Originally Posted by
fairhsa
The ultimate frustration is when you get that email, book your hotel and the f'ing things expire BEFORE YOUR STAY because you cannot use them to pay upfront. This is possibly the WORST SCHEME on the the planet.
Also I now needed to book the much higher flex rate to use my points, even though I don't need it an could have saved a lot of money with the advanced rate. The Accor program let's yourself use the points against rates while booking...