We recently refused some inquiry and our basic requirement performance went down below 88% (level required for Airbnb host). Airbnb only gives hosts 24 hours to respond to the inquiry either pre-approve or decline. We think that it is unfair to penalize a host when a guest's inquiry is not meeting rules of either Airbnb or Host, despite delining of the inquiry.
Examples we experienced and responded with declines are below:
(1) An inquiry was about a guest who wanted to bring a pet. Our house rules clearly specifiy that we don't accept pet.
(2) An inquiry was about a guest wanting to book our listing, however, the guest profile had no information whatsoever (no photo, no description, no reviews, no government issued ID).
(3) An inquiry was about a guest who wanted to book for someone else (a third-party booking).
We are confident that other hosts had similar experiences and noticed basic requirement performance goes down. Complaining to Airbnb did not work, and they told us just send a feedback. Is this something Airbnb hosts had nothing else to do, and we just have to ignore and move on?