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spg nights and flights
« on: May 27, 2010, 05:01:41 PM »
instead of 5 consecutive nights, could i do 2 rooms for 2 nights, and then a 3rd night for one room?

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2010, 05:33:42 PM »
instead of 5 consecutive nights, could i do 2 rooms for 2 nights, and then a 3rd night for one room?
Doubt it, unless you book the 5 nights consecutively and subsequently get a hotel manager to let you change to that.
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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2010, 07:54:45 PM »
i figured as much.  and thats what the rep at spg claimed as well.  do you know of any deals out there for using points when taking two rooms per night?    at this point it looks like i'll be stuck with hilton and just do two simultaneous axon awards

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2010, 03:42:30 PM »
Some questions for the people:
Do the nights have to be reserved at the same time as the flights? Do the 5 nights have to be in the same place? Once I have the reservation, can I change the hotel stay to any other hotel?
Does anyone know any of this or any other relevant info for utilizing n&f to the fullest?

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2010, 03:50:17 PM »
Some questions for the people:
Do the nights have to be reserved at the same time as the flights? Do the 5 nights have to be in the same place? Once I have the reservation, can I change the hotel stay to any other hotel?
Does anyone know any of this or any other relevant info for utilizing n&f to the fullest?
It must be 5 nights in the same place and reserved at the same time, but I have no idea if you can change hotels later on.
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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2010, 05:31:33 PM »
in brief whats the nights and flights deal?

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2010, 05:38:11 PM »
in brief whats the nights and flights deal?
Here.

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2010, 05:38:21 PM »
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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2010, 05:42:12 PM »
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/7064
I was going to post that but couldn't resist my post.
Dan's explanation is actually better.

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2010, 05:44:09 PM »
dan, you wrote there that your not a big fan of nights and flights, so when is it worth it to use that combination?

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2010, 05:46:42 PM »
Here.

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Shkoiach for the credit!!! You beat me to it ;D

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2010, 05:55:18 PM »
Some questions for the people:
Once I have the reservation, can I change the hotel stay to any other hotel?
From the SPG website
"If hotel availability allows a date change on the Free Night Award reservation for a Nights & Flights award, the Nights & Flights award dates may be changed."

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2010, 06:05:46 PM »
dan, you wrote there that your not a big fan of nights and flights, so when is it worth it to use that combination?
??? ??? ???
Where in the world did I write that?
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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2010, 06:18:07 PM »
your right my mistake you were reffering to other redemtion options.
dan, i pm'd you will you please take a look at it and reply to me

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2010, 03:25:27 AM »
Summary courtesy of scflier on flyertalk:
With Nights & Flights, you have to book a 5-night hotel stay at a Cat3 or Cat4 property. If you later decide not to use that stay, you can reschedule it (if availability exists and you abide by any change/cancellation deadlines) or you can cancel it altogether. If you cancel the hotel portion, the points for the hotel portion (20K - 30K) of the N&F award are redeposited into your account.

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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2010, 11:03:59 AM »
Summary courtesy of scflier on flyertalk:
With Nights & Flights, you have to book a 5-night hotel stay at a Cat3 or Cat4 property. If you later decide not to use that stay, you can reschedule it (if availability exists and you abide by any change/cancellation deadlines) or you can cancel it altogether. If you cancel the hotel portion, the points for the hotel portion (20K - 30K) of the N&F award are redeposited into your account.
Right, but can you change hotels, not just the dates?
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Re: spg nights and flights
« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2010, 06:42:08 PM »
more from scflier:
"My understanding has been that you can even change hotels as long as the new hotel is the same category. If your desired hotel changes category, though, then you can't rebook into new dates at that particular hotel."
Ayin shom
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starwood-preferred-guest/1095477-promo-move-spg-points-aa-25-35-bonus-thru-june-30-a-3.html