Various promos and QFF query

[RooFlyer]

I qualified for SPG Gold a few months back, a bit by accident - often short-planned individual nights booked by client, so I haven't studied the SPG program very closely and haven't tried to maximise starpoints very much (yes, almost criminally negligent, I know! :mrgreen: )

Am going to stay at Sheraton in KL in a few weeks time and am grateful for some tips from markis10 especially in another thread.

I find the various promotions / offers from SPG and the individual hotels a bit confusing. BRG I now have a handle on (thanks again '10); and I've registered for the SPG double points promotion.

On the "deals" page, Kuala Lumpur Hotel Offers: Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur - Best Online Hotel Deals there are a range of various promos - from club floor extra bonus, savings up to 20% for 2 night stays etc. There is also a 50% off upgrade offer: http://www.sheratonimperialkualalumpur.com/forms/room-upgrade-club to upgrade to a Club room for RM120, said to be led than the usual RM240.

* From the standard booking web page, I can book a 'standard deluxe room' (RM 352 or 384 depending on aspect); or a Club room "Upgrade offer" for RM 504. That's RM120 more, so apparently I don't need to use the "50% off upgrade" facility, I think. Wonder why its there?

* I have a choice of booking through the QFF web site, or the hotel web site, where the prices are very similar (except for taking BRG into account in the latter). If I book through QFF I get some QFF bonus points (not many). I expect I can give my SPG # at check-in, and get both the QFF points, the QFF bonus points as well as the SPG double points?

* Conversely (and this is likely the way I will go) - if I book through the hotel web site, can I give the hotel my QFF # on check-in, and earn the QFF points (but not their bonus points of course)?

Any yea/nay on the latter being the best strategy, if price not a big issue?

 

[markis10]

Qantas are not a partner with Sheraton so you would need to use the Qantas website to get the points, the nice thing about SPG points is their top up when converting to airline miles they partner with, 20000 SPG points gets topped up to 25000 SPG points on conversion, and a popular conversion is to AA miles.

 

[RooFlyer]

Thanks again. I've converted SPG points into Aeroplan (AC) miles previously, when they had a bonus-on-conversion offer. Don't know if it was the best choice, but that's my *A points bank at the moment.

Do you know if I book through QFF, that I can give my SPG # on check-in (I don't think you can give it in the booking process) and still get all the SPG promo points? At this point I'm valuing the SPG points more than the QFF ones (which would only be abt 2,800, which isn't huge in the scheme of things).

I'm more of an Accor guy - or I should say the Mrs is definitely an Accor/Sofitel gal. Am on my own in KL, so may as well keep the SPG account primed.

 

[markis10]

Thanks again. I've converted SPG points into Aeroplan (AC) miles previously, when they had a bonus-on-conversion offer. Don't know if it was the best choice, but that's my *A points bank at the moment.

Do you know if I book through QFF, that I can give my SPG # on check-in (I don't think you can give it in the booking process) and still get all the SPG promo points? At this point I'm valuing the SPG points more than the QFF ones (which would only be abt 2,800, which isn't huge in the scheme of things).

I'm more of an Accor guy - or I should say the Mrs is definitely an Accor/Sofitel gal. Am on my own in KL, so may as well keep the SPG account primed.

If you do not book through QF Holidays there are no points, so giving them your card at checkin wont help!

 

[RooFlyer]

Sorry, what I was meaning is that can I book through QF site (therefore QFF points OK) and then when I arrive at the hotel, give them my SPG#, and therefore get the full tote of SPG points as well?

 

[markis10]

It would depend on how SPG see Qantas.com, if they see it as online or a tour operator then they won't pay up.

 

[RooFlyer]

Yeah, screw it. Have gone with direct hotel web site booking (actually via SPG app on my phone - another 500 points .

Good grief, I've never spent so much time on a hotel booking! But lots learned for the future, thanks.

 

[wenwen1]

Yeah, screw it. Have gone with direct hotel web site booking (actually via SPG app on my phone - another 500 points .

Good grief, I've never spent so much time on a hotel booking! But lots learned for the future, thanks.

Trust me you are not the only one! I've started looking for hotels in coughet for our September holiday a weeks ago, and I still haven't booked anything