Perhaps simplistic.

But could you please explain where in the quote of mine I claimed that there was going to be financial damage to the hotel?

Who are you suggesting is 'paying' when unauthorized codes are used? It is certainly not other travelers.

Yes it is. Higher fraction of customers claiming discounts will cause any business to increase its base price or decrease the discount or make some other change that harms legitimate users of the discount.

Here "pay" is used as in the threat "You'll pay for that!"

The reward boss should just post blueprints for bomb building, but hide behind "don't attempt this unless you're qualified and legally allowed to do so" and see what the Feds think about that.

I wonder how long it would take to get on a no-fly list. A month? Maybe a couple weeks?

I seriously doubt that higher use of discount codes makes a hotel raise other rates. It may mean that it takes away the number of available rooms in a lower rate inventory bucket - but it is not 'increasing' rates to other customers.

Depends on the rate code and hotel. Some have "last room available" inventory and some do not. But listening to various people suggesting that using corporate rates is actually helping out the company who negotiated them so you should feel good about it is always a laughable experience. And it happens more than they likely admit in public.

So if there were such a thing as blogger police, he would find himself on the no blog list;)

What throws me is that Starwood has suspended their affiliate programme, so he won't even make any money off the bookings :D

Philanthropic blogging? :D

Corporate bookings were excluded anyways IIRC.

Now you are just talking nonsense.

That's true! Same with Marriott - I was having a huge rant to the Marriott affiliate team about that last week.

It could be worse. There is one hotel chain in the UK which does not pay affiliate commission if you put a rewards card number in your booking! I don't bother with that one ....

Indeed, because pointing out deals to your readers is bad if it doesn't also make you a commission. :rolleyes:

That's almost as bad as the blogger I heard telling a Chase rep that he wouldn't publish details about the IHG card unless they started pay commissions, despite acknowledging that it was a compelling card offer.

It's all about the money brother. If companies expect free advertising, they can simply go to hell.

I just can't understand why some folks take issue with some P&M bloggers. Every blogger is doing not for their own good but for the pure love of the frequent flyer game and for their readers' benefit. Anyone who claims otherwise is just angry.