No, they aren't airline miles, HHonors is still the only double-dip program. They are gold passport points, and yes, you can get them on every stay. Just ask for the airline partner bonus (giving the name of your airline from one of the participating airlines in the list) when you check in either at the front desk or via 1-800-CHECK-IN. Your bill will show that partner bonus miles were credited to your account. Note that AA is not a partner airline.
If you use 1-800-CHECK-IN many of the agents ask if you are flying on a qualifying airline and add the partner bonus for you, so check your history to be sure. It may already be there in the stay detail for some of your stays.
I wanted to show how you could boost your GP earnings from a $76 stay.
All my stays have qualifying airline partner flights, but I've never been asked to show a ticket or boarding pass.
If you find that you are missing any partner bonuses from recent stays, you can email Gold Passport (using the links from the web site) and give the stay dates and flight information and ask them to credit the partner bonus. When I first started doing this, I didn't know about it either, and got several months of credit from the nice folks at GP, since I had all the flight info.
This should also be in the non-existant Gold Passport FAQ. (Too bad we don't have sticky topics on FT.)
http://www.goldpassport.com/earn_gp_...snav=1&gpnav=0
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Points When You Fly or Drive
If you choose points for your stay, you can earn 300 Gold Passport bonus points when you fly participating airlines in conjunction with your Hyatt stay. Just present your boarding pass or ticket at check-in. Participating airlines are: America West Airlines®, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Midwest Express Airlines, Northwest Airlines®, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines or US Airways®.
Flight must occur within 24 hours of hotel stay. Only one airline bonus may be earned per stay. Gold Passport bonus points are available only on stays for which Gold Passport points are chosen.
You can earn a 300-point bonus when you rent a car from Alamo® Rent A Car or Avis®. A Hyatt stay is not required – just request Gold Passport points at the rental counter.
Some restrictions apply.
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-David
[This message has been edited by LIH Prem (edited 11-13-2002).]