I booked my stays this past weekend prior to reading this thread. I was so excited in getting in on the radission and country inn promo I didnt realize I booked two reservations at two hotels in one night. When you plan on just checking in and checking out without staying, you dont think about "what's possible" as a real guest. Only after I read your thread did I realize what I did and let out a big "duh". I was kind of mad at myself for putting myself in risk of not getting the points.

But, rest assured the points posted after 4 days into my account. So, to answer your question, the points posted when I booked two reservations at two different hotels on the same night. Do I advise doing it? No. Reason being, it's too big of a risk for the amount of promo points being awarded. If you have time to change it into different nights, I would do it. I could be just the exception that got overlooked by the club carlson "police" for points abuse.

Also, I checked in person at both hotels and then phoned in the next day telling them I had to rush out and left the keys in the room. Both front desks said there would be no issue. Actually, I forgot to leave the keys in the Country Inn and it still was not an issue with them. The Radisson preferred I checked out over the phone rather than in person when I checked in. I also noticed they did not ask for any ID or CC at check in. Maybe because I booked everything on their site and held the room with a CC prior. So, you can probably check in, key into the room, leave the keys, go home and then call into the front desk the next day and say you checked out.

Hope this helps you out.