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Apple Card Now Fast-Tracks Booking.com Perks With Just One Trip

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Apple Card users now have a new benefit available to them at Booking.com, with users automatically being upgraded to Genius Level 2 after completing just one eligible stay or car rental rather than the usual standard of five bookings within a two-year period.

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Genius is Booking.com's free loyalty program, with Level 2 unlocking a number of benefits including discounts of 10–15% on select stays and car rentals as well as free breakfast and/or room upgrades at select stays.

Booking.com has been a premier ‌Apple Card‌ partner for some time now, with users receiving enhanced 3% Daily Cash when booking stays and car rentals using ‌Apple Card‌ with Apple Pay, and users also receiving 2% in Booking.com Travel Credits.

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kotaKat
2 weeks ago
And when you get screwed over at the hotel, just remember: the hotel can't help you, Booking screwed up the reservation :)

Just book direct and save yourself the hassle.
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AppleWes
2 weeks ago

I book a few hotel rooms every month and just go with whatever rate is the best. Never had a problem with a third party booking service like booking.com or hotels.com, etc.
If any unforeseen circumstances happen it's 100x easier if you've booked direct since hotel has complete control over stay.
Travel agents and 3rd party websites are a nightmare for last minute changes or if you show up and property can't find reservation.

Having worked in hospitality it amazes me how many guests willingly input credit card to first random Google booking link they find.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Yimbaz
2 weeks ago
They’re going to have to hit a lot harder than that if they want to start competing with other cards on travel.
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1point21gigawatts
2 weeks ago
Done with Goldman Sacs and Apple Card. Received the spam email this morning at 6:30 about the Booking "benefit." (I don't use third-party booking apps after getting burned on a reservation.) Anyway, there is no way to unsubscribe from Apple Card marketing emails; they go to my Apple ID email, which I don't give out to anyone. There's no link in the email to unsubscribe. Apple privacy preferences have nothing about Apple Card marketing emailsCalled Apple Card support, and all I can do is close my account to stop the spam. Ridiculous.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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RoadCyclistID
2 weeks ago
I use booking.com for all our travel worldwide. Never had an issue to this point and seem to get really good deals. No need for "Apple" to give me a level.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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mudflap
2 weeks ago

I just wish you could cancel cards and not get a credit score hit. I've completely stopped using the Apple Card.
In my experience it's not a big hit and it doesn't last too long. But of course if your Apple Card limit is $15,000 and you remove $15,000 from your total available credit, that might be a bigger hit? I've only cancelled cards between $2,000 and $4,000 so it wasn't as big of a deal for me.
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