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Old Apr 6, 2023 | 12:02 am
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Originally Posted by frankvb
IMHO it's a bit inconvenient as it will take additional time at check-out (compared to paying by CC), depending on how familiar the property or staff is with it. And 1 or 2 hotels didn't accept them at all (which they are probably not allowed to, but not much I could do about that). After that I mentioned at check-in I wanted to use them to avoid them finalising charging the CC before checking out.

I would never get a gift card again for that reason unless there is a very significant financial gain (the one I got was bought with an AMEX $100 back for $500 spend offer, which isn't enough considering the hassle I had using it).
I generally have them apply the gift card prior to checkout. Even if I'm putting the full bill on the gift card, that ensures there's at least one agent who has handled a gift card in the recent past.
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