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I tried searching but I can't quite find the answer to my question.

When booking a room, there are 4ish options. Cash, Points/Cert, Cash + Points, and Cash or Points.
As an example, day rate is 50, 50, 100, 200 at a Cat 3 hotel.
1. Cash - Pay 400 bucks - You can earn points
2. Points/Cert - 17,500 per night for 70k points. No points for booking
3. Cash + Points - Per day the cost amount is half the points and about the same price in cash. Eg. $80 + 8,500 Points for total of $320 + 34,000 points - No Points for booking
4. Cash or Points(Also called Cash + Points) - With this you pay 50, 50, 100, and 17,500 for 4th night for total of 200 + 17,000 points - For this option do you get points for the first 3 night and no points for the 4th?
5. Combo of 3 and 4 - 50, 50, 100, and 4th night 80 + 8000 for totyal of 280 + 8000 points. Do you earn points for first 3 nights and no point for the 4th?

For option 4 and 5, do we earn points for the cash portion of this booking or do I really need to make 2 separate booking for 3 nights and an award booking for the 4th? If the answer is no, I don't get the points, If for examples the rates were 50 200 50 200, do they really want us to book 4 bookings to pay for cash for the 50 and award for the 200s?

In the FAQ they say Cash + Point doesn't earn points for the cash portion, but I have no idea if they are talking about Option 3 or both Option 3 and Option 4.

If anyone can help answer this, it would be greatly appreciated.