Originally Posted by
MrHalliday
OK, received my e-mail confirm
and the points are already deducted from my account.
subtotal: 261.00 CRC Plus 15,000 Gold Points Plus applicable Fees and Taxes *
Rate Type: Club Carlson-Points+Cash-King Guest Room
Mon Apr 22 2013 - Thu Apr 25 2013 (3 Nights)
1 King Bed. Non Smoking
Mon Apr 22 2013 87.00 Costa Rican Colon (CRC) Plus plus Tax for 1 night
Tue Apr 23 2013 87.00 Costa Rican Colon (CRC) Plus plus Tax for 1 night
Wed Apr 24 2013 87.00 Costa Rican Colon (CRC) Plus plus Tax for 1 night
* Estimated Fees: 33.93 CRC
* Estimated Taxes: 0.00 CRC
* Estimated Total Price: 294.93 CRC
15,000 total Gold Points will be deducted from your account.
I thought a minute, and booked a room for 8 nights over Christmas 2013.
It confirmed also, the point deduction should be 120,000 points.
but in big red ink it said one night was FREE because of my Carlson VISA !
So this makes the "promo price" more "promo".
...One last thing... the taxes, as outlined in the confirm e-mail...
for the 8 nights.... computed to be precisely CRC 0.00.
Actually this may be due to "taxes" vs. "fees",
haven't quite figured it out.
This is the moment when I wish that I participated in any of the past Club Carlson promos and I lament the fact that US Bank simply would not approve my recent Club Carlson credit card app. I have zero points and would have enjoyed this hotel without needing to purchase points! Might purchase them anyway (but this is a maybe, because my booking will be speculative; I may not travel to SJO during those potential dates, so I wouldn't want to fork over the $$$ when I could have earned the points later on anyway; plus, the points take 2-5 days to post, and who knows whether the deal will be available then?). Decisions, decisions!