HotelSlash "Early Access"
Some of you may have used AutoSlash in the past to get a great deal on a car rental. More recently, we launched a sister-site called HotelSlash to help folks get great deals on hotels as well.
Similar to AutoSlash, one of the defining features of HotelSlash is that reservations made through the site will automatically be tracked for lower rates. Not only will you be able to get a great below-market rate up-front, but you'll also be able to rest easy knowing that we'll email you if a better deal comes along as your check-in date approaches. Just like with AutoSlash, we want to take the work out of getting the best deal possible. To be clear, we'll be offering rates not available to the general public. Depending on the property and dates, pricing will range from very good to fantastic. Because these are non-public rates, you'll go through a very quick initial signup process when requesting a quote. We're not quite ready to launch to the general public just yet, but we're making the site available via our "Early Acess" program to the Flyertalk community. At some point, we may charge a membership fee, but anyone who signs up in the next 30 days by using the early access code of FTEARLY, or by clicking here, will be grandfathered in and will never be charged a membership fee to get our best rates. A few things to keep in mind: .
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This is great! Would like to see a way to track a booking by simply entering the trip info & price instead of forwarding the confirmation email though
I see that rates can be displayed in other currencies, but would it be possible to also pay in hotel's local currency? |
Can you store the selected date and number of travelers to make subsequent queries in the same city easier? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by kevflyer
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This is great! Would like to see a way to track a booking by simply entering the trip info & price instead of forwarding the confirmation email though
I see that rates can be displayed in other currencies, but would it be possible to also pay in hotel's local currency? Is there a specific reason that you feel that forwarding your hotel confirmation email is less preferable to having to enter all your reservation details into a form? Keep in mind that if you just want to check rates with us on a one-time basis as opposed to ongoing tracking, you can do exactly that by requesting a quote. As for paying in a hotel's currency, if you make a non-prepaid reservation with us then you'll pay at the hotel in the local currency. As far as our prepaid deals, were only supporting USD at the moment but we may add additional currencies down the road. Can you help us to understand why you would want to pay in the hotel's local currency if it was a prepaid reservation? |
Originally Posted by El_Duderito
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Can you store the selected date and number of travelers to make subsequent queries in the same city easier? Thanks.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c6106d3ec6.png Additionally, once you view your quote, we'll soon be adding an edit function so you can change anything about your request. That functionality should be rolling out in the coming weeks so stay tuned! |
Originally Posted by AutoSlash
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Is there a specific reason that you feel that forwarding your hotel confirmation email is less preferable to having to enter all your reservation details into a form?
Originally Posted by AutoSlash
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As for paying in a hotel's currency, if you make a non-prepaid reservation with us then you'll pay at the hotel in the local currency. As far as our prepaid deals, were only supporting USD at the moment but we may add additional currencies down the road. Can you help us to understand why you would want to pay in the hotel's local currency if it was a prepaid reservation?
It makes it easier for those outside the US with a CC that charges foreign exchange fee, and also if the reservation has to be cancelled, they can get the refunds without subject to exchange rate fluctuation. |
Originally Posted by kevflyer
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I think some privacy-minded folks may not want to share too much information about their reservations. Those email usually contain confirmation number and personal details, so anyone can usually modify or cancel a reservation with such information on hand.
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Originally Posted by kevflyer
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From a couple rate requests I made, I can see the almost all the rates are prepaid, but maybe that's just the hotels I was looking at.
Originally Posted by kevflyer
(Post 33516945)
It makes it easier for those outside the US with a CC that charges foreign exchange fee, and also if the reservation has to be cancelled, they can get the refunds without subject to exchange rate fluctuation.
We appreciate all the feedback. It's definitely helpful! |
Feedback: I like that the cancellation policy is very upfront, and that it identifies when rates must be prepaid. The autofill takes awhile. The rate was good - about the same as a Priceline "limited time offer" but HotelSlash was free cancellation while Priceline was not. It would be nice to know if I needed to use a card with no foreign transaction fees or not for this foreign hotel. My first card got rejected for some reason, so I had to use a second card. As far as I can tell, there is no way to sign up without going through the request flow which was a bit confusing because I wanted to apply the FTEARLY access code. And when signing up through the FTEARLY access code I saw the message thanking me for being a Flyertalker, but since I wanted a 2 bed, I edited preferences to be for multiple beds, but when that returned to the request quote screen I saw the message thanking me for being a Flyertalker had disappeared and that FTEARLY had disappeared from the web url. Hopefully the code remains applied to my account, since I don't believe there is a way to check.
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Can we register for the site if we do not have a hotel to track at the moment? I only see a way to search or sign in, as opposed to sign up
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Originally Posted by AutoSlash
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You are welcome to strip out any personal identification before forwarding. The important stuff for us is:
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Curious if you have a team of people doing data entry from the confirmation emails or you're using ML/NLP to parse as much as possible? As a developer myself I'm interested in knowing how you deal handle those data inputs. |
Are these prices typically inclusive of all fees & destination charges? I don't see them called out specifically on the rate.
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The sign up process is a bit clunky... it's not really clear that you're actually signing up (vs. just requesting a quote) and when you do sign up it's not clear if the FT code actually got applied. When I clicked "sign in" I was expecting to see a "don't have an account yet? click here to sign up" type of button.
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I signed up but not sure if the FTEARLY code applied. I think somehow I might have already had an account? Had to do forgot password. Can you make sure the code got applied? Been an Autoslash user from the very beginning, so I'm excited about this.
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Originally Posted by AutoSlash
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Is there a specific reason that you feel that forwarding your hotel confirmation email is less preferable to having to enter all your reservation details into a form?
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I presume booking through you means we don't get our status perks at a hotel chain?
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