Consecutive Nights Question
#1
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Consecutive Nights Question
(new to this, feel free to place this in whichever thread it belongs in... i tried to do some searching, couldn't find a concrete answer...)
I'm qualifying on stays, not nights, for this year, so my question is, can I do a 3 night stay, and have it count for 2 stays, under the following structure?
Night #1: Points + Cash (1 night, stay)
Night #2: Credit Card Night (Award, 0 nights of credit)
Night #3: Points + Cash (1 night, 2nd stay?)
I would set it up as 3 separate reservations, although, it would be 3 consecutive nights.
I've seen answers to the 2 consecutive points + cash nights NOT counting as 2 stays... but I'm in a way breaking it up with a full award night in between... does that improve my chances at all?
Thanks in advance!
I'm qualifying on stays, not nights, for this year, so my question is, can I do a 3 night stay, and have it count for 2 stays, under the following structure?
Night #1: Points + Cash (1 night, stay)
Night #2: Credit Card Night (Award, 0 nights of credit)
Night #3: Points + Cash (1 night, 2nd stay?)
I would set it up as 3 separate reservations, although, it would be 3 consecutive nights.
I've seen answers to the 2 consecutive points + cash nights NOT counting as 2 stays... but I'm in a way breaking it up with a full award night in between... does that improve my chances at all?
Thanks in advance!
#2
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It counts as one stay.
There are various rigorous definitions but, in plain talk, if you spent "last night" in the same location, it's the same stay.
There are various rigorous definitions but, in plain talk, if you spent "last night" in the same location, it's the same stay.
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(new to this, feel free to place this in whichever thread it belongs in... i tried to do some searching, couldn't find a concrete answer...)
I'm qualifying on stays, not nights, for this year, so my question is, can I do a 3 night stay, and have it count for 2 stays, under the following structure?
Night #1: Points + Cash (1 night, stay)
Night #2: Credit Card Night (Award, 0 nights of credit)
Night #3: Points + Cash (1 night, 2nd stay?)
I would set it up as 3 separate reservations, although, it would be 3 consecutive nights.
I've seen answers to the 2 consecutive points + cash nights NOT counting as 2 stays... but I'm in a way breaking it up with a full award night in between... does that improve my chances at all?
Thanks in advance!
I'm qualifying on stays, not nights, for this year, so my question is, can I do a 3 night stay, and have it count for 2 stays, under the following structure?
Night #1: Points + Cash (1 night, stay)
Night #2: Credit Card Night (Award, 0 nights of credit)
Night #3: Points + Cash (1 night, 2nd stay?)
I would set it up as 3 separate reservations, although, it would be 3 consecutive nights.
I've seen answers to the 2 consecutive points + cash nights NOT counting as 2 stays... but I'm in a way breaking it up with a full award night in between... does that improve my chances at all?
Thanks in advance!
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Move to a different property for Night 2. Alternatively, if you are staying with somebody else you can book that night in their name.
(I'd be curious to find out if gifting a free night to a third party counts for splitting up the stays)
(I'd be curious to find out if gifting a free night to a third party counts for splitting up the stays)
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A tricky case might be where you check out and leave the property with all of your belongings bu then return later that day for a newly made reservation. An example might be that you go the the airport, discover that your flight is cancelled, and want to return to the Hyatt for an additional night.
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What I meant is if: your name stays the same + the nights are consecutive + you don't physically check-out and back in = it will likely count as the same stay.
Now in OP's case what he suggested will definitely be 1 stay.
If he did this
Night 1 P+C (his name)
Night 2 Award (Other person in room name)
Night 3 P+C (his name)
By changing the name, the nights are technically no longer consecutive as the room is occupied by someone else.
But if they do not check out between nights, the hotel could technically consider it all as 1 stay.
A tricky case might be where you check out and leave the property with all of your belongings bu then return later that day for a newly made reservation. An example might be that you go the the airport, discover that your flight is cancelled, and want to return to the Hyatt for an additional night.
But as always YMMV.
Last edited by DHalltheway; May 31, 2015 at 11:42 pm
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The above is accurate AFAIK.
It doesn't matter if you physically checked out, went to the airport, cancelled flight made you book another reservation and you checked back in at the same property. Still considered one stay.
However, make sure you get the amenity this time if you got the bonus points the first time around. Even if FD asks points/amenity and you choose points, you'll still only get 1000 added at the end.