Originally Posted by
jennbar
The 3rd party is through the conference and they are called 'TP Housing" or Travel Planners. Points-wise, I am wondering if I will get 3x points if I book the Grand Hyatt SF through them for the better rate using my Hyatt Visa. I assume it would just be categorized under "travel" and I would get 1x points.
The booking is irrelevant (unless it's Expedia, etc),
as long as your credit card is used to pay the hotel/incidentals bill at check-out.
If you do, whether Hyatt or Marriott, you'd get the points/night credit & the credit card credit of 3pt/5pts.
However, if TP Housing is paying for the room & you're paying TP Housing, then you will only get points for the credit card spend & not points for the stay or night credit for the stay.
BTW - what was TP Housing's quote for the Marriott? You said you contacted the Marriott directly. for the $600 quote.
Cheers.