FFN - earn 9/1 to 12/30/2008 - Now Official - Complete T&Cs and FAQs in First Post
Aug 22, 2008, 9:29 am
#95
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Government rates have always been eligible.
Aug 22, 2008, 12:28 pm
#96
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making reservations in advance of sept. 1st?
Is it correct to assume that one must wait until sept. 1st to use the hyatt website to make a FFN reservation using the code FFNF08?? Or would you be able to get a headstart and look for availabilty at a property today?
Will the FFN have to be deposited into your award account prior to being allowed to even attempt to make the reservation??
Will the FFN have to be deposited into your award account prior to being allowed to even attempt to make the reservation??
Aug 22, 2008, 12:55 pm
#97
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Based on the terms & conditions I do not believe it is necessary to put the offer code FFNF08 on your reservation to receive credit toward a free night. You do have to register for the promo (in past year's they automatically registered previous participants but I just went ahead and did it anyway).
"To qualify for a free night award you must be a Hyatt Gold Passport member, register for the promotion, provide your Hyatt Gold Passport account number at reservation/check-in, be a registered guest physically occupying the room to which you are registered, pay an Eligible rate."
(better to keep the offer-code space free to add G bonuses, diamond amenity bonuses, etc., anyway)
"To qualify for a free night award you must be a Hyatt Gold Passport member, register for the promotion, provide your Hyatt Gold Passport account number at reservation/check-in, be a registered guest physically occupying the room to which you are registered, pay an Eligible rate."
(better to keep the offer-code space free to add G bonuses, diamond amenity bonuses, etc., anyway)
Aug 22, 2008, 1:41 pm
#98
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Also, Offer Code FFNF08 is only for redeeming by phone.
"Are these hard to redeem?" Depends. They're capacity controlled, just like any GP award. Awards at choice properties (Miami Beach, Tokyo) are difficult anyways, but only two properties (Manchester in San Diego and Madeleine in Paris) are completely excluded from FFN. Note, however, that "Hyatt Vacation Club" properties are also excluded, as they don't participate in Gold Passport anyways.
Yes, FFN "floods the market" with award nights, but it's also during the dead of winter.
Last edited by paytonc; Aug 22, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Aug 22, 2008, 2:05 pm
#99
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Hyatt Vacation Club Stays Are Inelgible For FFN Earnings
Answering my question from another thread and previously validated by our Hyatt Moderator, Peteropny, in a PM to me, stays at Hyatt Vacation Clubs like the Pinion Pointe in Sedona are INELIGIBLE towards earning FFNs!
Amerisuites are also ineligible per the T & C.
Amerisuites are also ineligible per the T & C.
Aug 22, 2008, 2:40 pm
#100
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Does anyone have any experience with splitting a bill at check-out? I have to charge my room to my corporate AmEx, but if I have dinner charged to the room, and can get the front desk to put that portion on my MasterCard at checkout, could that get me the 2k bonus? Or am I SOL?
Aug 22, 2008, 4:27 pm
#101
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From personal experience, you have to check in when FFN begins, ie 1st Sep and not during check out on that day.
Aug 22, 2008, 4:31 pm
#102
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Last year, IIRC, and the GP concierge confirmed it, the check out day was the one that counted.
I'll look at my records and see if I checked in anywhere on 8/31. If I did, you can be sure it counted
I'll look at my records and see if I checked in anywhere on 8/31. If I did, you can be sure it counted
Aug 22, 2008, 5:50 pm
#103
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Aug 22, 2008, 5:58 pm
#104
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I just checked and I was in a hotel on 8/31-9/2. Unfortunately, it's one I go to all the time and wasn't a FFN mattress run.
BUT - the more I think about it, the more I seem to recall that the GP concierge told me their system is based on check out day not check in day.
BUT - the more I think about it, the more I seem to recall that the GP concierge told me their system is based on check out day not check in day.
Aug 22, 2008, 6:31 pm
#105
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OK, let the game begin. I have 6 stays in the next few months....
I would like to confirm this as well for my business stay. Need to know if using my own MC debit cards for incidentals generates FFN credit with bonus point. Does anyone have experience on this? Thanks in advance
Does anyone have any experience with splitting a bill at check-out? I have to charge my room to my corporate AmEx, but if I have dinner charged to the room, and can get the front desk to put that portion on my MasterCard at checkout, could that get me the 2k bonus? Or am I SOL?