Just wanted to update-
As some of you are aware, Hotels Anywhere is dead. Maybe forever (my guess), maybe not. I feel personally responsible for its demise. Without my perseverance, the circular road to nowhere would have been allowed to continue, with more Flyertalk members being driven to the brink of insanity.

I received a points allocation for my trouble, which I used to book an IHG hotel for a different leg of my trip. So it worked out in the end.

All the haters, thank you for making it an even better experience.