dsquared37

La Quinta is now listed as a viable hotel for stay hits.

Please amend post #1.

Can be found here.

metoo

Since the Grand Slam doesn't start till September 14, 2011, can i book a hotel stay today for September 20, 2011 stay and count it as a "hit"?

lowfareair

Changed it, also adding this (from halfway down this webpage:

It does not say third-party website bookings are not eligible, just that they MAY not be. They do not define which rates will and will not earn points on a third party booking though.

lkar

Yes.

lkar

Looking through this thread, it seems to me that some may not be used to earning frequent flier miles by hotel stays and thus might not understand how exactly to get a hit for a hotel stay.

I recognize that this post is not for 90 percent or so, but maybe for 10 percent or less. I remember last year during the grand slam, people would say things like, "I showed up at Wyndham and they didn't take my US dividend miles number," or "I stayed at super 8, but I didn't get a hit," and when asked, "well, did you set your earnings preference to US" they would say, "huh"?

So, I guess I'd suggest that perhaps the initial post in the thread potentially be changed to explain the process, which is (1) book a hotel using your number for that hotel chain, and (2) set your earnings preference, before your stay, so that you are earning US miles, instead of hotel points.

As straightforward as this seems, I can already predict that it's going to be a source of confusion. Ideally, someone might want even to provide links or instructions to the various ways that one changes his or her hotel preferences. Each program is different. To get the ball rolling, here's the place you to do it for SPG: https://www.spgpromos.com/moremiles/...MoreMiles_enUS

bryanwallace

ive been trying to do this as well.
how do you ck in for other people?

rob_flies_ua

Generally the other person makes a reservation in their own name with their own credit card and then either in the notes for the reservation says that you will be staying in the room too and checking in first or calling the hotel and saying that you are checking in first.

stinger101

3rd party bookings at La Quinta do. US residents can get 6 free hits right there.

maksimfa

Perfect. woot woot. Just what we were waiting for.

Got 3 BRG's in expedia already. a few weeks and will get the other 3.

Zurich Flyer

Did anyone clarify this with La Quinta? Why do people think one gets a hit with Expedia, Orbitz etc bookings?

LQs T&Cs state "Reservations booked through third-party Web sites, i.e., Hotels.com, etc., may not be eligible to receive La Quinta Returns points." This is pretty clear standard language, saying the booking are ineligible, isn't it?

dsquared37

"may not be eligible" is neither clear nor means bookings are ineligible. In fact, I don't see how it can be more vague.

Zurich Flyer

well, do you think the hotel chains have to give away something? "may not" is in reality "not". same as in other programs. sometimes i get hhonors points for expedia bookings but thats not the norm

dsquared37

May not means may not. You can read into it all you want and you may not be correct. In reality it means whatever they want it to mean and could easily indicate that it's more nuanced than a simple yes or now.

EG it could mean that an opague site wouldn't count (negotiating) but expedia does.

NB: I have no idea what 'may not' actually means when dealing with La Quinta's policies.

carsonheim

Okay, so today I called back again just to confirm this, since I now see that LaQ is indeed included. The rep I spoke to today told me stays booked via Expedia DO NOT count for stay credit.

sorry if I got anyone else all excited. I was planning on doing the max "stays" there for almost free. oh well......

erasmus99

And yet, other people have spoken to agents that say they do count. What to do, what to do...