Bei Corinthia Hotels findet man noch eine klassische Best Rate Garantie …
Wer schon länger dabei ist, der wird auch mit der IHG Best Price Garantie Spaß gehabt haben. Hat man einen günstigeren Preis gefunden, hat IHG die erste Nacht kostenlos gemacht. War man als Pärchen unterwegs, konnte man sich abwechseln. Die Mitarbeiter am IHG Best Price Helpdesk kannten meinen doch eher komplizierten Namen am Ende schon auswendig ;) Dann hat man das immer mehr verschlechtert. Man musste immer Hotel wechseln, aber auch da sind sich einige schöne Road-Trips ausgegangen. Schlußendlich war es IHG zu bunt und das Versprechen für eine kostenlose Nacht ist gefallen. Die anderen Marken haben sich von ähnlichen Best Rate Garantien genauso verabschiedet.
Es gibt aber noch eine Best Price Garantie einer Marke mit der ersten Nacht kostenlos. Findet man bei Corinthia Hotels einen günstigeren Preis, ist die erste Nacht frei. (Danke: Travelisfree.com)
Die Bedingungen:
„Process for making a claim:
Step 1. If within 24 hours of a confirmed reservation with Corinthia Hotels made on Corinthia.com, you find a lower rate for the same hotel, room type, inclusions, stay dates, discounts and payment conditions, please contact the relevant email address from the list below to make your claim. All claims must be made within 24 hours of the original booking and at least 24 hours prior to the standard check-in time of the hotel.
Step 2. Your claim should be supported by the URL where the lower rate was found and a screen shot which clearly displays the date of stay, room type, same hotel, inclusions and payment conditions of the lower rate offering on the competing website. Please include your contact information (name, email and phone number).
Step 3. If we are able to verify that the lower rate found qualifies for the Best Rate Guarantee, and all other terms and conditions are met, Corinthia Hotels will pay for 100% of the room charges of your first night, and will price match the room for the rest of your stay. You will be charged for all nights booked at the matched rate, minus the first night which will be free.
To make your claim, email the relevant hotel on one of the following:
bestrateguarantee.london@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.budapest@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.prague@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.stgeorges@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.palace@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.lisbon@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.stpetersburg@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.khartoum@corinthia.com
bestrateguarantee.tripoli@corinthia.com
Terms and Conditions:
Corinthia Hotels guarantees the best online rate on corinthia.com based on the following terms and conditions:
1. Your original booking must have been made through corinthia.com.
2. The lower rate must be found and the claim submitted by email within 24 hours of the original booking and at least 24 hours prior to the standard check-in time at the hotel. If the original booking was made within 24 hours of arrival, the Best Rate Guarantee is not applicable.
3. The Best Rate Guarantee only applies to published rates available to the general public online, which can be found and booked immediately without any kind of restriction or payment restrictions.
4. The lower rate found must be for exactly the same booking criteria – the same hotel, the same room type, same inclusions, the same stay dates, same number of guests, the same rate description and, if applicable, the same promotion. The cancellation and advance purchase policy and all other terms and conditions of the stay must also be identical. If the claim refers to a reservation consisting of several nights‘ accommodation, the average rate for each night will be compared to the average rate for each night, for an identical reservation, using the website where the lower rate is found.
5. Corinthia Hotels will verify the lower rate claim and respond within two working days of the claim being made. *Claims will be processed from Monday to Friday, between 9am to 5pm, at the hotel’s local time.
6. The rate comparison will be made net of any taxes, gratuities or any other fees or charges associated with the room rate, and the lower rate must still be available at the time the hotel validates the claim.
7. The Best Rate Guarantee is void where prohibited by law. Corinthia Hotels reserves the right to modify or cancel its Best Rate Guarantee policy at any time in its sole discretion and without prior notice.
8. Corinthia Hotels has the sole right and discretion to determine the validity of any claim, including without limitation, determining that the lower rate found is genuinely available and that the claim meets all terms and conditions. In case of dispute, Corinthia Hotels‘ decision is final.
9. In the case of a fully prepaid rate booked through corinthia.com, Corinthia Hotels will refund the difference to your credit card, if applicable, within 30 business days of submitting your claim. Corinthia Hotels is not responsible for any fees associated with cancelling a reservation made through a different channel.
