Originally Posted by
jphripjah
What's the logic for doing this? If I redeem a room at a Hilton for 50,000 points, and I show up, they deduct 50,000 points, but if I don't show up, they charge me the rack rate and give me back the points? Why?
This is what the Best Western Rewards policies say:
"If a free night reservation is not cancelled by the required hotel cancellation deadline and the guest is a “no show”, the BWR member account will be charged the proper amount of points for the date of the free night reservation."
Because you are more likely to show up or cancel the reservation if you are penalized in real money rather than "funny money" for a no-show.