Originally Posted by
BigE
"Members can change their Earning Style Option at any time. The Earning Style Option in place for a Member as of 23:59:59 U.S. Central Standard Time on the day of check-out for a given stay will be the Option that governs earnings for that stay. No changes can be made retroactively for past stays."
Maybe it's an accidental glitch.
Earning Style = Points+Points or Points+Miles
I've heard that a small number of hotels do refresh the whole member's profile before/at checkin, which would pull down the latest selected double dip airline partner. On the whole though, most hotel systems grab it at booking time. The "selected" airline partner will show on your registration card so you can check
I believe, but haven't ever had it confirmed, that the hotel systems sends HHonors your membership number + airline partner number + qualifying spend, and the HHonors system decides (based on your profile at that time) if it should credit points+points or points + miles to program details sent with the spend