[EXPIRED] Leading Hotels of the World - $19.28 a night (reg $500-$2000)
#901
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,797
same document, 2 links >
http://www.lhw.com/LCEmailImages/CMP...il_English.doc
http://www.lhw.com/promoload/1928_email_English.doc
soitgoes, the 1928[at]lhw.com address does not have a verification thing like the personal addresses. i know because i have sent an email to it, as well as a personal address.
http://www.lhw.com/LCEmailImages/CMP...il_English.doc
http://www.lhw.com/promoload/1928_email_English.doc
soitgoes, the 1928[at]lhw.com address does not have a verification thing like the personal addresses. i know because i have sent an email to it, as well as a personal address.
#903
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: YVR
Programs: AC 50K MM, HH DIA, GP DIA, SPG PLT, Delta Gold, Farimont Plat
Posts: 617
However, I get great service from the few properties they're associated with that I stay at, and I now have the form thanks to FT, so whether or not I get the email is irrelevant as far as I am concerned.
#906
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,404
Does anyone know if it's possible to auto-mail something from yahoo mail so I don't have to be at my computer at noon GMT tomorrow? I don't recall ever seeing such an option (but nor would I ever previously have reason to use it!).
Thanks.
Thanks.
#907
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Wayside, NJ USA
Posts: 311
3. All incoming e-mails shall be pocessed in the order in which they are received. E-mail server capacity has been enhanced to accommodate a large influx of e-mails.
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6. Only e-mails received on October 2, 2008 between 12:00 noon GMT and 13:20 GMT shall be eligible. (check your time zone convertor for GMT equivilents)
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Good luck tomorrow.
Regards,
Marshall Calder
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6. Only e-mails received on October 2, 2008 between 12:00 noon GMT and 13:20 GMT shall be eligible. (check your time zone convertor for GMT equivilents)
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Good luck tomorrow.
Regards,
Marshall Calder
I'm done. Good luck to all those who email but for me its just not worth any further effort.
All FTs who get a room: please post your results in 7-10 days when you finally get a voice message from LHW that will say "Congrats your email was received and we were able to give you your third hotel choice on the second alternate date. Please call us back within 80 minutes to give us your non refundable credit card info. I we do not hear from you in the 80 minute window will assume you are no longer interested and cancel the reservation."
#908
Join Date: Jun 2004
Programs: Ozark - Tin; Eastern - Lead; Local Hoosegow - Copper;
Posts: 913
Dear
We are deeply sorry for today's disruption of the USD 19.28 sale. Demand for this promotion far surpassed our expectations, and due to the exorbitant amount of traffic to www.lhw.com/1928, we were unable to accommodate travel requests. Nonetheless, we intend on making every effort to honor the offer on a first come, first serve basis, and have devised a plan to enable you to apply for the USD 19.28 rate. (The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. makes no representation or guarantee that it will be able to fulfill your request.)
Please click here to download the form for details. As a reminder, below is a complete list of the hotels participating in this promotion.
We are deeply sorry for today's disruption of the USD 19.28 sale. Demand for this promotion far surpassed our expectations, and due to the exorbitant amount of traffic to www.lhw.com/1928, we were unable to accommodate travel requests. Nonetheless, we intend on making every effort to honor the offer on a first come, first serve basis, and have devised a plan to enable you to apply for the USD 19.28 rate. (The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. makes no representation or guarantee that it will be able to fulfill your request.)
Please click here to download the form for details. As a reminder, below is a complete list of the hotels participating in this promotion.
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Update: Opened it in WordPad...
SNAFU!
Last edited by bgmvp; Oct 1, 2008 at 2:18 pm
#910
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: YOW
Programs: AC*SE
Posts: 26
Automailer folks might want to try a test run! In Outlook, the message will be stamped with the time you pressed send even if you specify a different delivery time. If you're OK with the risk, don't forget to add 5 or 10 minutes in case the time on the LHW mailserver is off a bit
#911
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 18
This company is extremely incompetent. First 2 mails refer to an attachment that did not exist. First website hosted forms demand credit card numbers as if they will charge you for rooms without telling you the final price as taxes and fees are still completely unknown. The only smart thing was to change this since they company would have HUGE penalties by their processing agency if they suddenly got a lot of chargebacks. Now the form it asks everyone to mail it at a particular time tomorrow (i.e. the same 12GMT time period as today) and how they somehow seem to expect their email servers to not have the same fate when they get thousands or hundreds of messages at the same time.
They are requiring some format that is not standard for these kinds of services (not even a platform neutral PDF), so sorry to Mac and Linux users that don't have converts installed. They are also so stupid as to put a graphic file into a Word document which makes the form being sent in even large unnecessarily. They have yet shut down the white list spam service so if you send the message, it'll bounce back to get verified and then you'll have to send it AGAIN. I just sent a test message and had to white-list my email. On the form they fail to allow a spot for email. I, and I assume many others, give the company a uniquest address by which we can receive mail but not send it. So because we are savvy enough to protect our data, we're also being shut out.
They are requiring some format that is not standard for these kinds of services (not even a platform neutral PDF), so sorry to Mac and Linux users that don't have converts installed. They are also so stupid as to put a graphic file into a Word document which makes the form being sent in even large unnecessarily. They have yet shut down the white list spam service so if you send the message, it'll bounce back to get verified and then you'll have to send it AGAIN. I just sent a test message and had to white-list my email. On the form they fail to allow a spot for email. I, and I assume many others, give the company a uniquest address by which we can receive mail but not send it. So because we are savvy enough to protect our data, we're also being shut out.
#912
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Programs: AS 100K, UA MM, AA MM, IC Plat Amb, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 3,146
I appreciate that LHW is trying to make good, but so far it seems like nobody at LHW has a clue.
#913
Moderator: Mileage Run, InterContinental Hotels
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 5,909
We have a limited number of rooms per property, and presumably some properties will see many more requests than others. The popular properties will be gone after 100 emails have been processed, but it may take much much longer to find takers for the El Cheapo Inn Timbuktu.
Email #1 -- Requesting Popular Place A --> Approved
Email #2 -- Requesting Popular Place B --> Approved
Email #500 -- Requesting Popular Place A --> Sold out. Denied (or: alternate)
Email #6000 -- Requesting Mildly Popular Place J --> Approved
Email #90000 -- Requesting Mildly Popular Place J --> Denied
Email #135000 -- Requesting El Cheapo Timbuktu --> Approved
#914
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Purgatory
Programs: Too many to list. Status is a half dozen.
Posts: 9,235
Automailer folks might want to try a test run! In Outlook, the message will be stamped with the time you pressed send even if you specify a different delivery time. If you're OK with the risk, don't forget to add 5 or 10 minutes in case the time on the LHW mailserver is off a bit