Gifted award - who's status governs?
Feb 8, 2022, 2:20 am
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Gifted award - who's status governs?
Can't seem to find an answer. If a non-status (or lower) gifts an award to a higher status guest (say Titanium) whose status governs? The guest gifting? The guest actually staying?
I've gotten mixed answers from different hotels.
I've gotten mixed answers from different hotels.
Feb 8, 2022, 9:34 am
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You're entitled to neither status, but hotels have been known to honour your status. However, it's their call.
Feb 8, 2022, 1:04 pm
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I've never been told no status, and nothing I've read prohibits it. However I've always been told one or the other person's status applies.
Feb 8, 2022, 3:06 pm
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This all depends on how you set up the reservation.
- If you make a reservation online your credentials are attached. Even if you call up afterwards its still issued in your name,
If you make a booking on the phone one of two things may happen:
- Effectively same thing as booking online - Agent still issued cert in your name,
- If you ask the agent to gift the award cert and they do this properly the gift award receivers status should apply
- If you make a reservation online your credentials are attached. Even if you call up afterwards its still issued in your name,
If you make a booking on the phone one of two things may happen:
- Effectively same thing as booking online - Agent still issued cert in your name,
- If you ask the agent to gift the award cert and they do this properly the gift award receivers status should apply
Last edited by escapefromphl; Feb 8, 2022 at 3:14 pm
Feb 8, 2022, 4:13 pm
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This all depends on how you set up the reservation.
- If you make a reservation online your credentials are attached. Even if you call up afterwards its still issued in your name,
If you make a booking on the phone one of two things may happen:
- Effectively same thing as booking online - Agent still issued cert in your name,
- If you ask the agent to gift the award cert and they do this properly the gift award receivers status should apply
- If you make a reservation online your credentials are attached. Even if you call up afterwards its still issued in your name,
If you make a booking on the phone one of two things may happen:
- Effectively same thing as booking online - Agent still issued cert in your name,
- If you ask the agent to gift the award cert and they do this properly the gift award receivers status should apply
When I got email on last stay they setup like an OTA prepaid reservation. Ie there was statement don't show folio to customer.