Originally Posted by PaulN
Hi all,
Just in YVR lounge on way home from Vancouver but I have a question - On the BA website it says I can earn 500 BA miles for staying at a Westin hotel (the bayshore in my case). However the desk staff there were adamant this is not the case and I can only earn points as a Starwood member and transfer these to BA. Any ideas which view is correct.
Happened to me this week at the IC in Delhi - I asked the guy at the desk to add my BA number to the stay to earn my miles - he replied and said that I would have to do that through Priority Club - and they had opened a new account for me (despite me already having an account!!!)
I was in too much of a rush to remonstrate with the guy but I was slightly annoyed.
They also went on the very hard sell on IC Ambassadors program when I was checking in, which I would rather not have had. One pet hate is any company who already has my custom trying to step up their offering, all for a modest incremental fee - particular culprits are CC companies and banks with their various levels of insurance. I was just a little taken aback at the vigor at which they tried to get me to buy it.
P