Amex "first 4 stays" bonus without "stays?"
Mar 8, 2006, 1:35 am
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Amex "first 4 stays" bonus without "stays?"
I've read about how you can charge a coke or something at the gift shop or hotel restaurant and it'll get you the first stay bonuses...how consistent is this? How do you know they'll bill as the hotel instead of "Hilton New York Gift Shop" or soemthign?
Mar 30, 2006, 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by magic168
Did you charge it to your room? If not, wouldn't the charges say the name of the restaurant or gift shop instead, or do they just scan for the word "Hilton" ?
Mar 31, 2006, 7:21 am
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Originally Posted by JerryFF
I charged these to my room. I also used my Hilton AMEX to guarantee the room. So I guess my experience isn't really relevant to your question - i.e., can you just walk into a hotel and charge something directly to your credit card and get the bonus. My guess is no, but since I haven't tried it, I don't know. We have a Hampton Inn and a Hilton just down the street - I'll give it a try and let you know.
The charge has to be related to a stay and that stay must be reflected as having being paid by the HH Amex.
That might seem like a contradiction but I had two stays which although paid with the HH Amex and even shown as such on the website e-folios, the Hotel Stays section on hilton.com indicated payment by cash, consequently the bonus did post.
Had to call in to get it posted manually.
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Mar 31, 2006, 7:28 am
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Originally Posted by MIKESILV
indicated payment by cash
Mar 31, 2006, 7:38 am
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
Cash?? I didn't think people used that any more.
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Mar 31, 2006, 7:47 am
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Originally Posted by MIKESILV
Its that quirky HH IT system again. Both of those stays were prepaid non refundable rates so I presume that since in both cases nothing was charged to the card I gave at checkin to guarantee charges, even though it was the same card it shows up as cash on the system.
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All my recent stays show up as cash payment method where I used my Amex for the charges. These were not prepaid stays so I'm sure it is not just a prepaid problem.
Mar 31, 2006, 7:59 am
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Originally Posted by oosillyoo
All my recent stays show up as cash payment method where I used my Amex for the charges. These were not prepaid stays so I'm sure it is not just a prepaid problem.
If not call HH refer them to the folios and ask them to change it to Amex.
mike
Mar 31, 2006, 8:46 am
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Originally Posted by MIKESILV
Am I correct in assuming you did not get the bonus?
If not call HH refer them to the folios and ask them to change it to Amex.
mike
If not call HH refer them to the folios and ask them to change it to Amex.
mike
I did not get the bonus and I'm going to call them later today to this get this fixed.
Receive bonus everytime
Apr 1, 2006, 7:05 am
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I must have missed this promotion. I am in one where I get 500 HH points for every 'cobrand" stay (using my HH Amex card). So far 7 of my last 8 stays got me the bonus points. Is this a different promotion?
Apr 1, 2006, 7:29 am
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Originally Posted by jaynyc
I must have missed this promotion. I am in one where I get 500 HH points for every 'cobrand" stay (using my HH Amex card). So far 7 of my last 8 stays got me the bonus points. Is this a different promotion?
Now there is ongoing 1000 bonus point promo which was tragetted, for online booking at HH hotels which I believe runs until the end of April??.
mike
Last edited by MIKESILV; Apr 1, 2006 at 7:35 am