Point Advance Reservations General Discussion Thread
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#7
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SFO/YYZ
Programs: AC 25K, AS MVP, BA Silver, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,956
Do you have any points advance reservations? Marriott has been randomly ordering certificates for them way in advance, and in true Marriott fashion you probably won't get any activity log listings for it. Check your reservations.
#8
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: SPG Plat
Posts: 783
I do have a ton of those. How do I know which ones had the certificates ordered? There’s nothing in the activity logs to show points were deducted.
#9
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SFO/YYZ
Programs: AC 25K, AS MVP, BA Silver, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,956
Go to them. They won't have the point advance banner at the top now. Instead they'll say "This reservation has e-certificates". I would start from the soonest one since it did it to me and picked the reservation happening nearest in the future.
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#12
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
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I always liked the SPG way of deducting points as soon as you made an award reservation. I've never understood the MR thing about attaching certificates to the reservation.
#13
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SFO/YYZ
Programs: AC 25K, AS MVP, BA Silver, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,956
You can choose to deduct at the time of booking if you want. Points Advance is incredibly useful. For example, I have bookings near the end of the year that I anticipate I will use two 50k certificates from credit cards to pay for. I don't have those now, and I certainly cannot just allocate 100k points in the meantime since I need points for other bookings happening more imminently. It's better for me in terms of securing more points bookings far out if others choose to only book if they have the points on hand, so I'm totally in support of that.
#14
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 98,407
It's better for me if no one is allowed to make an award reservation until they have the points in their account. Speculative reservations and those made far in advance can kill award availability for the rest of us. Airlines generally wouldn't issue an award ticket or hold a reservation for one for very long if the miles aren't actually in the FF account.
#15
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Floating around
Programs: UA 1K (1MM), DL Silver (1MM), Marriott Amb (LT Titanium)
Posts: 9,198
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