Originally Posted by
iggyv
I initially booked two nights in an Executive room at the Europa & Regina in Venice for 27,000 pts for early Nov 2007 but then ran across a website called
www.asiarooms.com and successfully booked two nights in a standard room for $604 including breakfast and all taxes and fees (standard rooms were unavailable via the SPG website, thus the exec room at 1500 more pts/night excluding breakfast which I've learned from another post can be had for a 1500-point instant award per person at the property).
I got my receipt via GTA Gullivers and wondered if anyone has had any experience using them.
Apparently they're a wholesaler who books blocks of rooms "blind" and notifies the hotel only three days in advance who the actual traveller will be.
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefer...onditions.html
4A.2. Preferred Guests will earn 2 base Starpoints for each U.S. dollar or equivalent of all Eligible Charges incurred and paid for by the Member at Participating Properties. See Section
4B.4. for the complete definition of Eligible Charges, but note that pre-paid rooms where the booking is made by an agent or third party and you pay for that booking directly to such third party, such as tour or tour operators, and pre-paid channels, including, but not limited to priceline.com, expedia.com, hotels.com, hrn.com, hotwire.com, lastminute.com, site59.com, orbitz.com, travelocity.com, cheaptickets.com, quickbook.com, travelweb.com, lodging.com, yahootravel.com, and msntravel.com are not Eligible Charges and do not earn Starpoints. “Paid” shall mean “receipt of good funds”. Accordingly, if you stop payment on a check, if a check bounces, or if you dispute a credit card bill, you have not “paid” and you will not earn Starpoints on that transaction.