TopCashBack $34 Credit
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,425
I'm trying to figure out what hotel inventory BA is pulling from for their website sales. It's generally a small collection of bad rates at expensive hotels.
#21
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 939
Just checked all the hotels I need for upcoming trips, inlcuding Thailand, and their rates universally stink, even with the extra $34. Not sure whether they intended to make this promo with no minimum to encourage people to try booking hotels with them but this has certainly made me never want to bother.
#25
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Snooky
Posts: 2,508
Or Citadines 16. It's virtually free at 22 GBP. I haven't stayed at that one, but I have at 11 & 23, & they're all the same - 3.5 stars. In the BKK market they're worth about $60 IMO. There rooms are well designed & roomy. They all have a small pool, gym, & a good restaurant/bar downstairs.
#26
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Montreal
Posts: 4
Wanted to book 2 nights in Vegas next week for my trip, but I am not able to see if the resort fees are included in the total price I see...
Does anyone know ? If they are included, prices are good with a 34$ discount on top of it !
Does anyone know ? If they are included, prices are good with a 34$ discount on top of it !
#27
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,663
I think resort fees (if any) are mentioned (lower down the page) during booking - but anything can happen once u r actually staying! What's even more important for any taker to realize: pls don't refer to this as "discount". You're charged full price, and you hope for some "rebate" months after your stay. That rebate may or may not work out exactly as counted for. I've had hundreds of dollars disallowed by TCB many months following purchases last couple of years - and I also had some others paid. YMMV
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,425
I use Topcashback a few times a week for various purchases and the notification is usually pretty quick. I have a failure-to-post rate of about 5% with them, but then their customer service ultimately gets me the rebate about 80% of the time. I do think this one is "riskier" than most, though, simply because it's weird.
#30
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,663
It's not about notification. I've been tracked, notified, even eligible...and then many months later NOT payable, or something like that...And that could be for various reasons - but mainly because of what BA.com may or may not report back to TCB
Then, on % deals there is often huge markdown (from the max. advertised) back to like 2%.
Worst is that even if u r successfully Payable on some accounts, then u have to open a bunch of new PayPal accounts - cuz TCB seems to decline to PayPal same PayPal account from different TCB accounts
Then, on % deals there is often huge markdown (from the max. advertised) back to like 2%.
Worst is that even if u r successfully Payable on some accounts, then u have to open a bunch of new PayPal accounts - cuz TCB seems to decline to PayPal same PayPal account from different TCB accounts
Last edited by SinglePapa2; May 23, 2015 at 8:00 am