3rd night free & suite upgrade on 3rd-party reservation?
Mar 20, 2016, 6:03 am
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3rd night free & suite upgrade on 3rd-party reservation?
Hi All,
Just wanted to see if I could apply a 3rd night free & suite upgrade on a third party reservation (made through a travel agent)? Paid the same rate as the direct Fairmont website
Cheers,
fw
Just wanted to see if I could apply a 3rd night free & suite upgrade on a third party reservation (made through a travel agent)? Paid the same rate as the direct Fairmont website
Cheers,
fw
Mar 20, 2016, 8:36 am
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3rd night free cert would most likely work if it's a flexible / refundable booking; may be harder / impossible if it's a pre-paid rate
Mar 20, 2016, 10:57 am
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Mind you, this is a sample size of 1.
Mar 20, 2016, 11:06 am
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If booked via a TA: potentially a mess due to the way pre-paid rates are structured (in particular commission payments which would need to be reversed).
I'm not saying it's impossible when booking via a corporate TA or a "regular" TA, but I'd certainly stay clear of trying to do this when booking a pre-paid rate via an OTA.
Mar 20, 2016, 11:20 am
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If booked directly via Fairmont: yes, absolutely no problem
If booked via a TA: potentially a mess due to the way pre-paid rates are structured (in particular commission payments which would need to be reversed).
I'm not saying it's impossible when booking via a corporate TA or a "regular" TA, but I'd certainly stay clear of trying to do this when booking a pre-paid rate via an OTA.
If booked via a TA: potentially a mess due to the way pre-paid rates are structured (in particular commission payments which would need to be reversed).
I'm not saying it's impossible when booking via a corporate TA or a "regular" TA, but I'd certainly stay clear of trying to do this when booking a pre-paid rate via an OTA.
Mar 20, 2016, 6:25 pm
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I used a suite upgrade successfully at Chateau Laurier in 2014 on a booking on hotels.com 
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Mar 20, 2016, 7:48 pm
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Mar 20, 2016, 8:54 pm
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