Originally Posted by
phant0m
They issue a new set about the same time as the previous year's expire. So if you want to make a future booking say next January, you won't have any certs. You can call them, tell them you want to book with your cert, they'll extend that one cert so you can book.
For example, I did this last year but ended up cancelling my booking so I have 4 certs right now.
I see. I suppose that makes sense in situations where booking in advance is important.
FWIW, many agents regularly fail to attach the certificates properly anyway which has no impact on reserving the room at that rate, so you could always have them make it with an expiring one, which they may or may not even attach, and then call in when new ones are issued to have a newer one attached. If they're willing to extend it though that's potentially even better.