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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 10:53 am
  #1006  
 
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Originally Posted by jobu2
quick question- What am I missing? If you get shut down couldnt a perrson open new (duplicate) accounts at hilton honors, prioirty club and virgin, and register at top guest with new email address- set up checkin on auto4sq and merge loyalty accounts later?
Yes, you could certainly do that but when you merge accounts, most loyalty programs will audit them and if they determine you violate their terms (since both get points from topguest), they might just delete one or even both of your accounts -- you are taking a hugh risk here...
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 11:36 am
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Originally Posted by summerdayshopping
Yes, you could certainly do that but when you merge accounts, most loyalty programs will audit them and if they determine you violate their terms (since both get points from topguest), they might just delete one or even both of your accounts -- you are taking a hugh risk here...
thanks for the warnng, I had no idea-m certainly mot worth the risk!
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 3:48 pm
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Originally Posted by summerdayshopping
Yes, you could certainly do that but when you merge accounts, most loyalty programs will audit them and if they determine you violate their terms (since both get points from topguest), they might just delete one or even both of your accounts -- you are taking a hugh risk here...
Not really as your old account would say "The account number is not eligible. Please refer to Terms and Conditions". Therefore you would not be earning points on two accounts. And Hilton combine accounts is straightforward just by knowing account numbers and access PINs. Whether you want to place your trust on a bunch of losers such as Top Guest is another matter...
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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by asterion
Not really as your old account would say "The account number is not eligible. Please refer to Terms and Conditions". Therefore you would not be earning points on two accounts. And Hilton combine accounts is straightforward just by knowing account numbers and access PINs. Whether you want to place your trust on a bunch of losers such as Top Guest is another matter...
It has nothing to do with the old account number. jobu2 suggested creating another new set of accounts - for example, a new email account, a new hhonor account with new id, a new topguest account, and a new foursquare account. After getting "enough" points from TopGuest to the new hhonor account, combine/merge the new hhonor account to the old hhonor account.

Although you could request to merge hhonor accounts online easily, an internal audit process will take place to review them, just to prevent people from getting unlimited free points from their promotions. If not, anyone could just create 1000 hhonor accounts and get 50000 hhonor points from TopGuest everyday.

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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 6:26 pm
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Game over?

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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 7:22 pm
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申し訳ありませんが、何かが間違っていた。

我々はこの問題について通知してきたし、我々はすぐにそれを見てみましょう。
--> Game over
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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 7:59 pm
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I can still log in to topguest, but no email today.
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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 10:05 pm
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Same here, no emails today
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 7:46 am
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Everything looks good for me.
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 8:40 am
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Everything still good for me also. I stopped receiving any emails around January, but points have still posted after my check ins.
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 8:54 am
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Emails for yesterday came this morning
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 10:47 am
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yes, saw emails today. still good
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 12:39 pm
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Is their website down for everyone?
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 2:20 pm
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 2:49 pm
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