Originally Posted by
sziv50
The hotel can use it's own exchange rate, but I've rarely seen this posted (the Marriott Biscayne Bay in Miami is an exception). What I usually do is print out the currency conversion from Marriott's site on the day I check in and hand it in with the Premium Pound certificate:
https://marriott.com/reservation/displayCalculator.mi
FANTASIC idea. I never used a PP in the US yet, but have used them overseas and always got pretty close to the WSJ rate.
Make sure that you have the top line in the URL you provided say 'British Pounds' and Not US Dollars, otherwise you will be short changing yourself by alot of $$$$. as has been posted by someone recently.