I booked a reception and the only available space was in private area of the hotel restaurant. The event went well and I settled up for about $1600 with the restaurant. when I asked about the rewarding events I was told by the catering manager was "What I have found out is because this has been processed through the restaurant and not a Catered event in a Banquet room we are not able to add points for this type of event." They offered me 5k points but I'm really more interested in the 10 elite nights as this will get me close to 75 for the year. Anyone else have a similar experience or am I SOL.