night free rates. As in everything FT, YMMV.

I posted the comparison to try to warn folks to comparison shop. Didn’t think I would have to explain the basic tenets of comparison shopping. 😀

Originally Posted by 747FC (Post 37427104)

I have. See above.

Originally Posted by 747FC (Post 37426879)

Obviously same room, same hotel, same days, all cancellable.

Boy, this is a suspicious crowd who thinks that a fellow FTer would compare apples vs. oranges!

Originally Posted by 747FC (Post 37427215)

It was a surprise to me. Both the FHR and Hotel rates were 3rd night free rates. As in everything FT, YMMV.

I posted the comparison to try to warn folks to comparison shop. Didn’t think I would have to explain the basic tenants of comparison shopping. 😀

Originally Posted by 747FC (Post 37427104)

I have. See above.

Originally Posted by milemonkey (Post 37427954)

I booked a hotel stay through Chase Edit and received my $500 sign on bonus and the $250 Edit credit.

However, I now can get the same hotel and room for much less booking directly through Marriott.

If I cancel the Chase booking will they credit me back both the $500 bonus and $250 credit?

Originally Posted by MNSWEEps (Post 37427966)

yes check my next post

Originally Posted by sfvoyage (Post 37427977)

I just booked today a Ritz Carlton stay (in August 2026) using The Edit with "Marriott Bonvoy Eligible" designation and entered my Bonvoy account # during the booking process. However, the reservation is not showing up under "My Stays" on marriott.com yet.

Does it take a few days, or will I need to call Marriott to manually add the reservation to my account?

Also, are there data points that after my stay, I should expect to receive Bonvoy stay credit and loyalty points without much intervention on my part?

Originally Posted by farnorthtrader (Post 37427130)

didn’t mean to be difficult, I have just done a lot of searches and have never seen a $300/35% difference to booking direct for an Edit hotel. And the note that it is a points boost hotel, which is not relevant on a cash booking, made me wonder

Originally Posted by Boraxo (Post 37428619)

And I have done a lot of searches and found Chase TheEdit is always higher price than Amex, which in turn is often worse than direct booking chain properties.

I expect a lot of people will be cancelling after year one if they are unable to find decent deals using these benefits, which are key to offsetting the outrageous AFs.

Originally Posted by nexusCFX (Post 37427408)

I don't think you would have received the questioning posts if you'd noted in the original post that it was Nth night free via FHR and/or direct. It's evident that the EDIT rates so far are just the BAR and so any time a hotel has a promotional offer, it will lose.

I think the point folks are getting at is whether anyone reported discrepancies when comparing like for like. If it's a promotional Nth night free rate, or one is nonrefundable vs refundable, it's apples and oranges. I don't think anyone is surprised that pricing will differ in those situations and obviously it means one needs to cross-shop, but that's completely orthogonal to the question of whether the regular rates differ.

I have not seen any data points that show a difference between the BAR when booking direct, the regular FHR flexible rate, or the EDIT flexible rate.

Originally Posted by sam007 (Post 37428744)

I’ve not done extensive searches but huge difference in booking direct vs chase Jan 2-5
https://www.kimptonmaalaibangkok.com

Originally Posted by SP03 (Post 37428742)

I have not observed major differences in price, except for 3rd/4th night free offers. I have posted many screenshots here showing the prices are largely the same.