5 Night Mattress Run using Points
Sep 15, 2018, 10:30 am
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5 Night Mattress Run using Points
So I am likely to end up a handful of nights short of DM this year. There are several properties near me with standard rooms at 10K per night, so I could book a 5 night stay for 40K points. (Maybe not a great use of points, but leaving that aside.)
But like those who sometimes book a room for one night and never spend the night, I would likely only spend at most one night in the room. It's not really close to home, but I could maybe go by a couple more times and make it look like somebody had been there.
Any thoughts - perhaps at check-in tell the FDA that I will be coming and going and may not be there every night?
TIA,
David
But like those who sometimes book a room for one night and never spend the night, I would likely only spend at most one night in the room. It's not really close to home, but I could maybe go by a couple more times and make it look like somebody had been there.
Any thoughts - perhaps at check-in tell the FDA that I will be coming and going and may not be there every night?
TIA,
David
Sep 15, 2018, 11:40 am
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When housekeeping find an empty room, some hotels do indeed check you out early. Sometimes informing the front desk works, sometimes it doesn't.
If the hotel isn't too inconvenient, just leave a suitcase with some old clothes and toiletries, etc. in the room, and a note saying that you want a base in the area for a few days. In the afternoon of the fifth night, you return to pick up your things and sneak out as you would for a one-night mattress run.
If the hotel isn't too inconvenient, just leave a suitcase with some old clothes and toiletries, etc. in the room, and a note saying that you want a base in the area for a few days. In the afternoon of the fifth night, you return to pick up your things and sneak out as you would for a one-night mattress run.
Sep 15, 2018, 1:34 pm
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Sep 15, 2018, 4:00 pm
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When housekeeping find an empty room, some hotels do indeed check you out early. Sometimes informing the front desk works, sometimes it doesn't.
If the hotel isn't too inconvenient, just leave a suitcase with some old clothes and toiletries, etc. in the room, and a note saying that you want a base in the area for a few days. In the afternoon of the fifth night, you return to pick up your things and sneak out as you would for a one-night mattress run.
If the hotel isn't too inconvenient, just leave a suitcase with some old clothes and toiletries, etc. in the room, and a note saying that you want a base in the area for a few days. In the afternoon of the fifth night, you return to pick up your things and sneak out as you would for a one-night mattress run.
Just checked, still at 10K for now.
Sep 15, 2018, 10:56 pm
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Hilton is one of those chains that reserves the right to do guest welfare checks if you leave a DND up for too long.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...icy/997772001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...icy/997772001/
Sep 16, 2018, 12:13 am
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I had no idea 10k point properties existed in US.
I've done park/stay/fly packages at several Hilton properties. Usually I don't stay. As far as I can remember, every property in my experience was willing to preset my checkout for the day after my check-in even though I wouldn't be around to check out... so that I could be credited with a stay.
I've done park/stay/fly packages at several Hilton properties. Usually I don't stay. As far as I can remember, every property in my experience was willing to preset my checkout for the day after my check-in even though I wouldn't be around to check out... so that I could be credited with a stay.
Last edited by evergrn; Sep 16, 2018 at 12:19 am
Sep 16, 2018, 12:59 am
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I had no idea 10k point properties existed in US.
I've done park/stay/fly packages at several Hilton properties. Usually I don't stay. As far as I can remember, every property in my experience was willing to preset my checkout for the day after my check-in even though I wouldn't be around to check out... so that I could be credited with a stay.
I've done park/stay/fly packages at several Hilton properties. Usually I don't stay. As far as I can remember, every property in my experience was willing to preset my checkout for the day after my check-in even though I wouldn't be around to check out... so that I could be credited with a stay.
Frankly you paid them for their space for a night so they have gotten the revenue from you necessary to grant the credit. I get that. But these programs seem to say that you have to stay there to get the credit. That's why you normally don't get credit for a cancellation penalty/first night stay fee even though they get their revenue out of you...
Sep 16, 2018, 1:01 am
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I had no idea 10k point properties existed in US.
I've done park/stay/fly packages at several Hilton properties. Usually I don't stay. As far as I can remember, every property in my experience was willing to preset my checkout for the day after my check-in even though I wouldn't be around to check out... so that I could be credited with a stay.
I've done park/stay/fly packages at several Hilton properties. Usually I don't stay. As far as I can remember, every property in my experience was willing to preset my checkout for the day after my check-in even though I wouldn't be around to check out... so that I could be credited with a stay.
Sep 16, 2018, 1:18 am
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So I am likely to end up a handful of nights short of DM this year. There are several properties near me with standard rooms at 10K per night, so I could book a 5 night stay for 40K points. (Maybe not a great use of points, but leaving that aside.)
But like those who sometimes book a room for one night and never spend the night, I would likely only spend at most one night in the room. It's not really close to home, but I could maybe go by a couple more times and make it look like somebody had been there.
Any thoughts - perhaps at check-in tell the FDA that I will be coming and going and may not be there every night?
TIA,
David
But like those who sometimes book a room for one night and never spend the night, I would likely only spend at most one night in the room. It's not really close to home, but I could maybe go by a couple more times and make it look like somebody had been there.
Any thoughts - perhaps at check-in tell the FDA that I will be coming and going and may not be there every night?
TIA,
David
Sep 16, 2018, 2:10 am
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I am not really sure how intentionally having the property do that meshes with the terms and conditions of the program... of course you can do what you want after you check in; just leave, etc. The property won't know unless you tell them...
Frankly you paid them for their space for a night so they have gotten the revenue from you necessary to grant the credit. I get that. But these programs seem to say that you have to stay there to get the credit. That's why you normally don't get credit for a cancellation penalty/first night stay fee even though they get their revenue out of you...
Frankly you paid them for their space for a night so they have gotten the revenue from you necessary to grant the credit. I get that. But these programs seem to say that you have to stay there to get the credit. That's why you normally don't get credit for a cancellation penalty/first night stay fee even though they get their revenue out of you...
Sep 16, 2018, 2:15 am
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Absolutely 10k point properties exist in the US. They are not bad places. Just a bit remote/boring. Usually with a view of the interstate and a Wal Mart in close proximity. Or in some cases, no Wal Mart for another 30 miles. I've been to quite a few of them. Most do not come up when searching for a major city because they are so far from any major city...
I just don't ever remember seeing any place where I live (WA) for <20k in recent memory.
Sep 16, 2018, 6:29 am
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