Third-Party
Shopback has upsized the cashback amount for Expedia ending at 6pm (AEST) today. The cashback rates are as follows
- Hotels: 17% (capped at $180 per item)
- Car Hire: 17% (capped at $180 per item)
- Activities: 9%
- Packages: 4%
- Flights: 0.5%
Do Not Use This Deal Blindly
Before booking hotels, I think it's best to check the hotel price using the following methods and find the cheapest one:
1. Search using Expedia Check the price of the hotel using Expedia using Incognito Mode without Shopback
2. Search using Google Check the price of the hotel using Google, by specifying the exact hotel and dates. This is often cheaper than method 1 above
3. Search using Expedia+Shopback Check the price of the hotel using Expedia with Shopback and calculate the price with the cashback. Keep in mind that the cashback amount may not apply to the tax portion of the price
Also, if it's available, use the free cancellation option and cancel/rebook later when a cheaper price comes up.
Notes:
- Some OzBargainers have managed to get better prices using VPN with methods 1 or 2 above. I haven't tried this myself and it may require a bit of trial and error in terms of the country chosen. Based on comments from other posts, it might be worth trying Bangladesh. Refrain from using VPN with Shopback (method 3 above) as VPNs are notorious for causing tracking to fail.
If you are intending to pay now and have an Amex, you might be able to stack this with Amex's Expedia offer where you get 10% off, up to $200 credit- TopCashback has an upsized 15% deal too and you can find it here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/923677
The Usual Terms
Exclusions
You won't get Cashback on:
- Travel Insurance
- Cruise Booking
- Rail and Ground Transfer
- Bookings with Price-matched Sales
- Expenditure outside of the room rate. (i.e. room service, in-room movies, parking, dry cleaning, etc)
- Any Gift Card, Voucher or store credit purchase
- Other loyalty programmes unless otherwise stated
- Purchases made with Vouchers or Promo codes not featured on our platform
- Taxes · Service charges · Booking fees
Any exceptions will be at the store's discretion.
Refunds, cancellations and no-shows
- No-shows and any booking changes that lead to a change in the booking ID will not be eligible for Cashback.
- We can only track your Cashback if you show up for your booking.
Tracking disclaimers
- Your Cashback may be tracked at a different rate initially and adjusted to the correct rate when we confirm the transaction details.
Other terms and conditions
Expedia terms and conditions
- Packages are bookings with a combination of Hotel + Flight | Hotel + Car Hire | Hotel+ Car Hire+ Flight | Hotels + Insurance or Services
- Savings are not available on all packages.
- Savings are based on booking the same components separately, before any other discounts or rewards.
- Savings may vary depending on your trip details (origin, destination, length of stay, travel dates, and suppliers).
- Hotel bookings made with different room rates in a single booking will be commissioned as packages.
- Ensure that bookings are made on Expedia Australia and currency denoted in AUD.
- The use of coupon or voucher codes will result in $0 Cashback.
- The use of Reward Points will result in $0 Cashback
- Expedia typically processes purchase amount adjustment within 2–3 days following the tracking of the order.
Should be able to combine with Amex get 10% back, up to $200 credit?