Ok well, I'm about mid-way through my VA/Expedia 9x point UK trip and the points are starting to flow! Some nice accruals coming in. Here's an odd one though: I booked just the one solitary Saturday night at a B&B in the Lakes District, I guess lucky to not have an enforced two-day booking. Maybe I missed this in the fine print: they take cash-only. They emailed me a day after the cancellation option ran out to advise. Well, I guess a little inconvenient but "thanks for letting me know". I wrote a jaunty email back to them saying "glad to be informed".
The response was rather pointed and clearly extremely dismissive of aggregator sites. I can read between those lines pretty clearly: You, sunshine, have allowed a filthy aggregator to clip our ticket. It's only out of respect to Basil we may let you stay here, and perhaps we can find you a nice draughty billet suited to your insolence.
I'd respond, but I'm looking forward to saying it directly to their faces. Upon departure