Consolidated "Day Rate" thread
Apr 4, 2015, 7:33 am
#16
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I've always received 1 stay and 1 night credit for my day rate stays.
This actually can be slightly problematic if you arrive early and want a day room at, say, an airport location after a red-eye flight, then move to a different hotel for the overnight stay. You'd only receive credit for the 1 stay/night if both hotels happened to be HHonors hotels...
This actually can be slightly problematic if you arrive early and want a day room at, say, an airport location after a red-eye flight, then move to a different hotel for the overnight stay. You'd only receive credit for the 1 stay/night if both hotels happened to be HHonors hotels...
When I had the situation you describe, an email to the Diamond Desk quickly had both stays posted.
Nov 20, 2015, 4:46 am
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Yeah I was thinking the same thing only a few days back.......can I turn up, have breakfast and go to bed?....would be handy to hear If others have.
Nov 21, 2015, 2:41 am
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Hi,
A couple of years ago ( HH Gold) I used a day rate at the LAX Hilton for a long layover. I got upgraded to the Executive floor and had lounge access so I did get the benefits.
Regards
TBS
A couple of years ago ( HH Gold) I used a day rate at the LAX Hilton for a long layover. I got upgraded to the Executive floor and had lounge access so I did get the benefits.
Regards
TBS
Nov 21, 2015, 7:06 am
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They usually do. It is one of my favourite end-of-year mattress run strategies. Cheap day rate, go in time for breakfast, use the hotel gym, pool and lounge, shower and head home. Nice weekend day out rather than just checking in to a mattress run hotel and going home.
Nov 21, 2015, 9:30 am
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They usually do. It is one of my favourite end-of-year mattress run strategies. Cheap day rate, go in time for breakfast, use the hotel gym, pool and lounge, shower and head home. Nice weekend day out rather than just checking in to a mattress run hotel and going home.
Cheers. Sharon
Nov 21, 2015, 10:18 am
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They usually do. It is one of my favourite end-of-year mattress run strategies. Cheap day rate, go in time for breakfast, use the hotel gym, pool and lounge, shower and head home. Nice weekend day out rather than just checking in to a mattress run hotel and going home.
Nov 21, 2015, 11:09 am
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They usually do. It is one of my favourite end-of-year mattress run strategies. Cheap day rate, go in time for breakfast, use the hotel gym, pool and lounge, shower and head home. Nice weekend day out rather than just checking in to a mattress run hotel and going home.
Now, do day rates vary widely? And I don't remember seeing them on the booking pages. Would making a reservation the old fashioned way - by phone - also work?
Nov 21, 2015, 11:30 am
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This is brilliant. My kind of fun. You can teach an old dog new tricks (including the kind that are right in front of your face). Thank you. ^
Now, do day rates vary widely? And I don't remember seeing them on the booking pages. Would making a reservation the old fashioned way - by phone - also work?
Now, do day rates vary widely? And I don't remember seeing them on the booking pages. Would making a reservation the old fashioned way - by phone - also work?
You can also use the flexible date function to find the cheapest day rate days. ^
Nov 22, 2015, 1:25 am
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Day rates and the hours differ property by property. As for rates, for the properties I have stayed at, they are usually 1/2 price of the BAR at the time of booking. Sometimes I ended up booking a proper night even when I only need some layover time between flights as a discounted night rate could match a day rate. So far, all my day rate bookings mirror the terms of the BAR which is cancellable.
Nov 22, 2015, 4:26 am
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...and finding the exact details of the hours seems much harder than it should be (it doesn't feature in the booking email, where you'd expect to see it)
In the last six months I have always received stay credits but never night credits for day-rate bookings.
Maybe they got wise to this.
Maybe they got wise to this.
Nov 22, 2015, 5:25 am
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Just wondering how are day-rates found (price & room selection) ? Do you need to contact the hotel directly ?
Didn't manage to find such an option on the Hilton website.
Didn't manage to find such an option on the Hilton website.
Nov 22, 2015, 6:08 am
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