Using points to re-qualify for Platinum
Oct 1, 2021 | 4:06 pm
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Using points to re-qualify for Platinum
I'm at 43 stays for the year... and this is my 9th year of Platinum. Next year will be 10, then it's just the run to 600 nights for lifetime platinum.
I just booked three rooms each of the next two weekends using points @ 7500 points/room for a total of six more stay credits. I have a free night cert I'm actually going to use for a short weekend away for the final night. All in all I think burning 45,000 points to re-qualify Platinum for next year, especially when I expect to travel more AND I'm so close to lifetime plat is worthwhile.
Thoughts?
I just booked three rooms each of the next two weekends using points @ 7500 points/room for a total of six more stay credits. I have a free night cert I'm actually going to use for a short weekend away for the final night. All in all I think burning 45,000 points to re-qualify Platinum for next year, especially when I expect to travel more AND I'm so close to lifetime plat is worthwhile.
Thoughts?
Oct 1, 2021 | 4:25 pm
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Yes, and similarly if OP booked three rooms at three different hotels for the same night. It would be three stays, but OP can only get night credit for one of them and can't even earn points for more than one, probably the one that posts first rather than the most expensive one.
Oct 1, 2021 | 5:35 pm
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If youre going to be using points, it would make more sense to book 5 consecutive nights and get the 5th night free, so it would only cost you only 30K pts or 6K pts/night for those 5 nights.
Oct 1, 2021 | 5:41 pm
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Let's remind the OP that he/she needs to actually stay in the room (and not just pay for it with points) to earn elite nights credit.
Oct 2, 2021 | 1:49 am
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Whether or not the OP needs to actually stay in the room overnight is one of those things that FT has debated to death...
But, yes, if that 7,500 point hotel is convenient to home/work, then the OP should book a 5+ night stay to get the fifth night free. Multiple rooms doesn't help.
Oct 2, 2021 | 6:19 am
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Oct 2, 2021 | 7:44 am
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Oct 2, 2021 | 9:44 am
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Oct 2, 2021 | 12:03 pm
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Oct 2, 2021 | 5:02 pm
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To be precise, the OP needs to check-in to the hotel in person.
Whether or not the OP needs to actually stay in the room overnight is one of those things that FT has debated to death...
But, yes, if that 7,500 point hotel is convenient to home/work, then the OP should book a 5+ night stay to get the fifth night free. Multiple rooms doesn't help.
Whether or not the OP needs to actually stay in the room overnight is one of those things that FT has debated to death...
But, yes, if that 7,500 point hotel is convenient to home/work, then the OP should book a 5+ night stay to get the fifth night free. Multiple rooms doesn't help.