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Hi all,
Appreciate some advice if this is possible and if so how to do it – Want to book a flight+hotel package for 5 nights to hit the double tier points. Is there anyway to put together a package with the flights being for 1 person but with the hotel room being for 2 people? (I can expense my ticket to my company whilst my wife can use a barclays voucher/avios for her ticket). I assume in this scenario (if possible), only I would be eligible for the double tier points as the paid for ticket will be in my name.
Many thanks for the advice!
As her flights won’t be on the holiday booking there is no way for her to get the double points from the holiday offer.
I tried this, it’s not possible.
I booked a family room for 4 and only flights for 3 on a recent trip to Japan. No problem for a 4th person to join us – I just let the hotel know in advance.
Absolutely doable – just make sure when you select your hotel room that it accommodates at least 2 people. I do this regularly and also drop the hotel an email and mention that the other guest is XX so there are no issues at check in.
My OH is being dragged around Europe with me next summer on avios and Barclays vouchers while I get enough TPs for gold on BAH’s!
Just to add another data point, I have also done the flight for one and the hotel for two and received the double tier points with no issue. Only I got the tier points of course!
Most hotels don’t care whether you have 1 or 2 guests on the booking – the only market I know that routinely charges extra for double occupancy is Germany. (Fun fact – this is why Hilton Gold gives “second guest free” as a benefit).
I’d go ahead and book the holiday for 1 then as others say just let the hotel know directly ahead of stay. You can then sort out any additional charges with them – most of the time it’ll just be any city taxes that are payable on a per-person basis which would be payable on checkout anyway.
We stayed at a HGI in Rome a few years ago where I was on a BAH – even though it wasn’t a direct booking they gave all 3 of us free breakfast for 4 days as I’m HH gold, which more than cancelled out the city taxes!
During the BAH booking process I picked a suite which slept 2 adults and 2 children, then contacted the HGI later to ask them to add my HH number and let them know my OH and son would be joining me.
Yes, I’ve done that when travelling with a mate. I flew on a BA F&H deal from LHR for the double points offer and they flew direct from EDI for convenience.
The only issue that I had was them switching me from a double double to a King as they assumed as a solo traveller I’d want a big bed but got that sorted out at reception on arrival.
Even where you’re paying for breakfast, if you book a B&B rate usually the hotel will just log breakfast for the room and all occupants get breakfast.
Can you also do this for car hire?
In other words, BAH for 1 person with car hire and a large enough car for other persons that travel separately? Or are there car insurance implications?
Quick bit of googling suggests the car is insured for the number of passengers equal to the number of seats in the car at least but maybe someone has experience with this.
When you rent a car you never disclose how many will be using it. The only limit is the legal one for the car.
You can book a flight for yourself and select a massive car if that’s what you want.
Yes fine for the car. With Avis you still get the free additional driver, even if they’re not on the BAH booking. Which is good for us, as OH does all the right-hand side driving on our trips!
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