Agoda: 17% Cashback on Hotels (18% Cashback with ShopBack Plus, $150 Cap Per Item) @ ShopBack

Shopback has upsized the cashback amount for Agoda today (Sep 16) ending at 4pm AEST. The cashback rates are as follows

Hotels: 17% (capped at $150 per item)
Package (hotel portion): 17% (capped at $150 per item)
Flights: 1.0%

Shopback plus users get an extra 1% cash back on top of the rates listed above

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 Agoda Check the price of the hotel using Agoda 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 Agoda+Shopback Check the price of the hotel using Agoda 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.

Note: 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.

The Usual Terms

Exclusions

You won't get cashback on:

• Package (Flight portion Only)
• Activities
• Car Rental
• Airport Transfer
• Bookings on external partner pages
• Any Gift Card, Voucher or store credit purchase
• Any Gift Card or Voucher redemption
• Any store credit redemption
• Fees · Taxes · Service charges

Refunds, cancellations and no-shows

Any rejected, cancelled, refunded, exchanged or returned purchases will not be eligible for Cashback.

• For partial returns or exchanges, we'll prorate the Cashback as an adjustment.
• No-shows and any booking changes that lead to a change in the booking ID will not be eligible for Cashback.

Tracking disclaimers

• Your Cashback may be tracked at a different rate initially and adjusted to the correct rate when we confirm the transaction details.
• Exchange rates may cause small changes to your purchase total and Cashback from some foreign stores.

Other terms and conditions

Agoda terms and conditions

• Cashback is eligible only if bookings are made on Agoda, and not on Agoda's partner sites
• Agoda reserves the right to determine the exchange rate for cashback calculation at its sole discretion. ShopBack adheres to Agoda's recommended exchange rate.

ShopBack terms of use: https://www.shopback.com.au/terms-conditions