Originally Posted by
uclacolumbiaunc
Thanks, i will for sure call the hotel directly.
So I show up the next day, will the stay still be tracked as a two-night stay? I mean, I know i will forfeit the first-night cost, but I want to still get the point/elite night credit from the forfeited money to at least get small part of first-night cost back, especially there is double-point/double-elite-night promotion going on now.
yes, that is how it usually works. Ask them to check you in and you'll pick up the keys the next morning. People do this all to the time, e.g. after red-eyes to Europe. Most hotels have no issues w/ this at all.