Wife arriving ahead of me?
May 8, 2014, 4:42 pm
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Wife arriving ahead of me?
I am going to stay at GH Dubai, however my wife is arriving 3 hours ahead of me. As we have "never done it before", will my wife have any problems with check in considering the reservation is under my name? Will there be any problems to get credits for this stay later on?
May 9, 2014, 9:21 am
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I have done this a few times at Hyatts. As long as her name is also in the reservation, there should be no problem.
May 9, 2014, 9:38 am
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May 9, 2014, 10:13 am
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If the wife can check-in and there is no real requirement to check-out (let alone you being the one required to check-out), I would assume yes? How else would they know whether you were/weren't there?
May 9, 2014, 11:51 am
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If she is traveling by herself, I merely add her to the reservation as being authorized to check-in and, in our experience, there has never been a problem earning points, etc.
The primary reason that we do this is so that she can get complimentary suite/club upgrades when I am not traveling with her (she is not Diamond).
The last time we did this a few months ago, she was meeting a group of her girlfriends in San Francisco, and they snagged a huge double-suite complimentary upgrade. Needless to say, they were all very pleased.
May 9, 2014, 4:42 pm
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May 9, 2014, 11:08 pm
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Who is recommending flaunting violation of the T+Cs?
These actions must be handled with discretion and a good cover story, e.g. "My husband's flight was cancelled and he is going to be a day late." I hope that no one interpreted my comments to mean that you can blatantly admit what you are doing to the check-in staff.
Once you are checked-in, you will likely never have to interact with any desk staff again, so that is the only real hurdle that you need to get over.
These actions must be handled with discretion and a good cover story, e.g. "My husband's flight was cancelled and he is going to be a day late." I hope that no one interpreted my comments to mean that you can blatantly admit what you are doing to the check-in staff.
Once you are checked-in, you will likely never have to interact with any desk staff again, so that is the only real hurdle that you need to get over.
