Booked 4 nts but only stay 3??
May 7, 2022, 2:01 am
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Booked 4 nts but only stay 3??
I booked a 4 nts stay using pts doing the 4th night free with cc . I now only need to stay 3 nts but it would take a lot more pts to cancel and rebook just the 3 nts. Can I do a internet checkout after the 4 the night or how can I can just stay 3 and not get charged the new rate. Rate on booking shows 22000 for each of the first 3 nts and shows 0 for 4 the night. Can I just cancel the last night or not without a repricing?
May 7, 2022, 3:23 am
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On a points booking you have to cancel the entire booking and make a new one and pay the new ratea if you need to make any adjusments to the stay,
May 7, 2022, 4:51 am
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I Checked and it would be 120,000 more pts to cancel and rebook so I cancelled IHG and booked with free Marriot nights
Last edited by rrohio; May 7, 2022 at 9:07 am
May 7, 2022, 7:28 pm
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For the future, you probably wouldn't have had any problems with keeping your original 4 night reservation. The hotel would see you were gone the 5th day and automatically check you out. If you were going to leave more than one day early, that might get noticed and you could potentially have an issue. You could also consider the extra day, a guaranteed super-late checkout. YMMV....
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May 8, 2022, 1:46 am
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For the future, you probably wouldn't have had any problems with keeping your original 4 night reservation. The hotel would see you were gone the 5th day and automatically check you out. If you were going to leave more than one day early, that might get noticed and you could potentially have an issue. You could also consider the extra day, a guaranteed super-late checkout. YMMV....
--Jon
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May 8, 2022, 12:52 pm
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I’ve often left hotels early when I booked with a flexible itinerary in mind. I usually let the front desk know that I may or may not be back, and have never had a problem. What is the potential issue I’m missing, assuming the nights are all paid for?
May 8, 2022, 7:14 pm
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P.S. I try not to book properties that have early departure fees. Fortunately, most of the time, that isn't difficult.
May 9, 2022, 3:34 am
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I have left hotels many times in the past. On flexible reservations, I would change the reservation if that does not turn out more expensive for me, but in all other cases I would just leave the hotel and they would notice at noon on the planned check-out date, and check me out. Never had problems with it.