Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
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As far as who pays for the room, not sure why that should matter for status. As others have mentioned the employees are away from their families a lot and I like to see them have the points and miles to use for family vacations. Seeing a lot of times business travellers book at the last minute, they are also on a more expensive rate. Some business travellers who are road warriors literally live out of hotels and a chain is probably going to prefer a traveller who is spending 200 nights a year on their corporations dime over a traveller who only spends 10 nights a year on their own dime. Business travellers are also more likely to use expensive services at the hotel such as room service and laundry. There is no way a leisure traveller will pay for laundry at a hotel on his own dime but may if the company will pick it up.
My answer from above. Right or wrong, its reality and the ones that seem upset the most about it are the ones that are not spending their own money. Is that fair? Maybe maybe not, but neither person "earned" anything in my mind.
2nd of all, explain to me again how its fair that a person paying for their room with their own money gets bumped by someone that is staying there on someone elses dime?
No different than a Gold getting a card and getting benefits vs someone that stays in the room. In the end, its all about dollars and cents. People that stay a lot of nights and never pay for them seem so upset that those that get a credit card and get benefits are getting them without "earning" them. FWIW, I dont think either person earned them.
HH is not rewarding someone for laying their head down, they are rewarding someone for spending money.