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Old Sep 8, 2021, 6:09 pm
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Originally Posted by diesteldorf
I assume it's because he used points for the room rate, but I agree, it may be in his interest to cancel the points reservation and make a real one paying cash. However, sometimes this property can have reasonable point redemption rates vs. the cash rate. Using points also waives the $14.95 resort fee, but using the credit on the room rate greatly reduces the chance of eating and drinking your way to excess.....not saying it wouldn't be fun to try!!!
DUH! Didn't think about it being a points stay. In that situation if someone didn't want to eat or drink that much they should book one of the nights on $ and the other on points and save the points.

Be hard for me to drink and eat that much
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