Westin Yilan Playing with inventory availability
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Westin Yilan Playing with inventory availability
Hi all,
I know a few properties within the SPG family that plays around with inventory availability, but this particular hotel - Westin Yilan in Taiwan, is driving me nuts.
I'm looking to book two rooms on a 1 night stay - Satuday 8/26/17-8/27/17, 1 room on cash the other on points (10k starpoints).
If I only search for:
So it's clear that there are rooms available and i actually managed to book a 3 nights reservation (base room) starting on Thursday - so this is not phantom availability. The hotel is obviously enforcing a minimum 2 days stay (for suites) and 3 days stay (for base rooms) on stays that include a Saturday.
My question is, is Westin Yilan allowed to do that? I went over SPG's terms and agreement and did not find anything that allows the hotel to do that. It only says, if the base room is available, then I can book it on points.
Anyone has similar experiences or any solution?
Thanks!
I know a few properties within the SPG family that plays around with inventory availability, but this particular hotel - Westin Yilan in Taiwan, is driving me nuts.
I'm looking to book two rooms on a 1 night stay - Satuday 8/26/17-8/27/17, 1 room on cash the other on points (10k starpoints).
If I only search for:
- Saturday 8/26-8/27, it shows there is absolutely no availability.
- Friday 8/25-8/27, multiple suites are now available.
- Thursday 8/24-8/27, now even base room (deluxe) is available on points.
So it's clear that there are rooms available and i actually managed to book a 3 nights reservation (base room) starting on Thursday - so this is not phantom availability. The hotel is obviously enforcing a minimum 2 days stay (for suites) and 3 days stay (for base rooms) on stays that include a Saturday.
My question is, is Westin Yilan allowed to do that? I went over SPG's terms and agreement and did not find anything that allows the hotel to do that. It only says, if the base room is available, then I can book it on points.
Anyone has similar experiences or any solution?
Thanks!
#2
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
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Any hotel is allowed to restrict availability for rooms/suites as they see fit.
This would be an issue, however, if they were selling standard rooms for paid bookings and not allowing them to be booked as awards.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, LLC
[email protected]
This would be an issue, however, if they were selling standard rooms for paid bookings and not allowing them to be booked as awards.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, LLC
[email protected]
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Any hotel is allowed to restrict availability for rooms/suites as they see fit.
This would be an issue, however, if they were selling standard rooms for paid bookings and not allowing them to be booked as awards.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, LLC
[email protected]
This would be an issue, however, if they were selling standard rooms for paid bookings and not allowing them to be booked as awards.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, LLC
[email protected]
#4
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: New York, NY, USA
Posts: 12,482
Yes, if base room is available for cash booking then it should be available on points. They can have the same minimum length of stay restrictions.
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,797
minimum stay can be common everywhere, primarily when high occupancy
can be a pain figuring out on web reservations
besides clarifying details/availability with hotel itself, sometimes they/sales/manager may make exceptions
for starwood, not sure if hotels ever/often take into account general starwood history/status (vs at hotel)
can be a pain figuring out on web reservations
besides clarifying details/availability with hotel itself, sometimes they/sales/manager may make exceptions
for starwood, not sure if hotels ever/often take into account general starwood history/status (vs at hotel)
#6
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: SPG
Posts: 713
Just a quick update on this. Hotel is fully booked on 26-Aug for 1 night. Regarding the suite availability on the dates mentioned, hotel is aware of this and is trying to rectify it as soon as possible. We tried to locate availability from 24-27 Aug but hotel is shown as fully booked. If you are still seeing this availability online please let us know. We apologize for this inconvenience and if you need further assistance you can drop us a PM or email.
Best regards,
Lin Naseem | Social Media Specialist
Starwood Customer Contact Centre (AP) Pte Ltd
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