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Old Jul 25, 2018, 4:39 pm
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Originally Posted by andyli
SPG Lurker - hopefully, you can help with this question:
I have a reservation for three rooms (at the same hotel) as follows: Room 1: 8/17-8/18 (one night) and Room 2 & Room 3: 8/17-8/21 (four nights) at a Sheraton. SPG's rules said you could get elite credit for up to three rooms/night. The new rules will be points for up to three rooms, but elite night credits for only one room/night.

Since my stay starts before the merger, will I get elite night credit for all of these rooms? Or will it count at the time of checkout? Or should I "split" these reservations to get credit for three nights from 8/17-8/18, and then rebook the others as three-night reservations?
Even with SPG the rule was that all the rooms had to be for the same length of stay to get credit for three rooms. But, as with anything of this nature, it all depends upon how the hotel chooses to post the stay, so some may have benefited where maybe they shouldn't have.

I was told that this benefit ends when the programs combine, so my best guess at this point in time is that if the stay posts after August 18th, then you will get one stay and nights credit with all the revenue on the three rooms added together.

However, I will add that this likely a YMMV situation. Some hotels are going to be up to speed and some may not, so YMMV.

Best regards,

William R. Sanders
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Marriott International

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