Media Interview: Have you ever been upgraded to the "Presidential Suite" as part of your e
Aug 20, 2003 | 12:13 pm
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Media Interview: Have you ever been upgraded to the "Presidential Suite" as part of your e
We're helping a major publication with interviews with members of various hotel guest programs that have been upgraded to the "Presidential Suite" during a stay. Questions are: how you did it and what was it like? Seems to be elite status related, but it may be that some of you "smoozed" your way to the top.
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Aug 20, 2003 | 8:18 pm
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I'd be interested to hear if anyone has actually been able to swing this feat... 
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Aug 20, 2003 | 9:37 pm
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Two words we love to hear: Presidential Suite
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum74/HTML/007423.html
Two words we love to hear: Presidential Suite
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum74/HTML/007423.html
Aug 20, 2003 | 10:42 pm
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Aug 20, 2003 | 11:00 pm
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"as part of your elite status?" yes, its in the right place.
Once at a very nice but not superluxury hotel I had a fantastic suite called the "presidential suite" because of my SPG Platinum status. It was already preassigned upon my arrival. No schmoozing. It was an excellent room although a few things were dated and not all the electric drapes worked perfectly. The bathroom, with separate decent jacuzzi tub, large shower stall with spray up all sides of the walls, bidet (I skipped that one), and what not, was fantastic.
Once at a very nice but not superluxury hotel I had a fantastic suite called the "presidential suite" because of my SPG Platinum status. It was already preassigned upon my arrival. No schmoozing. It was an excellent room although a few things were dated and not all the electric drapes worked perfectly. The bathroom, with separate decent jacuzzi tub, large shower stall with spray up all sides of the walls, bidet (I skipped that one), and what not, was fantastic.
Aug 20, 2003 | 11:17 pm
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At the Del Coronado we once got the Presidential Suite. Our CFOs wife used to be a concierge there and she said practically every U.S. President since the 30 had stayed there.
Aug 21, 2003 | 1:32 am
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Fairmont San Francisco, one of our colleauges got the presidential suite on a standard room booking
Comment by check in was
- Hotel was FULLY booked
- He was a one night stay
- He was checking in at 1AM and had a confirmed booking
- No other rooms were available
- We had a CONFIRMED 60 room, room block for a meeting
We could have stuck 6 people in that suite... HUGE suite with several bedrooms.
Comment by check in was
- Hotel was FULLY booked
- He was a one night stay
- He was checking in at 1AM and had a confirmed booking
- No other rooms were available
- We had a CONFIRMED 60 room, room block for a meeting
We could have stuck 6 people in that suite... HUGE suite with several bedrooms.
Aug 21, 2003 | 11:11 am
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Randy,
Perhaps you can also point the editors to LH738's post regarding his upgrade at the Intercontinental London:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum62/HTML/000285.html
Sometimes it is just the luck of the draw... has never happend to me... yet!
Perhaps you can also point the editors to LH738's post regarding his upgrade at the Intercontinental London:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum62/HTML/000285.html
Sometimes it is just the luck of the draw... has never happend to me... yet!
Aug 21, 2003 | 11:13 am
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My gf at the time and I were travelling with my parents to Puerto Vallarta in '89 or some such.
We went to check into the Camino Real (Westin, right?) and it was fully booked. They gave us the presidential suite for the night. It was quite plush.
Other than that, my parents have also copped the Coronado Pres. Suite. They have no status at all.
lala
We went to check into the Camino Real (Westin, right?) and it was fully booked. They gave us the presidential suite for the night. It was quite plush.
Other than that, my parents have also copped the Coronado Pres. Suite. They have no status at all.
lala