Did all the registering and combining online, and it was easy. I am HHonors Gold before the promo, set up a new ACAQ account, combined both, keeping my original gold number, and the first bonus just posted, for a 2 night stay just over a week ago at the Niagara Falls Embassy Suites Hotel. Total points, including bonus was 7176. Not bad for a $154 USD stay!!
When I registered my wife's HHonors account (she was HHonors Blue) for the ACAQ promo, although I tried to keep her original account number, the system voided that, and gave her the new account number as a gold. Her points transfered correctly though, so no problem, but I wonder why it didn't let the original account number stay as I requested on the member services page.
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