Thanks for the link! Yea, I missed that announcement. Interesting that my check in was Aug 26 and check out Sep 2... They still wouldn't give me the points without a fight, even though I checked in (and paid for the rooms) well before the Aug 30th introduction of the new policy. Noted on needing to break up my reservations. Seems utterly stupid and will only confuse the hotels more during check in... having to merge reservations. Make sure you don't have to check out/in again... ehh... what a headache... anyway, thanks everyone!