THIS DP IS FOR THOSE WHO HOLD 5 NIGHTS PACKAGES BUT NOT REALLY ELIGIBLE TO DO SO.
Just came across this DP posted yesterday 09.11.18, on the Flyertea (Mainland Chinese site equivalent to FT), on how the hotels in China AUDIT the eligibility of the 5 nights certs owners at check in... The outcome is not pleasant if you are not eligible...
It has been reported among people in a hotel loyalty WeChat group based in US - some members of the WeChat group have experienced the Audit from the hotels they booked with the 5 nights cert.
Basically the GMs check the eligibility of the guests using the 5 night certs. They contact the guests when it is already in the 48 hours non cancellable window to inform you that you must be the VC owner, else you have 2 options - either 15% off BAR or as a no show and get 5K refund.
Again, this is practicing at properties presumably in China. But not sure if it is also elsewhere as well because the poster mentioned the DPs were from a WeChat group based in US.
Google Translate is your friend. The garbled link still pulls up the post. It is garbled probably FT could not handle the URL of Chinese sites.
亲测有效，打美国客服换万豪小礼包-万豪礼赏11#点火架 昨天 11:24 只看该作者是可以换，并且有个美国玩酒店的微信群也人肉换成功了。
但是5天包兑换酒店的时候，那个群里有几个人被酒店经理后台查档案，在入住酒店的48小时无法取消的期限内 联系你，要求你必须是分时会员，不然两个选择bar价打个85折或者你no show，退你5000积分
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五晚的用起来特别烦，没什么必要还是七晚的吧。查的特别多问东问西，很不愉快。