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Old Jul 13, 2017 | 10:08 am
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Originally Posted by ftrichard
I've stayed at a Design Hotel booked through SPG that was refreshingly upfront about its policy: next time I should book directly by email and they will give me the SPG nights + points + their standard benefits (breakfast, minibar and happy hour drinks in the lobby) but if I book via SPG next time they will only give me the SPG nights and points. No breakfast and no happy hour drinks in the lobby.

I will email them directly obviously.
How would that even work, you're not booking through SPG so wouldn't in theory be eligible for points. They'd still pay for those points so I don't get what they'd gain here - distribution costs ?

Regular SPG properties can indeed push points to your account, I didn't know design ones could also. I guess they can.
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