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Old Feb 22, 2014, 10:55 pm
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sdflyer04
 
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Originally Posted by clublounger
Hence, my point. The hotel wasn't "gaming the system" in this case. The system just has limitations.
We'll just have to agree to disagree on this. When I call the hotel and they tell me, after checking with the boss, that they won't be releasing any points rooms until after the category increase, I'll call that gaming the system. In fact, the only reason I was able to get the the points rooms is NOT because the hotel released points rooms. No, I got points rooms because an spg agent spent a half an hour manually changing a dollars room to a points room. In fact, my reservation shows dollars and I still have to hope that it gets swapped to points.
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