Can you get points for meals when you're staying at the hotel but pay cash?
Mar 19, 2011, 2:15 pm
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Can you get points for meals when you're staying at the hotel but pay cash?
Another thread got me thinking about the topic.
On a recent stay at "Sharon's Place" in London (aka, Grosvenor House) I knew I was going to be out w/ FTers & celebrating my birthday the entire time, and thus wouldn't be using the restaurant, bar, etc. Given the exchange rate & not wanting to tie up another $500 on my credit card for incidental holds when I didn't anticipate charging anything, I paid for my room on check-in.
On the last night I decided to stay in rather than go out, and ordered room service. I paid with cash & was given a room service receipt showing I paid.
I know you can't get points when you eat at a Marriott but aren't staying there.
But what if you ARE staying there? Could you fax in the room service receipt plus the hotel folio to get the points, or is there some rule it has to appear on the folio with a credit card?
Granted I don't do it often, but it was a pricey room service tab especially w/ the exchange rate & would have netted me a # of points.
Thoughts? Input?
Cheers.
On a recent stay at "Sharon's Place" in London (aka, Grosvenor House) I knew I was going to be out w/ FTers & celebrating my birthday the entire time, and thus wouldn't be using the restaurant, bar, etc. Given the exchange rate & not wanting to tie up another $500 on my credit card for incidental holds when I didn't anticipate charging anything, I paid for my room on check-in.
On the last night I decided to stay in rather than go out, and ordered room service. I paid with cash & was given a room service receipt showing I paid.
I know you can't get points when you eat at a Marriott but aren't staying there.
But what if you ARE staying there? Could you fax in the room service receipt plus the hotel folio to get the points, or is there some rule it has to appear on the folio with a credit card?
Granted I don't do it often, but it was a pricey room service tab especially w/ the exchange rate & would have netted me a # of points.
Thoughts? Input?
Cheers.
Mar 19, 2011, 5:23 pm
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Mar 19, 2011, 5:49 pm
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Bummer, but what I thought.
I get the not a guest part, but I figured if you could show you were a guest at the time you were utilizing Marriott room service, restaurant or food yet chose to pay cash, that it might be considered.
Cheers.
I get the not a guest part, but I figured if you could show you were a guest at the time you were utilizing Marriott room service, restaurant or food yet chose to pay cash, that it might be considered.
Cheers.
Mar 20, 2011, 11:23 am
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try doing that and see where it gets you.
Mar 20, 2011, 12:23 pm
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this is easy.. make a copy of the room service bill, send it in the same fax as the folio from your stay... they can see the dates you stayed and the date/time the food was ordered and they should know you were a guest in the hotel, pretty obvious..
try doing that and see where it gets you.
try doing that and see where it gets you.
Cheers.