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Old Dec 27, 2010, 11:53 am
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CJKatl
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BDU
Programs: DL:MM, Marriott:LTT
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Originally Posted by RogerD408
If you just can't get to the 100K points, I would expect two reservations needed, one for points and the second for cash (personally I'd do the cash stay first). Make the effort to actually go down to the front desk to check out and then check back in again for the second rez. With any luck the property will treat it as two stays and process each as it's own and all postings will flow as needed. There is never any guarantee a stay will be error free.
I've done this before several times with no trouble. It does process as two back-to-back stays, but I've never had to discuss it with the front desk again after checking in for the first night. (Unlike EEOs which always seem to require multiple discussions.)
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