Originally Posted by
margarita girl
I've been doing BRGs for ~8 yrs. I don't think this has been true in that time period. And I always preferred to submit my BRGs with a reservation (a cancelable one) as opposed to submitting without, and then making the reservation after the approval.
And BTW, Travel Zoo redirects to SPG website, so you cannot submit a BRG with a Travel Zoo rate.
Also covered in the wiki. But good idea to remind people.
Travel zoo had a different partner at the hotel time time...here is what my friends' actually confirmed.
I went through an old email from the Osaka Sheraton in 2014 and rejected based on some weird wording on room type. "Standard room" and "Standard Room - Prepay Only" were different types of rooms YRMV...