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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by soitgoes
With the exception of the Free Nights from the Biggest Free Nights Offer, it is possible to gift reward nights to others.
The quoted promotion was at play. If the other hotel programs (Hyatt, SPG, etc.) allow their free night specials to be used by others, they have a modest competitive advantage (but it sounds like they don't permit it either).
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