Originally Posted by
pinniped
What is your example? (Property, dates.) I haven't encountered this myself.
Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
I've seen it very randomly. I've assumed it is when rates are running lower than expected at the hotel and that the premium rooms are indexed against rates. Of course I could be very wrong in that explanation. In any case, I always scan all the redemption levels. If premium is fewer points, great. Sometimes, even when it is more, I'll take it to be assured of a larger room.
Conrad Cartagena does it regularly, so I don't quite believe the "lower rates than expected" argument.
I've generally assumed that Honors reimburses premium rooms at a higher rate than standard rooms (otherwise hotels would just charge billions of points for premium rooms) so some hotels play games with an overly high "award category" (although that no longer exists) to push people towards premium room awards based on an algorithm...