Originally Posted by
ATOBTTR
Looking at possibly booking two back-to-back nights at a hotel and am curious on recent experiences across Marriott as a whole or if it's property specific.
Work would cover one night (paid with $$$) and then I want to use points (or a "Free Night Award" certificate) for the second night at the same property. Assuming I can book the same room type for both nights, what are the odds I'd be forced to check-out and check back in again completely and switch rooms?
If it matters, I'm looking at properties by LAX for this scenario.
I do this all the time and have rarely if ever encountered an issue. Some properties can seem to link them together if you know you will be staying all the nights when you first check-in, others require you to come down, swipe your credit card and get your keys re-coded each day. While that's a minor inconvenience it is well worth it for the flexibility the back-to-back reservations provide me. I don't think I've ever had to change rooms, including when I've used a NUA on the first night but not the others...unless they really, really need that room it's easier for everyone concerned to not make you move, especially in this era of 'we don't clean your room every day'.