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ff.volker Jun 20, 2011 2:55 am


Originally Posted by tripice351 (Post 16591656)
I think when they refer to "on your commute" they are talking about people checking in as they drive by. If you go into the lobby, you are factually "actually visiting the location" so they have no way of saying that violates the TOS.

When I asked the question, I explicitly told them that I will be physical in the lobby when I check in. Seems like they have secret entries in their TOS. And as far as read in this thread, the amount of check-ins to get blocked seem to vary a lot, too.

zakami Jun 21, 2011 11:57 am

I was suspended yesterday.

monkey99 Jun 21, 2011 12:01 pm


Originally Posted by zakami (Post 16600581)
I was suspended yesterday.

Sorry to hear. Do you have a pattern which you can explain which might have led to this suspension or was it at random?

jamesensor Jun 21, 2011 6:11 pm


Originally Posted by ff.volker (Post 16587291)
Beside the first sign-on, topguest didn't add any points. I use twitter and more or less sign in daily. I'm not talking about the transfer to the

Does anyone else has this issue? I'm not talking about the points added to my reward program, I talk about the page on topguest.com


I'm having this issue as well. Anyone have any suggestions? Should I just wait?

ff.volker Jun 22, 2011 2:01 am


Originally Posted by jamesensor (Post 16602869)
I'm having this issue as well. Anyone have any suggestions? Should I just wait?

I asked topguest and got the following answer: "The reason you haven't received the reward is because the venue you chose when checking in with Twitter was the name of the city and not the actual name of the hotel unfortunately".

They referred me to "How to Choose Your Location" on http://support.twitter.com/articles/122236

Why they want that is understandable, they want to have the property as location name. But it's kinda wrong to accept the first sign-in without proper venue name but not the others. Getting the venue name with my twitter client is kinda annoying and I also can't write the same message on twitter twice. So I switched to foursquare.

zakami Jun 22, 2011 12:59 pm


Originally Posted by monkey99 (Post 16600603)
Sorry to hear. Do you have a pattern which you can explain which might have led to this suspension or was it at random?

Yes, I was checking in at a Doubletree, Crowne Plaza, Best Western and a comfort suites every day. But all of these are within 1 mile of my house, so its really easy. Over the last week, I also began to check-in at a Virgin America counter (about 4 miles away) every day. I think its the latter that triggered this.

Amyrlin Jun 22, 2011 7:26 pm


Originally Posted by ff.volker (Post 16591806)
When I asked the question, I explicitly told them that I will be physical in the lobby when I check in. Seems like they have secret entries in their TOS. And as far as read in this thread, the amount of check-ins to get blocked seem to vary a lot, too.

It now says on the top guest page

"Get 50 Priority Club points whenever you check in or take a photo at an Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza or Holiday Inn hotel."

That has changed

JetSettinBlonde Jul 20, 2011 2:42 pm


Originally Posted by zakami (Post 16607602)
Yes, I was checking in at a Doubletree, Crowne Plaza, Best Western and a comfort suites every day. But all of these are within 1 mile of my house, so its really easy. Over the last week, I also began to check-in at a Virgin America counter (about 4 miles away) every day. I think its the latter that triggered this.

TopGuest suspended you, or?

Did you lose any points/miles?

Did anything happen to your points/miles accounts at all?

cutnana Jul 21, 2011 10:27 am

Just noticed that I haven't received points for about a week. Is it widespread or just me?

zakami Jul 21, 2011 10:32 am


Originally Posted by JetSettinBlonde (Post 16765431)
TopGuest suspended you, or?

Did you lose any points/miles?

Did anything happen to your points/miles accounts at all?

TopGuest suspended me but I have not lost any miles earned from check-ins while my account was active. In fact, some Priority Club points posted after the suspension (but likely from check-ins while the account was active).

cutnana Jul 21, 2011 10:35 am


Originally Posted by zakami (Post 16770404)
TopGuest suspended me but I have not lost any miles earned from check-ins while my account was active. In fact, some Priority Club points posted after the suspension (but likely from check-ins while the account was active).

How did you find out? Did you receive an email? What did it say? Thanks

cdmoye Jul 21, 2011 12:23 pm


Originally Posted by cutnana (Post 16770372)
Just noticed that I haven't received points for about a week. Is it widespread or just me?

I haven't received any in about the same length of time. I emailed them about it and got this response:

"We've received your request and are investigating it now. Expect to hear from us again soon.

Thanks for contacting Topguest help."

That was 2 days ago... I guess their definition of "soon" and mine don't match. I replied to that message today (it says to "Please type your reply at the top of the email...") and told them I was working under the assumption that they would get it straightened out and was continuing to do check-ins. I also asked if there was an update. No response yet. I'm getting bummed, but there's not much more I can do about it.

thegasguru Jul 21, 2011 12:49 pm


Originally Posted by cdmoye (Post 16771079)
I haven't received any in about the same length of time. I emailed them about it and got this response:

"We've received your request and are investigating it now. Expect to hear from us again soon.

Thanks for contacting Topguest help."

That was 2 days ago... I guess their definition of "soon" and mine don't match. I replied to that message today (it says to "Please type your reply at the top of the email...") and told them I was working under the assumption that they would get it straightened out and was continuing to do check-ins. I also asked if there was an update. No response yet. I'm getting bummed, but there's not much more I can do about it.


At least you got a response. I haven't received points in over a week, despite daily check ins. I emailed them 5 days ago, and still haven't gotten any response.

SkyTeam777 Jul 21, 2011 1:09 pm

I havent gotten any Hilton points in the past week and havent gotten any PC points in the past two months despite checking in every day. Beginning to wonder if something is wrong in the way these are being reported since many of us are having the same issues.

scocjo Jul 21, 2011 1:20 pm

My Hilton points are posting fine for the past week and beyond. I had an issue a few months ago where they stopped posting. I emailed them and they responded within an hour with the problem fixed and points in my Hilton Account.

I love the program and the easy bonus points. I don't think there is a person I know that I havent encouraged to sign up.


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