Reward Night and Paid Nights in one Reservation- Earning Points
Feb 12, 2014, 4:37 pm
#1
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Reward Night and Paid Nights in one Reservation- Earning Points
If I book a stay using points form one night- the highest cost night- and pay for the other nights will I earn points on the paid nights?
I was reading the small print on the hhonors page and there was a paragraph about not earning any points for your stay if any part of the stay is on points.
I was reading the small print on the hhonors page and there was a paragraph about not earning any points for your stay if any part of the stay is on points.
Feb 13, 2014, 4:23 am
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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This one caught me out over Christmas. One night paid, 1 night points (was an expensive night with cash!), then 3 nights paid. 0 points 
Feb 13, 2014, 4:36 am
#5
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Sadly, it's within the terms. I'd therefore avoid it like the plague and either go all points, if feasible, or stay on points and then move to a nearby hotel for cash.
Feb 13, 2014, 9:42 am
#6
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So along those same lines...if I had 2 rooms, one on points and one paid in the same hotel for a weekend. Do I get the points for the paid part of the stay. I made 2 separate reservations.
Feb 13, 2014, 10:59 am
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If they're back to back reservations, eg a Friday on points and Saturday on cash, then that all counts as a single stay in the HHonors T&C. Single stay with some nights cash, some nights points annoying means no points.
If you're there 3 nights, one option is night #1 on points, night #2 cash but with no hhonors details attached, night #3 with cash and your hhonors details. That'd also get you a second stay credit, but probably no upgrade or breakfast as an elite for night #2. Or credit night #2 to your other half's hhonors, so they get the points for that.
If you're there 3 nights, one option is night #1 on points, night #2 cash but with no hhonors details attached, night #3 with cash and your hhonors details. That'd also get you a second stay credit, but probably no upgrade or breakfast as an elite for night #2. Or credit night #2 to your other half's hhonors, so they get the points for that.
Feb 14, 2014, 4:20 am
#9
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Has all that been changed now?
bj-21.