Thanks to you two folks, I was a trip rewards member but it had been a long time since I was their website as I usually don't book with their properties unless I am in a smaller town with no Prioritclub or SPG properties, so I didn't know that they had changed their lowest price policy to a free room, if found elsewhere. Took me about 5 minutes max before I got my first lower price somewhere else, 45 minutes after making the claim, the free room was confirmed. How easy is that !!!

Thanks you two again for the most useful post I ever read on any travel forum.

jocko2