In hotels with friends and family? Here's how to earn points on all rooms booked
The loyalty programs of many hotel chains allow you to accumulate points even when traveling with friends and relatives. Each [...]
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The loyalty programs of many hotel chains allow you to accumulate points even when traveling with friends and relatives. Each chain has its own rules and restrictions, and in this article we will try to list the main insignia and different ways.
How to get points, the same rules for everyone
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Two steps are identical on all signs. If you want to be credited with all the points related to the booked rooms, you must:
- You must be the one to book the various accommodations for all occupants. So if you are traveling with 3 pairs of friends you will have to take care of the booking through the official channels (app or site). Be careful booking don't pay unless you are booking a prepaid fare.
- When checking out, you will need to make sure that All individual receipts have your card number indicated on them, then each room will have to proceed with the balance of their stay.
- There is also an option to "link" the different accounts before the receipt is issued in case the reservations were not made from the same account. In this case you must specifically ask the front desk staff to link the rooms and enter your card number.
N.B. If you plan to book for a third party but you will not be present, you will not make points of any kind.
Multiple reservations in Hilton facilities
The rules of Hilton are not the best, but neither are they the worst.
The view of the river from the Doubletree Amsterdam
The first thing to know is. That you will not accumulate multiple stays/nights for the rooms you book. If you book two rooms for one night on your profile it will show only 1 night/stay. On the other hand. HHonors points, you will be able to accumulate points Up to a maximum of 4 rooms at the same time. This means that if you book for 4 rooms for 3 nights on your account you will see 1 stay, 3 nights and the points accrued from all 4 rooms and related bonuses credited. For full details here the link to terms and conditions.
Book more rooms in IHG hotels
IHG's policies are definitely more generous than other chains.
Also with IHG you will not accumulate multiple stays/nights for the rooms you book. This means that if you book two rooms for one night on your profile it will only show 1 night/stay. On the other hand, if you travel in a "group" you can earn many more points than in Hilton because you are allowed to accumulate all points up to a maximum of 9 rooms per stay.
This, however, does not apply to all stays in Intercontinental facilities in South America, if you stay in one of these countries unfortunately you will only receive points related to your room. In this case the advice is to make sure that the points are not wasted, you can have them uploaded to a friend's profile, for example. All conditions are clearly explained on the website.
Marriott's rules when making multiple reservations
The rules between chains are very similar, in the case of the Bonvoy program must be remembered, however. that as a result of the merger between the Starwood and Marriot chains the arrangements have "deteriorated."
Prior to the merger, in fact, the Starwood Preferred program allowed qualifying nights to accumulate even for multiple bookings, but today Bonvoy has instead aligned itself, for the worse, with the competition and Does not allow you to accumulate multiple qualifying nights/stays. As for room points, however, all points are awarded up to a maximum of 3 rooms per night. Full details on the.
Same reservation, more rooms in the Hyatt chain
Hyatt is one of the most "cheap" programs. No qualifying nights are earned, and points are granted for up to 3 rooms.
The ALL program, Accor Hotels, and multiple reservations
We admit we have never been big fans of the French Accor group's hotel loyalty program, but we have vowed in 2021 to give it more space.
Speaking of multiple reservations, it is definitely the worst. You do not accumulate multiple qualifying nights/stays and receive points related to a maximum of 2 rooms.
We conclude with a warning. No use trying to "cheat" the system by checking out and checking in the next night to earn more qualifying nights/stays. The chains call this activity the back2back and will award nothing but points. If you want to accumulate qualifying nights/points, often useful for status or generous bonuses must spend at least one night between check-out and new arrival at the same facility.
