Originally Posted by
lowfareair
I have not, but my thoughts on it:
1) Citi gives you the 4th night free at time of reservation now through thankyou.com. You can't use the concierge any longer, and as such can't use special rates or earn points for the bookings, but it does mean you don't have to hope they'll give you the credit.
2) They don't know you are staying the middle night, if there is any issue, tell them you are doing an overnight to another city in the middle of the trip
3) I would be honestly surprised if Citi codes their website to flag anything but true back-to-back stays, and even that I wouldn't bet that is actually coded into the website
You should be fine.
Their website does identify back to back to stays and makes them ineligible for the credit.
As others have noted the 4NF benefit is worth
much less than it used to be because of all the changes.
I've got maybe 4-6 weeks to decide if I want to renew P2's Prestige, and if I can book a bunch of stays prior to the fee hitting, I'm likely to cancel P2's card.