Multiple reservations
 

I have to book 3 rooms for the exact dates and the same hotel. Should I make 3 different reservations or 1 reservation with 3 rooms?

We are 3 friends going together on a company trip. Is it possible we all pay separately with different credit cards so that they can get invoices in their name?

I am just trying to get points benefits out of this trip. Thanks

Doesn’t really matter. Both will yield the same result. You’ll get points for all 3 as long as you pay and your name/number is on the reservation.

Is there a way to get an invoice in their name and pay from their card while I earn the points?

no, name on reservation must match account number to earn points. what you are asking for is not going to work and if it does, buy a lottery ticket, its your lucky day!

ok and does card has to be on my name?

technically no. All that really matters is name on reservation matches name of account on file. if you do want points for other peoples rooms then get a cobranded marriott credit card and pay for their rooms and you get points with that.

What I have done in the past is add a second name to the reservation. They can check in, actually even pay, but you get the points.

but he wants their names on the folio so that won't work as the name on the reservation needs to match the bonvoy account and adding a 2nd name won't work either. the person can check in but their name won't appear on the folio.

On a work trip company policies trump your desire to maximize points.

Every employee should book and file expenses for their own rooms. Unless the other 2 are your direct reports?
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What if you make a reservation for the others but they do not show up? Who will pay for the hotel no show fees?

Just to be very clear about this: according to the Bonvoy membership T&Cs you must stay *and* pay for the rooms to qualify.

The simplest way to guarantee the you get the nights for one room (the one you're in) and the points for all three rooms without aggrevation is to make a single reservation on your Bonvoy account for the three rooms and pay for a single bill yourself at the end of the stay.

Making three separate reservations at the same hotel should also qualify according to the T&Cs but you're at the mercy of Marriott's IT to recognise the different rooms as they post to your account do indeed qualify in the same way. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence on FT that the IT has a tough time dealing with these overlapping reservations even though you should be able to get it sorted out with Customer Service eventually if you've got the folios in your name after checking out of each room.

Now, we get to the tricky bit. You want folios in your colleagues names and you want them to pay. This is a massive YMMV moment because according to the T&Cs you must stay *and* pay for the rooms and (a) the hotel may recognise that you're not paying and flag the reservation as not qualifying for points on your account and/or (b) the folio will not be in your name despite the reservation being made on your Bonvoy account and sorting out the mess with Customer Service after the three separate rooms have posted will be more challenging because CS may see that you've not paid because the folio isn't in your name.

This isn't what you want to hear and you will get plenty of anecdotes of people who have successfully got all the points in your kind of scenario. Just bear in mind that what you want is against the T&Cs and while you can give it a go and may strike it lucky you have nothing to complain to CS about if you don't.

Photoshop/Adobe Acrobat are wonderful. Have them put their names on the folios when submitting them to their employers/clients.