Originally Posted by Brendan
It worked! I just checked out of Hyatt on Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio, yesterday, paying $300 with GCs & $5.60 with MC. I have just been credited with a MC stay valid toward FFN

^ . I even told the manager what I was doing: "My friends told me..."
She agreed that the final payment to goose-egg the balance must be with MC.
Great to know! Did you also get points while paying with the G/C's?
Would it be really pushing it to pay 99% of the bill with my corp. Amex, then the last bit with a MC?