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Old May 9, 2016 | 7:39 pm
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jerry a. laska
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Officially, you will not receive your on property elite benefits. You will not receive points or stay credit. That said, some properties will provide you with your on property elite benefits even though they are not required to.
From the terms and conditions:
3.A "stay" is defined as the total number of consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, whether or not a guest checks out and checks back in again. Specifically excluded from the definition of "stay" are the following types of ineligible stays: wholesale/tour operator packages; contracted crew rates; travel agency discount rates, packages exclusively for casino player card holders; Team Member Travel rates, Hilton Family Travel Rates; stays secured utilizing Hilton Grand Vacations Club and Hilton Club timeshare programs, Hilton Grand Vacations marketing packages with a sales presentation requirement; complimentary or barter rooms; Reward Stays (as defined herein); NET Group rates; Series Group or IT Group rates; contracted Entertainment or Encore rates; third party websites bookings (irrespective of rate paid); and "opaque" channel bookings where the brand may or may not be known at the time of purchase. HHonors Points (or stay credit) may not be earned (including as a My Way benefit) for or during ineligible stays, including without limitation, folio charges incurred during ineligible stays. If at least one night of the Member's stay is consumed with the use of HHonors Rewards Points, the entire stay is considered a "Reward Stay" and no HHonors Points may be earned, except that if Member is using Room Upgrade Rewards, any money spent on the original reservation will earn points and/or miles consistent with these Terms. Participating hotel will determine whether incidental charges incurred during either of those stays are eligible for points, except that Points will not be earned for incidental charges at Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, and Home2 Suites by Hilton®.

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Eligibility for all on-property HHonors benefits, including complimentary Internet and MyWay benefits such as complimentary snacks and beverages, complimentary continental breakfast and space-available upgrades, requires a confirmed reservation made through one of the following channels:
◾Any official direct Hilton Worldwide hotel brand or HHonors website (for example, HHonors.com, Hilton.com, Hampton.com, etc.),
◾Hilton Reservations & Customer Care phone line (1-800-HHonors or local Hilton reservations office),
◾Hilton HHonors or Hilton mobile application,
◾Directly at a hotel in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio, or
◾Through an IATA accredited retail travel agent professional ("Travel Agent") booking through a Hilton Worldwide channel or the following Global Distribution Systems: Amadeus, Apollo/Galileo, Worldspan and SABRE.
◾On-property benefits are not awarded in the following circumstances:
◾Reservations booked through a non-Hilton Worldwide-direct booking channel or a non-designated GDS, third party website or any other channel,
◾Rates available on "opaque" websites where the hotel brand and specific hotel are not known until the booking is made, or
◾Third party hotel packages or travel packages not booked through one of the eligible channels.
See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...d-party-4.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...-bookings.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...using-ota.html
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