Originally Posted by
lounge_junkie
There is more to it than an agency being involved. All my business travel is through an agency (AMEX) and I get benefits for Accor, Hilton, Radisson, Strawberry, etc.
The issue is that BA holidays is using some extra special hotel rates, perhaps they are pre-purchasing a block or they are the end customer as far as the hotel is concerned, I'm not sure.
I think you may be right. We took a BAH to Seattle and on check out it was a bit odd in that the hotel settled the room and taxes charge on an Amex card that wasn't the one we provided to cover incidentals. The email address on the booking wasn't mine. They printed off the invoice for us so I could just double check that the last four digits weren't mine.
I'd love to know how many MR points BA earns! Maybe it's a BA Amex card and someone is raking in the Avios
