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Old Dec 18, 2010 | 7:29 pm
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Originally Posted by paul577
It appears that one common problem ( ...common to the extent that it has happened to me 3 times in the past month) is with pre-paid stays. Base points posted for those 1 night stays were something like 400 points, ie about $40 . The hotels had not looked at and posted points for the pre-payment but only incidentals. It took 2 calls to the so-called GP helpline in Australia ( in reality it's the reservations number) before the problem was rectified
GP base points are 5 points / $. So 400 points would indicate eligible charges of $80.
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