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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by holtju2
Seems that you don't understand the concept at all. Hotels don't pay for free night awards but rather get reimbursed by SPG for them. Hotels pay SPG participating fee that is 5% of the SPG members room revenue.
I did not realize it was that high 5%. Since I Assume they also have to buy everything from an SPG commissary/ warehouse or is that not the case?
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