Originally Posted by
cawhite
I've not had this problem when booking under our corporate rate (not government). However, while I haven't had problems with airline miles posting, our corporate rate does not seem to qualify for nights toward a free night as an alternative (this seemed to change sometime during the last half of last year).
This is exactly what I mean: there's simply no way to know what the rules are, or when they have changed or will change. I get that Omni (or any other program) can set whatever rules they want, including reducing or denying certain benefits for reduced-rate bookings. What I don't get is Omni's dogged refusal to post the rules so members can make rational (or at least informed) decisions about using the program and/or booking with Omni. Starwood, for example, has a detailed set of program rules on its public website.
UPDATE: Omni does have its T&C posted (
http://www.omnihotels.com/SelectGues...onditions.aspx), although as far as I can tell there are no links to it anywhere on the Omni website (including their site map,
http://www.omnihotels.com/SiteMap.aspx). I found the T&C only via careful Googling.
Is this someone who is openly posting on behalf of the program similar to the two Starwood Lurkers, or someone who works for the program and is merely posting on their own behalf on FT while providing insight to the new program?
Not entirely clear. She identifies herself as "Omni and GHA PR team lead"; see
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...l#post15683660. It seems to me a bit odd to self-identify as "PR team lead" if one isn't speaking in an official capacity, but I suppose anything is possible.