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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 5:22 am
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Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
It's late, I'm tired, but am I missing something? If they only had to offer X # of rooms before we had to do a standard award (which at least got you the room even if it cost double the points) & now offer X # of rooms, but once they're gone you're SOL on getting a room at all, then what's the bennie to no black-out dates? Actually sounds like we lost out on this one, and that indeed the other chains offer a truer no black-out policy.

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Knowing you I know you know this.....(it must have been late )

there are only X days (shall we call this X1?) where redemption inventory is allowed to be limited, these days are controlled by MR not the hotel and the minimum they are allowed to make available to MR members for redemptions is the original X of total inventory (maybe this is X2?)....X1 days are very limited and on other days (non-limited dates) x2%=100% of inventory
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