SPG experts: do combined award plus paid stays earn full SPG points for the room rate and incidentals spend on the paid nights? I know I'll get night/stay credit, but what about points earning?
I have 4 nights booked next week at a normal paid rate. I now need to arrive 1 day earlier. Looking at an award night for this as the paid rates are now exorbitant. So night 1 would be award, nights 2-5 paid. Any issues?
I stay mostly with Hilton, and they used to disqualify all points earning on the paid rates for combined stays like this.