What is Rate Mixing?

Rate Mixing will be removed for all properties globally by 30th September 2020

The best way to explain Rate Mixing, is with an example:

Suppose we have a hotel: OurHotel that has a room: OurRoom.

This room has 3 rates:

• Standard Rate: A free cancellation rate, breakfast not included, fits 2 guests;
• NR Rate: A non-refundable rate, breakfast not included, fits 2 guests;
• Breakfast included Rate: A free cancellation rate, with breakfast included, fits 2 guests;

OurHotel has the following prices and availability for the 3 room rate combinations for a subset of dates of a specific month:

*(xx means the rate is not available)

Suppose the customer wants to book the NR Rate for 3 nights, starting on Aug, 2nd.

With rate mixing disabled: the final cost for those 3 stays will be (25 + 30 + 40) = € 95 with NR policy.

With rate mixing enabled: the final cost for those 3 stays will be (25 + 30 + 10) = € 65; (It is mixing the price on the third day using the cheapest price from the BF included Rate even if that rate is a free-cancelation).

What about the restrictions? 

It picks the most restrictive always, on the example above, the price with rate mixing active will be € 65, but the whole stay is non-refundable (the most restrictive). The same applies to other restrictions.