2012 London Olympic Hotels
Aug 14, 2011, 6:36 am
#31
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brussels,Belgium
Posts: 191
If you use the ihg.com site, it requires you (at least for me) to enter a check-in date before July 29, 2012. Here you can use points + cash.
Aug 15, 2011, 2:25 am
#32
Join Date: May 2004
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver, LH Blue, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Priority Club Gold,Amex Platinum
Posts: 342
Hope they honour these bookings
I have booked a couple of rooms and also did the same thing 2 years ago to book rooms in South Africa for the FIFA World Cup. I had a world of trouble with the bookings in South Africa as the hotels tried to cancel my bookings once they realised.
Aug 15, 2011, 3:54 am
#33
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 774
If there's anyone feeling charitable and wants to point me towards the method they're used to find award availability (meaning simply the method to search, I'll find out for myself whether there are any rooms when I get that far) then you'll earn a fan for life
Needing 4/5/6Aug, which I've a feeling will require waiting til the coming Sunday
Needing 4/5/6Aug, which I've a feeling will require waiting til the coming Sunday
Aug 15, 2011, 4:21 am
#34
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tonbridge
Programs: BAEC Silver
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The programme specifically states no 'black out dates'.
Aug 15, 2011, 12:40 pm
#36
Join Date: May 2004
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver, LH Blue, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Priority Club Gold,Amex Platinum
Posts: 342
Aug 15, 2011, 3:03 pm
#37
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tonbridge
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 2,034
It does provide a certain amount of satisfaction using 25,000 points for a £600 room (even if that is a grossly inflated price!), but when it seems too good to be true there is always a slight worry!
Aug 15, 2011, 6:53 pm
#38
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They have to offer 5% of inventory per PCR rules. Anyway, since the hotels will likely be full, they will be well-compensated by PCR for award nights. It's PCR that won't be anxious to have tons of award night bookings.
Aug 15, 2011, 11:25 pm
#39
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I know SPG works that way, but do we know PC does too?
Aug 16, 2011, 12:43 am
#41
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA, FB, LH; PC/IC, HH, MR
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Originally Posted by Member T&Cs....
Guaranteed Room Availability for Platinum Members: When contacting the Priority Club Service Center directly and guaranteeing the reservation with a valid credit card, each Platinum level member will be guaranteed one room for personal use, for reservations made at least 72 hours prior to the date of arrival, except during special events that result in extraordinary room demand, as determined solely by the hotel. The member will not be charged more than the prevailing rate for the accommodation requested, and the member is not entitled to a rate less than the prevailing rate. Once made, Platinum Guarantees may not be dishonored for any reason. If the member does not arrive and has not obtained a cancellation number prior to 6 p.m. (4 p.m. in Europe), the credit card may be billed for one night's room and tax. Platinum Guarantees do not apply to Reward Nights. A minimum stay duration requirement may apply at select Holiday Inn Club Vacations locations.
Aug 16, 2011, 1:24 am
#42
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tonbridge
Programs: BAEC Silver
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Those T&C's are related to the availability of reward nights, except mentioning that you can't use the Plat guarantee to obtain them.
The 'special events' exclusion applies to the Plat guarantee, not the initial release of reward nights which are not subject to black out.
The 'special events' exclusion applies to the Plat guarantee, not the initial release of reward nights which are not subject to black out.
Aug 16, 2011, 1:28 am
#43
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Location: Tonbridge
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I can also confirm that PC properties must make 5% of rooms available for rewards.
However I'm not sure what time period applies, is it 5% a year, a month, or per night?
There may be some other T&C's relating to this as well, because so far nobody has reported seeing any reward availability for CP The City, CP Kensington, I/C's. Unless they all went on Sunday morning?
However I'm not sure what time period applies, is it 5% a year, a month, or per night?
There may be some other T&C's relating to this as well, because so far nobody has reported seeing any reward availability for CP The City, CP Kensington, I/C's. Unless they all went on Sunday morning?
Aug 16, 2011, 7:59 am
#45
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If the hotel is at 95% occupancy or higher, they get reimbursed at that night's average room rate. There is a thread on this; I'll post the link later.