Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel & Executive Meeting Center MIA [Master Thread]
Nov 23, 2010, 2:40 pm
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Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel & Executive Meeting Center MIA [Master Thread]
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Thank you SPG!!! I've overnited at MIA soooo many times and Hilton points are worthless - thanks SPG for a MIA hotel!!!
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...ropertyID=3620
Thank you SPG!!! I've overnited at MIA soooo many times and Hilton points are worthless - thanks SPG for a MIA hotel!!!
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...ropertyID=3620
Nov 23, 2010, 2:46 pm
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So the Wyndham is being re-flagged a Sheraton?
I probably wont ever stay here, but it's probably better than the Sheraton Miami Mart!
I probably wont ever stay here, but it's probably better than the Sheraton Miami Mart!
Nov 23, 2010, 2:48 pm
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Category 2, quite a bit of recent renovation... might not be bad for certain situations.
I might give it a try the night before a cruise in January...
I might give it a try the night before a cruise in January...
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Nov 23, 2010, 3:54 pm
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Thank you SPG!!! I've overnited at MIA soooo many times and Hilton points are worthless - thanks SPG for a MIA hotel!!!
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...ropertyID=3620
Thank you SPG!!! I've overnited at MIA soooo many times and Hilton points are worthless - thanks SPG for a MIA hotel!!!
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...ropertyID=3620
This property has been a dump for some 25 years and the only way it could be even close or better than any of the half a dozen HH hotels nearby was to have blown it sky-high and rebuild.
Can you say CATEGORY 2???
Nov 23, 2010, 7:06 pm
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You must be overdosing on pumpkin pie.... ridiculous Hilton comments not withstanding.
This property has been a dump for some 25 years and the only way it could be even close or better than any of the half a dozen HH hotels nearby was to have blown it sky-high and rebuild.
Can you say CATEGORY 2???
This property has been a dump for some 25 years and the only way it could be even close or better than any of the half a dozen HH hotels nearby was to have blown it sky-high and rebuild.
Can you say CATEGORY 2???
and when I need to stay by an Airport I want a place for the cheapest either $$ or Pts wise, since all I need it for is due to an early deaprting flight or arriving very late and no onward connections
Nov 23, 2010, 8:22 pm
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Why the hell do think SPG classified it as Cat 2???
I know of no other cat 2 in Florida and none in the USA you could pay me to stay at.
Nov 23, 2010, 9:34 pm
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Who said it was Collins Ave (Bal Harbour is closed) .. hey stay where you want. My opinion is that the old Wyndam is a dump and even the two Hamptons nearby are far, far better.
Why the hell do think SPG classified it as Cat 2??? I know of no other cat 2 in Florida and none in the USA you could pay me to stay at.
Why the hell do think SPG classified it as Cat 2???
I know of no other cat 2 in Florida and none in the USA you could pay me to stay at.Now if all they did was take down the Wyndham signs and put up a Sheraton sign thats 1 thing, but usually there will be some sort of renov going on
As for Hamptons most are at least 25k in HH pts a night I dont know any that I would use that many of my HH pts for its a Motel when all is said and done, and if this Sheraton is a Cat2 then its 4k & 3k and I earn back 500 pts as my Plat gift
So till the reports start to mount like for the MB 4P , Im willing to give it a try if I need to be in that locale
Nov 24, 2010, 12:46 am
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It's a former Sheraton
This hotel was actually a Sheraton for many years before it became a Wyndham. I posted about this in the Wyndham thread. It was the Sheraton Gateway up till 1998, and before that for a long time it was the Sheraton River House, I think since it opened in the 1980s.
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Nice to have a starwood alternative to Hilton now.
Although, it seems this property won't have an executive lounge and only has 6 suites, which may limit its attractiveness for Plats.
Interesting thing is this property switches over on the same day from Wyndham to Sheraton, seems it's really a case of taking the signs down and repainting the shuttle. They do mention having Sheraton Sweet sleeper beds, presumably these are probably brought in before the switch over date?
Although, it seems this property won't have an executive lounge and only has 6 suites, which may limit its attractiveness for Plats.
Interesting thing is this property switches over on the same day from Wyndham to Sheraton, seems it's really a case of taking the signs down and repainting the shuttle. They do mention having Sheraton Sweet sleeper beds, presumably these are probably brought in before the switch over date?
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Jan 6, 2011, 6:07 pm
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It is now Mr Formerly Cheap Elite. 
any updates? I booked it for 1 night on a weekend night for the weekend promo bonus, but might change to something else if it's still terrible.
They did a full renovation, apparently. The pics look ok, there's a lounge. It's just one night on a MR.
-David
any updates? I booked it for 1 night on a weekend night for the weekend promo bonus, but might change to something else if it's still terrible.
They did a full renovation, apparently. The pics look ok, there's a lounge. It's just one night on a MR.
-David
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Westin and 4P LAX are both Cat2s and deserve to be but they are perfect for when I need to be by LAX
Now if all they did was take down the Wyndham signs and put up a Sheraton sign thats 1 thing, but usually there will be some sort of renov going on
As for Hamptons most are at least 25k in HH pts a night I dont know any that I would use that many of my HH pts for its a Motel when all is said and done, and if this Sheraton is a Cat2 then its 4k & 3k and I earn back 500 pts as my Plat gift
So till the reports start to mount like for the MB 4P , Im willing to give it a try if I need to be in that locale
Now if all they did was take down the Wyndham signs and put up a Sheraton sign thats 1 thing, but usually there will be some sort of renov going on
As for Hamptons most are at least 25k in HH pts a night I dont know any that I would use that many of my HH pts for its a Motel when all is said and done, and if this Sheraton is a Cat2 then its 4k & 3k and I earn back 500 pts as my Plat gift
So till the reports start to mount like for the MB 4P , Im willing to give it a try if I need to be in that locale