I honestly do not know how I have never thought about this strategy to earn additional hotel points until now. You see, I called the concierge at the Westin in Whistler to inquire about a car to get from the Vancouver airport to the hotel. Recall, we are staying at the Westin on our upcoming trip to Whister in a couple of weeks. The concierge booked the car for us and also inquired as to whether I wanted her to book lift tickets.
It dawned on me that these would be charges that would be added to our hotel bill. I will pay our hotel bill with an American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card and earn 2 SPG points with the card. The charges many even be considered hotel charges and if that is the case, I would earn an additional 3 SPG points on these charges as a Starwood Preferred Guest Gold Member.
I will let you know how these charges were classified and what I earned on them upon our return, but if this works, I will be using the concierge to book and charge all of our activities in the future! Will be back……
UPDATE-they were not classified as hotel charges-oh well but I still earned 2 SPG points on the charges when I used my SPG card to pay my hotel bill.