IAN-UK

That sounds dodgy !


I'm currently at an IC and asked them how best to handle it. Their view is that any attempt by the hotel to change the reservation will, in effect, result in cancellation and rebooking. And, of course, the new points reservation would be at the regular points rate.

Tim O'Brien

another option you cld consider is to stay the three nights, then cancel the remaining three nights, and ask for the refund of what, 15K points?

have you asked them in Makarti, if you cld do that?

you really just need to find someone reasonable there, it may take a few calls

scubaccr

A multiple night award night booking is not really different from a multinight flex booking.

Once cancel date/time passes or checkin occurs , whichever happens first the whole stay is de facto uncancelable as cancel date/time refers to ones first night

However on flex/award multinight stays most hotels operate an early departure fee, typically 1nights room rate.
If you depart after 3rd night hotel can refund the remaining 15k PB points and charge the CC 1nights room rate , so it could be cheaper to write off 15k points of nominal $105 value

If your PB (or flex) is cancel until say 4pm/6pm on arrival day, you probably can during checkin before the cancel deadline, tell reception you only need first 3nights and hotel will manually update your res to refund nights 4-6 points without any penalty. Problem is not all stays are still under terms cancel on day of arrival anymore

If PB already sold out , never have helpdesk or hotel modify booking before arrival, as the modify ends up being a cancel+rebook to shorten the stay and you pay rebook nights at full award points rates.
It is usually easier and cheaper and safer to swallow the loss of 5k a night and have hotel check you out in your absence at noon after last booked night

IAN-UK

Yes, this is what I thought, and I was perfectly resigned to "losing" the 3x5K points. The concern was whether the hotel would wish to apply the early departure fee, regardless: which could work out rather expensive.



And, again yes: I've run into the unexpected result of a hotel being helpful and rearranging my PB stay. The new dates (a week earlier) went through perfectly, but the hotel - and I! - were horrified to find the new stay was at the full Reward rate.

Priority Club acted very generously, and credited me with the difference in points: I'm not at all sure they would be so forgiving agin..

Tim O'Brien

good outcome^

scubaccr

I have quietly left a 9day Sat-Sun PB 2nights early saying nothing, I don't take risk of telling hotel as one usually has no idea how greedy an hotel owner is for the possible extra income over the award night pittance.

If I am leaving early on a BAR stay these days (or 1day early on flex) I now just quietly leave, as after a stay a few years ago where I let desk know at a sold out hotel (no doubt they then resold my nights ) and I annoyingly received zero credits for those extra paid upfront nights.

miadukes

How far ahead do they release the preview of the upcoming pointsbreak?
Also I noticed a PP said he had a PB of 9nights, i thought you could only do 2 nights?

I am new to the whole PB thing and IHG since I just got the card this past October and have since been trying to maximize everything I can! lol

zpoppy

chrism20

Two reservations per hotel, they can be for any number of nights.

Onthego15 posted all the previous dates for the last couple years and they predicted the preview will be January 25th. These predictions are usually fairly accurate. The list is post #2 in this thread.

This list will also cover Easter. Should any more aspirational properties make the list I would expect them to go very quickly.

miadukes

Oh ok thanks! I don't know why i understood 2 nights only! I'm glad i asked and clarified this!
I saw the list earlier or well a list of when they actually come out more or less but do they do a preview or all of a sudden boom new list?

chrism20

The two nights/stays confuses a lot of people but it's definitely two stays and not nights.

Normally you get a preview a day or two before. Keep an eye on here and loyalty lobby and you get the list as soon as it is known.

Hope you get something interesting when the list goes live.

miadukes

thank you i will!!

peripateticlife

The Two Stay limit, is that per each new PB list, per year?

chunky649

2 stays PER hotel per period. Unlimited number of nights each (obviously limited to availability and promotion period).

peripateticlife

Thanks, I just stayed at one in Nov for 5 nights, want to stay again as soon as the list comes out. I'm sure it'll be on there.