10. Best Rate Guarantee will be suspended during times where corinthia.com or certain rates are not available due to an outage, a technical issue or a circumstance beyond Corinthia Hotels‘ reasonable control.
11. The Best Rate Guarantee does not apply to rates found offline, negotiated corporate rates, group or MICE rates, opaque provider rates or rates requiring membership in a club or other organization, governmental rates, direct mail or email solicitations, rates offered by providers that do not supply the name or location of the hotel until after a reservation has been made or other rates that are not available to the general public. We reserve the right to deny a claim if the availability of the Competing Rate cannot be independently verified at the time of processing the claim.
12. The Best Rate Guarantee does not apply to packaged rates. Packaged rates include Hotel accommodations sold as part of a travel package in which the Hotel does not provide all services (including but not limited to airfare and/or car rental, tours etc.) and Hotel accommodations sold with additional amenities.
13. Corinthia Hotels may deny a claim where the difference between the rates is less than 1%.
14. If the Competing Rate is in a different currency from the rate booked on corinthia.com, the Competing Rate will be converted into the same currency as the rate offered on our website using the exchange rate as published in www.xe.comin place at the time the initial reservation was made. Discrepancies may occur between Corinthia Hotels‘ rate and the Competing Rate due to differences in exchange rate sources. If the rate discrepancy is solely due to exchange rate fluctuations, we reserve the right to deny the claim.“
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Ich habe null Erfahrungen. Wahrscheinlich sollte man sich auf stornierbare Rates spezialisieren und da Vergleichsangebote finden. Nicht-stornierbare Buchungen haben immer das Risiko, dass die Best Rate ja auch schief gehen kann und man dann die Buchung hat.
Wo findet man die günstigeren Preise?
Gerade mal Bonvoy Best Rate Guarante ausprobiert und für das St Regis New York Mega Schnäppchen zugesprochen bekommen: 5 Nächte in der Astor Suite für USD 662 pro nacht statt USD 1500. Günstigeren Preis gab es bei ADAC Reisen bzw Meiers Weltreisen und Bonvoy hat es beim zweiten Anlauf akzeptiert, hat allerdings weder Steuern berücksichtigt noch Frühstück wie in dem günstigeren Angebot dazugegeben. Dennoch ein super Preis, zumal ich mit Marriott BRG bislang noch nie gute Erfahrungen gemacht habe.
Du buchst Suiten? Wäre da SNA nicht besser? Wenn das St. Regis New York die akzeptiert?
Alleine in den letzten 2 Wochen hatte ich 2x Erfolg mit Bonvoy Price Matching in NYC and Belgrade, Serbia
Nicht aber, wenn die BRG günstiger ist als die membership rates für das Standardzimmer ;-)
Mit SPG BRG hätte ich ein paar mal Glück und bin vor der Übernahme durch Marriott zu unschlagbaren Rates im Gritti Palace, im St. Regis Florence und im Prince des Galles abgestiegen. Aber bei Marriott hatte ich kein Glück (habe es aber vorher nie so oft probiert, da die ja auch weniger megageile Hotels im Portfolio hatten…). Versuche, diesen Stay mit der Miles and More /Bonvoy 10-Meilen pro Doller Promo zu kombinieren. Mal sehen, ob das klappt…
Das ist ein super Tipp, danke sehr!
Die Choice Hotels bieten seit vielen Jahren eine BPG mit einer kostenlosen Nacht. Die Regeln sind ähnlich wie bei IHG. Einmal pro Haushalt innerhalb 30 Tagen, die Zimmer- und Stornobedingungen müssen übereinstimmen, usw…. Ich habe schon ein paar erfolgreiche BPG Claims mit flexiblen Raten gemacht. Leider gibt es nicht viele interessante Hotels in dieser Kette.
Super Hinweis. Die hatte ich schon komplett nicht mehr auf dem Radar.
The Corinthia BRG is fake. They will come up with the craziest difference to deny a claim. The prepaid rate on corinthia.com still allows a date change. Hence, because of this insignificant difference in the booking conditions, they do deny any other lower rate.