Originally Posted by
raffa
quick question: can I earn miles for hotels only by using the m&m website and booking system?
or can I just show my member card at the hotel during checkin, even if the booking has already been made independently?
(the hotel is already in the list of participating M&M hotels)
If you book the hotel through a different OTA then you won't get the miles.
You can get still get miles by other means though, such as the excellent Hilton promotion (2500 miles per stay) that lasts till October, but even then you need to register in advance, book through the official site and make sure that LH is set as your preferred travel partner in your profile settings.
So what you definitely can't do is just turn up having booked on hotels.com, etc, and expect to get any miles. Most hotels are listed across multiple sites so the fact that they're also listed on the M&M site makes no difference.