Who else is booking the St. Regis discounted award nights?
Aug 19, 2018, 1:12 am
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Who else is booking the St. Regis discounted award nights?
Was worried that all the former SPG Cat 7 hotel award nights would get snapped up at the new 20k-SPG/60k-MR rates (formerly 30k/90k). But I had no trouble booking my 5 night ski season award and now working on a couple of others. The space seems to be there if you can work through the glitchy IT. Anybody else?
Aug 19, 2018, 1:25 am
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I got mine Cat 7 St Regis over X'mas. Do note that it is like 00:25 here in PST. And those on East coast likely way asleep. So we might have just lucked out...
Aug 19, 2018, 1:26 am
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i was under the impression that with this merging that it would again be possible to book hotels without having all the points (like how its been at Marriott). Seems that is not possible for the SPG Hotels?
Aug 19, 2018, 1:33 am
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I heard SPG members with 100+ nights who get Ambassadors (good ones) will hold the redemption for you for a short while if it was a big redemption and you're slightly out of miles.
Aug 19, 2018, 1:41 am
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IIRC SPG would sometimes either give or lend a few thousand points to elites.
Aug 19, 2018, 2:33 am
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Was anyone able to book the StR Maldives on points? I see wide availability on Marriott but when redirected to SPG, free nights rate is not available at all (not even on the list).
Aug 19, 2018, 2:49 am
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Was anyone able to book the StR Maldives on points? I see wide availability on Marriott but when redirected to SPG, free nights rate is not available at all (not even on the list).
Aug 19, 2018, 9:44 am
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That is correct. You should be able to book the reservation without having points as that is one of the best parts of the old Marriott system that is supposed to carry over to the new system. However it appears to be broken because you can't even do it for Marriott hotels anymore. I spoke with one of the reps who confirmed that I should be able to book the reservation without having points, so she's reporting this issue.
Aug 19, 2018, 9:48 am
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Was worried that all the former SPG Cat 7 hotel award nights would get snapped up at the new 20k-SPG/60k-MR rates (formerly 30k/90k). But I had no trouble booking my 5 night ski season award and now working on a couple of others. The space seems to be there if you can work through the glitchy IT. Anybody else?
Aug 19, 2018, 10:02 am
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That is correct. You should be able to book the reservation without having points as that is one of the best parts of the old Marriott system that is supposed to carry over to the new system. However it appears to be broken because you can't even do it for Marriott hotels anymore. I spoke with one of the reps who confirmed that I should be able to book the reservation without having points, so she's reporting this issue.
Aug 19, 2018, 10:37 am
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So how did that work as far as you earning the points to pay for the stay. Do you have to have the points in the account right before the stay dates? I didnt know about this as I have been SPG for years. I never knew SPG would do something similar when I was waiting for points to post.
Aug 19, 2018, 3:53 pm
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