Stay credits on AMEX Travel bookings?

[kkl]

As most of us have some kind of credit from AMEX travel, if booking a hotel room e.g SPG/MR/HH etc, will these count towards stay/night quota? What bout member benefits?

Thanks

 

[andye]

As most of us have some kind of credit from AMEX travel, if booking a hotel room e.g SPG/MR/HH etc, will these count towards stay/night quota? What bout member benefits?

Thanks

Wont count for hotel stays or points as it is essentially a third party booking. You may be lucky and get status benefits but this is less common than it used to be

 

[opusman]

Wont count for hotel stays or points as it is essentially a third party booking. You may be lucky and get status benefits but this is less common than it used to be

Third-party bookings do not have a blanket exclusion on stay credits, as an example bookings at SPG hotels made through Virtuoso give full stay credit.

 

[andye]

That is one of the advantages of virtuoso (which is seen more like a corporate TA) but won't apply with amextravel as far as I know

 

[Isochronous]

One poster has previously reported being able to get stay credit by booking with Amex Travel over the phone. I did the same with my Explorer travel credit at Conrad London. No Hhonors points awarded or stay/night credit, but I did get status recognition including room upgrade and lounge access.