Hotels.com Rewards huge devaluation – best alternatives for independent hotels?
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On the basis of the recently announced forthcoming (though no exact UK rollout date yet) massive devluation of Hotels.com Rewards as discussed in the recent HfP article https://www.headforpoints.com/2023/03/29/hotels-com-rewards-gutted-one-key what does everyone propose is the most sensible way to book independent hotels going forward? Rocketmiles / booking.com via BA Exec Rewards for earning Avios?
Annoyingly I recently made a lot of (pre-announcement) bookings for a 15 night trip to Canada in January 2024 with hotels.com via BA Exec Rewards with a view to earning both the reward nights and avios. They are all refundable bookings but some of the rates have now gone up if I was to cancel and rebook elsewhere. I understand from the HfP post that existing reward nights and already-earnt stamps will have their value locked on but I am concerned that the devaluation will very likely happen before January so I will only get the measly 2% OneKey cashback on these future bookings rather than the reward night stamps. Interested to hear people’s thoughts on whether I should cancel and try my luck elsewhere or just cut my losses for these bookings but just cease to book any new stays via hotels.com from now on?
2% is so marginal that in scenarios where prices are the same I’d rather book direct. Even within the same category, room can vary hugely. Direct customers are more valuable while 3rd party OTA customers are generally assigned the worst rooms in the hotel…
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