Has anyone has luck finding C&P availability after initially striking out?
Jul 22, 2014, 6:25 pm
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 7
Has anyone has luck finding C&P availability after initially striking out?
I had been hoping to use cash & points to stay at the PH Vendôme in Paris next March as part of my honeymoon, but there is no c&p availability there (or the Hodel du Lourve) for our dates (4 nights, Mon-Fri). I would prefer to do c&p for the qualifying stays, since I will hopefully be doing the Diamond challenge during the HM. I should be able to complete the challenge, but missing out on those 4 nights makes it much harder.
Has anyone ever had luck finding c&p space opening up after initially finding none? Since I have to call in to check if it's a lost cause I would rather not waste the time.
I emailed goldpassport and got a pretty useless non-answer that simply repeated back what I had told them (that there was no availability at the PHV and that c&p nights are capacity-controlled)
Has anyone ever had luck finding c&p space opening up after initially finding none? Since I have to call in to check if it's a lost cause I would rather not waste the time.
I emailed goldpassport and got a pretty useless non-answer that simply repeated back what I had told them (that there was no availability at the PHV and that c&p nights are capacity-controlled)
Jul 22, 2014, 7:21 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Chicago
Posts: 425
I had been hoping to use cash & points to stay at the PH Vendôme in Paris next March as part of my honeymoon, but there is no c&p availability there (or the Hodel du Lourve) for our dates (4 nights, Mon-Fri). I would prefer to do c&p for the qualifying stays, since I will hopefully be doing the Diamond challenge during the HM. I should be able to complete the challenge, but missing out on those 4 nights makes it much harder.
Has anyone ever had luck finding c&p space opening up after initially finding none? Since I have to call in to check if it's a lost cause I would rather not waste the time.
I emailed goldpassport and got a pretty useless non-answer that simply repeated back what I had told them (that there was no availability at the PHV and that c&p nights are capacity-controlled)
Has anyone ever had luck finding c&p space opening up after initially finding none? Since I have to call in to check if it's a lost cause I would rather not waste the time.
I emailed goldpassport and got a pretty useless non-answer that simply repeated back what I had told them (that there was no availability at the PHV and that c&p nights are capacity-controlled)
I am not sure why not having points + cash available makes it more difficult to complete the Diamond challenge. Hyatt is extremely generous and sixty days is quite a bit of time to stay 12 nights. If you're sincerely interested in completing the challenge and staying at the Vendome, paying outright is the most obvious solution to your dilemma.
Perhaps I'm the only one annoyed but it seems FT has recently been inundated with folks just doing the challenge for the benefits without any intention of staying at Hyatt again. Ugh. I see the Diamond benefits being reduced and/or the challenge being eliminated all together very shortly.
Jul 23, 2014, 4:48 am
#4
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 7
Perhaps I'm the only one annoyed but it seems FT has recently been inundated with folks just doing the challenge for the benefits without any intention of staying at Hyatt again. Ugh. I see the Diamond benefits being reduced and/or the challenge being eliminated all together very shortly.
Thanks for the encouragement, tough. I'll keep checking back for availability.
Jul 23, 2014, 7:53 am
#5
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Between AMS and BRU
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Perhaps I'm the only one annoyed but it seems FT has recently been inundated with folks just doing the challenge for the benefits without any intention of staying at Hyatt again. Ugh. I see the Diamond benefits being reduced and/or the challenge being eliminated all together very shortly.
To the OP, simply keep trying occasionally even though there are no guarantees on C+P availability and availability for some properties might not even be loaded yet for 2015. And use the Diamond Challenge as long as it's there, plenty of others have done so already :-).
Jul 23, 2014, 8:25 am
#6
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Actually it's getting so tiresome that I've reached the point that I hope the Diamond challenge will be significantly changed soon. It's also has an effect of some properties already, especially for using the Diamond upgrades.
To the OP, simply keep trying occasionally even though there are no guarantees on C+P availability and availability for some properties might not even be loaded yet for 2015. And use the Diamond Challenge as long as it's there, plenty of others have done so already :-).
To the OP, simply keep trying occasionally even though there are no guarantees on C+P availability and availability for some properties might not even be loaded yet for 2015. And use the Diamond Challenge as long as it's there, plenty of others have done so already :-).
Jul 23, 2014, 12:36 pm
#8
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 7
Thanks for the info everyone - I've had success with the other locations during the trip booking C+P, but I'll keep checking for info.
Also - does anyone know any tricks to bypass the automated prompts to go straight to a person? I always have to talk to one anyways, and I always have to repeat the info I already told the system. Saying things like "representative" and pressing 0 don't seem to do anything.
Jul 24, 2014, 9:29 am
#9
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: CMH, West Coast
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Awesome!
Thanks for the info everyone - I've had success with the other locations during the trip booking C+P, but I'll keep checking for info.
Also - does anyone know any tricks to bypass the automated prompts to go straight to a person? I always have to talk to one anyways, and I always have to repeat the info I already told the system. Saying things like "representative" and pressing 0 don't seem to do anything.
Thanks for the info everyone - I've had success with the other locations during the trip booking C+P, but I'll keep checking for info.
Also - does anyone know any tricks to bypass the automated prompts to go straight to a person? I always have to talk to one anyways, and I always have to repeat the info I already told the system. Saying things like "representative" and pressing 0 don't seem to do anything.