Booking.com: Application of mobile and genius rate discounts

In case you are wondering how the Booking.com discount rates, e.g. Mobile Rate or Genius Rate discounts are applied to your price, you will find all the necessary information in this article.

Discounts from Mobile and Genius Rates in Booking.com are not summed up and then deducted from the price. Instead, they discount the price one after another.

  1. First, the price is reduced by the discount from the Mobile Rate, e.g. 10%.

  2. Then, the discount percentage from the Genius program is applied to the reduced value.

Note: This order of calculation is valid for all types of prices: Daily price, LOS pricing and FSP pricing.

Note the slight discrepancy when summing up the discounts and when applying the discounts one by one in the examples below.

Example I: A customer has a daily price of 100 USD. The mobile discount is 10% and the genius discount is 15%.

CORRECT: First, Booking.com cuts 10% from the mobile rate, which totals 90 USD. From 90 USD, they later cut 15%, which gives the final price of 76.50 USD.

100 USD - 10 % - 15% = 90 USD - 15% = 76.50 USD

INCORRECT: 100 USD - (10% + 15%) = 100 USD - 25% = 75 USD

Example II: A customer has a daily price of 268 GBP. The mobile discount is 10% and the genius discount is 15%.

CORRECT: First, Booking.com cuts 10% from the mobile rate, which totals 241.20 GBP. From 241.20 GBP, they later cut 15%, which gives the final price of 205.02 GBP.

268 GBP - 10 % - 15% = 241.20 GBP - 15% = 205.02 USD

INCORRECT: 268 GBP - (10% + 15%) = 268 GBP - 25% = 201 USD