Affiliate Disclosure
How EliteForCheap makes money, what we get paid for, and why our recommendations are still honest.
EliteForCheap is funded by paid memberships. We earn no commission on credit cards and no commission on hotel bookings. Links to AAdvantage Hotels are plain links, and we are paid nothing when you book or apply. If that ever changes, this page will say so first.
Who pays us
Members do. Paid memberships are the only way EliteForCheap makes money today. Here is where each possible affiliate relationship stands:
- Credit cards: none. EliteForCheap does not currently have a credit card affiliate relationship and earns no commission on credit cards. If that changes, this page will say so.
- FoundersCard: none. FoundersCard is mentioned on the Status Match page as a program fact. The site carries no FoundersCard referral link.
- Hotel bookings: none. We earn no commission when you book a hotel, through AAdvantage Hotels or anywhere else.
If we add an affiliate relationship, we will update this page and note the addition.
What this changes for you
Nothing about your price. Your hotel rate is the same one any other AAdvantage Hotels search would show.
What this changes for us
We make no money on credit cards or hotel bookings, so nothing pays us to point you toward one product over another. Here's how we keep it that way:
- We do not recommend a credit card. The program facts: any AAdvantage card plus any elite status reaches the same 10× Loyalty Points cap on AAdvantage Hotels. The Citi AAdvantage Executive World Legend card earns 12 redeemable AAdvantage miles per dollar on AAdvantage Hotels charges, and those card-spend miles earn 0 Loyalty Points. We earn nothing if you apply for any card.
- Deal rankings are not pay-for-placement. Hotels in our top 25, Hall of Fame, and Best of Month listings are ranked purely by Loyalty Points per dollar from our scrape data. No hotel has ever paid us to appear higher.
- If we wouldn't recommend it, we don't link to it.
Required FTC disclosure
EliteForCheap does not currently earn a commission on hotel bookings or credit card applications, and no link on this site is an affiliate link. If we join an affiliate program, we will disclose it here and next to the links involved, in line with the Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255).
Questions or concerns
If you have questions about our affiliate relationships or want to flag a recommendation that doesn't seem honest, email [email protected]. We take this seriously — the value of EliteForCheap depends entirely on you trusting our math.