Feb 21, 2014, 7:14 am
Last edit by: beltway
Hotels not offering a double occupancy room for standard SPG Points redemption availability (but do make single occupancy rooms available). Please feel free to add/edit/amend. Cheers, JK
LOI = Last Offered In (last known date a double room was offered on points)
NOS = Not Offered Since (when it came to your attention that only single occupancy rooms are available for standard redemptions)
The Netherlands:NOTE: Double-occupancy rooms at the Hotel Pulitzer are now available for standard award bookings (confirmed 2/27). As of 3/5/14, the Hotel Des Indes allows double-occupancy rooms for standard award bookings.
An important caveat:
LOI = Last Offered In (last known date a double room was offered on points)
NOS = Not Offered Since (when it came to your attention that only single occupancy rooms are available for standard redemptions)
The Netherlands:
The Pulitzer, Amsterdam [LOI - Dec 2013; NOS - Feb 2014]Hotel Des Indes, The Hague [LOI - Dec 2013; NOS - Feb 2014]
An important caveat:
One thing to bear in mind is that the single occupancy standard rooms remain on the standard awards at these properties, and probably a few more that have not been mentioned, so if the double occupancy rooms are taken, it will leave only single occupancy rooms showing as available for redemption.
Hotels limiting Free Night Awards to single-occupancy rooms only
Feb 11, 2014, 6:31 pm
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Splitting hairs. The posts in this thread speak for themself.
Feb 11, 2014, 7:37 pm
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I just don't read the fine print, I assumed I could book any points room and it would accomodate a family of 4.
Feb 11, 2014, 7:42 pm
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Feb 11, 2014, 7:46 pm
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For most of N America, that's probably a fair assumption, but know that myriad local laws and fire codes across the planet in more than a few places actually prohibit a family of four from sharing a standard room. In the US, that may seem mind-blowing, but in many other places (Italy chief among them), four persons in a hotel room can be a very real challenge.
Feb 11, 2014, 7:54 pm
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The only way you can come to that conclusion is using principles of U.S. contract law, which may or may not apply. I don't know if other jurisdictions have the same principles regarding ambiguous contract clauses.
Feb 12, 2014, 7:55 am
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Likewise. Gotta love those defending the snarky company reps.
Then we are to ignore the posts in this thread?
How do you determine which to ignore and which to rely upon?
Feb 12, 2014, 8:11 am
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Feb 12, 2014, 10:38 am
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Feb 12, 2014, 1:14 pm
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Like this one?:
or this one?:
The hotel is allowed to set single standard room occupancy.
According to the terms and conditions, "Free Night Awards are each valid for one free night, single and/or double standard room occupancy at participating properties, and include the cost of your hotel room and room tax/service charge".
According to the terms and conditions, "Free Night Awards are each valid for one free night, single and/or double standard room occupancy at participating properties, and include the cost of your hotel room and room tax/service charge".
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Feb 12, 2014, 1:49 pm
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Just because you don't agree with someone doesn't make them snarky.
Until we have more information, yes. I don't like it any more than anyone else here (maybe more because I never travel alone), but it is what it is.
Until we have more information, yes. I don't like it any more than anyone else here (maybe more because I never travel alone), but it is what it is.
Feb 12, 2014, 3:52 pm
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It seems to be taking an awful long time for someone to come back with definitive clarification of Starwoods own T&C's.
Feb 12, 2014, 4:55 pm
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36 hours is not an "awful long time" for anything as official as clarification. If they haven't come back with an answer by the end of the week, which I'm sure won't be the case, feel free to throw that comment back into the ring. As of now, it hasn't been that long.