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If you’re needing to book paid accommodation, Ebates/Rakuten and Ibotta are offering increased cashback rates at a range of hotel chains today that could save you up to 11%.
The Deals
Ebates/Rakuten
- Earn 10% cashback for Marriott reservations
- Direct link to offer.
Ibotta
Earn increased cashback for the following:
- Choice Hotels – 10%
- IHG – 9% (possibly targeted)
- Extended Stay America – 11%
- VRBO – $22
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
- Ibotta deals expire March 26, 2019.
Quick Thoughts
Ibotta is currently running a ‘7 Days Of Deals’ promotion, with a different theme each day – today’s is Travel Tuesday. The link above displays the rates for Choice, Extended Stay America and VRBO, but the email I received from them also listed IHG at 9%. Their recent deals for Choice and IHG had a targeted element, so I suspect the 9% rate for IHG is targeted too.
If you weren’t targeted for a 9% cashback rate for IHG, Ebates/Rakuten is offering 8% for Holiday Inn reservations. That higher rate isn’t listed as being available for most of their other brands, although in the past I’ve clicked through to one of their brands offering a higher rate (e.g. Holiday Inn), booked a stay at one of their other brands (e.g. Candlewood Suites) yet still earned the higher rate. It’s been a few years since I last did that as usually rates are uniform for all their brands on any given cashback site, but this method hopefully still works when their brands are listed at different rates.
Ebates/Rakuten is also offering 10% cashback for Marriott Bonvoy properties today, so that’ll stack nicely with the new Amex Offer that Nick covered yesterday.
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Any data points on cash back if a special promo code was used
Does that work on points plus cash rates?
I think you normally only earn cashback on full paid rates, rather than Points + Cash. There’s a chance it might track, but I wouldn’t count on that happening.