Hotel booking platform with best rewards??

[sidekickdmr]

Now hotels.com have royalty screwed us by going to this one key system where you get about £1.20 per £200 booking, is there any other platforms worth considering that offer good benefits/free nights?

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[CraigyMc]

sidekickdmr said:

Now hotels.com have royalty screwed us by going to this one key system where you get about £1.20 per £200 booking, is there any other platforms worth considering that offer good benefits/free nights?

Ta

K

IHG rewards allows points conversion into gift cards (eg. sainsburys/john lewis/m&s) at pretty decent rates, but I don't know if that's what you're looking for. In percentage terms it's about the most generous of all the hotel booking systems I've come across.

[anonymous-user]

I always used to book direct with the hotel rather than going through some booking system, always worked out slightly cheaper.

[StoutBench]

lancslad58 said:

I always used to book direct with the hotel rather than going through some booking system, always worked out slightly cheaper.

Not sure that stands up anymore as sometimes the booking company will pay part of your stay which seems very alien.

A few times over the last couple of years I've had the person behind the counter how I got such a low rate. I use a combination of booking.com hotels.com and very rarely Agoda.

[Griffith4ever]

Certainly in Thailand Booking.com and Agoda (I believe are the same co.) frequently give better rates than the rack rates - even after contacting the places and checking for a deal. Which is odd as I believe they pay around 10-25% in commission.

[Yetski]

Since Hotel.com ballsed it all up, I've started using Revolut stays.
I get some really good discounts with the Revpoints, but I'm on Ultra so not sure how it pans out on the other levels, but worth a look.

[sidekickdmr]

lancslad58 said:

I always used to book direct with the hotel rather than going through some booking system, always worked out slightly cheaper.

I used to do this, and and still try, but 90% of the time its the same or higher rate to go direct, with none of the convenience or perks.....

[Drezza]

I've made a few thousand from TopCashBack and IHG, they often do promotions for up to 10% cashback (typically 3%). So get both cashback and IHG points. Need to get a cashback credit card to maximise the benefits next.

[Tallboy]

I've moved my spend to nectar.

Amex nectar and booking via nectar hotels. Best part of 100k points since I was transferred to onekey.

Although the nectar hotels site takes some getting used too.

[CraigyMc]

Drezza said:

I've made a few thousand from TopCashBack and IHG, they often do promotions for up to 10% cashback (typically 3%). So get both cashback and IHG points. Need to get a cashback credit card to maximise the benefits next.

Amex cashback is your friend.

Mine's still on a legacy deal where there's no fee and the cashback is 0.5% on the first 10K of spend, 1% on anything above that. Historically it was better (1.25% on anything above 10K) but that's the way of the world.

Cashback beats points in terms of usability (because you can spend pounds on anything) and you can get IHG rewards on top (again -- translate to hotel stays or gift cards).

[Saleen836]

As I am a Virgin Flying club member I usually book any hotels through here... https://www.rocketmiles.com/

They also have different reward programs other than Virgin