I wrote about this free service a couple of years ago, but wanted to write about it once again, as I continue to find it to be extremely valuable (full disclosure — I just find this service to be useful, and don’t even know anyone who works at the company).
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On a tangent but related... a huge benefit would be if the loyalty programs actually informed the customer if they are given free night awards through their credit card spend/annual renewals. e.g., IHG and Hyatt (at the least) never email/notify when I receive my annual free night awards from credit card renewals, or when I meet spend requirement and get an additional free night award.
I'm shocked I didn't know about this before. Been reading the blog for years but don't remember reading about this. Looks cool and reminds me a bit of https:/PlanMoreTrips.com where you tell them your flight number or hotel dates, and it automatically checks all other travel sites to see if you got the cheapest price.
After many years of flying only redemptions, I have finally reached a point that I care about comfort & started mid & high end hotel redemptions. After burning through our Marriott points, I'm now looking at TY Points to Choice at 1 to 2 transfers & have found some deals to be had.
I have never seen this in my years either but it reaered it's head at a great time. Thanks Ben!
I can't find the Alila Ventana Big Sur on either Booking.com (the source for Open Hotel Alert) or on Open Hotel Alert. Interesting because that is the hotel for which I would find this most useful.
Is there a good site that will tell me if the cash price of a rom on a certain day drops in price? This seems impossible to find but something that seems useful
They probably also make money from data. Even if they do not make much money for booking the room for you or even if they do not book the room for you at all they still have your data.
This is not a dig….but I looked up several hotels and the free night room and/or certificate room type was not an option to select. Even with or without it being available today. I did find a couple I could create alerts for. Any way to inform them so the rooms can be added?
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TD
I cannot find the open hotel alert on my Booking.com app. What am I doing wrong?
It seems the Park Hyatt Paris has removed the standard suite entirely from their inventory, another way they game the system inappropriately. At least you cannot search for it on openhotelalert.com