Originally Posted by
antonius66
But, credit card spend nights are not "eligible stays". I get your point but I guess to me people are always complicating things in ways I would never imagine. Last I checked also, the FHR should still credit even prepaid (it did last year for me) as the FHR SOP as I understand it just says FHR is eligible rate, and that is it.
FHR is fine when you pay at/to the hotel. (Prepaid is a terrible choice of vocabulary that FT members often use when they mean "non-changeable/cancellable" but end up paying at the hotel as normal) If you pay in advance to Amex, it tends to go through as a third party OTA booking. but YMMV...