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Bin Rui

07 Jun 2019

Credit Cards

Can I book a hotel at those websites that provide free cancellation to earn cashback and cancel it later?

Can I book a hotel at those websites that provide free cancellation (e.g. hotels.com / Expedia) with credit card that earns cashback or just for the sake of hitting the monthly minimum spending, and then cancel the hotel the following month once the cashback is credited?

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The cashback will be refuted once the cancellation kicks in.

Kenneth Lou

07 Jun 2019

Co-founder at Seedly

Haha whoa nope... this is sort of trying to fraud the system.

Your cashback will get invalidated.

Hence most cashback sites are smart. They will actually hold off giving you the cashback until the agency (eg Agoda or Booking) has verified that you paid them. It's only fair!

I cancelled my hotels a few times before (due to family reasons) and thus, the cashback also got invalidated :)

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Nope - the cashback will be invalidated.

It's an innovative (but fraudulent) way of getting cashbac...

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