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davefl 1,997 posts

@Froggee Honestly the more you try and analyse it the less it makes sense.

I’ve found over the last year that h.com has been reliable in paying out on TCB but I’ve always cleaned my cookies before going there. The disparity in pricing between clean/dirty/incognito makes no sense to me as per the example I posted earlier.

Maybe I’m just getting lucky in my old age, I got a quidco payout on one of their £100 bonuses last year and the vrbo property I rented was under £200 for 2 nights but generally I trust QC less than TBC these days.

Saying that (and it’s discussed at length on the estore threads) a lot does depend on the affiliate/retailer. There are so many exceptions/get outs that aren’t immediately visible. I lost out on the cb from the Kimpton in Seattle which really bummed me out. Turns out all Kimptons in the US are barred from cb on TCB and I hadn’t spotted the exception.

I really should get better at complaining on the crappy stays I’ve had. That Kimpton didn’t start serving breakfast until after 11am on the Saturday and there were other issues as well. The HI GV in Las Vegas was an appallingly bad stay with no aircon for 24 hours in temps of 115F daytime, 95F at night, and they blocked all the remaining cash on my Wise card when they charged a $500 deposit without telling me 1st.

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