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W Los Angeles Westwood
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Originally Posted by CIT85
I was provided a voucher for continental breakfast a few weeks ago before this change. There were reports of Plat given full breakfast in the past.
Is the current voucher for continental breakfast buffet or full buffet?
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Originally Posted by yvr76
A juice, coffee, fruit + bread option a la cart would easily cost >= $20. $12.50 is somewhat insulting.
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Originally Posted by sbtinme
At the W South Beach, I think $12.50 would get a coffee and a bowl of cereal. You'd be on your own for juice or anything more. It doesn't seem like that was the intent/spirit of the SPG benefit, does it?
I'd appreciate clarification on standards on this point.
Thanks for reporting this. As of today they will offer all the items listed on the breakfast vouchers.
If there are any other anomalies out there, please feel free to let me know.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Checked in to the hotel, was offered a voucher of 10 dollars only toward continental breakfast (enough for a juice and muffin or sandwich), you'd be on your own for anything more!!!
They offer full buffet breakfast in their restaurant, worth 30 CHF. And they offer it proactively as the best choice of amenities. Compared with 250 points it certainly is...!
W Paris Opera - offered complimentary continental breakfast as amenity choice on check-in. Even though I choose points, the voucher was put in my key wallet - notes on it read that "as a minimum it includes juice, coffee, pastries, cereal and yogurt (sic) for you and one other guest registered to your guest room".
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Westin Minneapolis
Asked for the breakfast at check-in. Agent seemed surprised at first, but then produced a spg coupon for breakfast.
Breakfast in Bank restaurant is a limited buffet (all the main things are there, bread, fruit, yougurt, cereal, juice....just that there is not a lot of choices of each). Also scrambled eggs and sausage/bacon.
The good stuff is on the ala carte menu and unsurprisingly this is not included.
All in all a decent breakfast and I would select it again as the amenity.
footnote; midway through meal, I was personally greeted by the GM who mentioned I was the first recipient of the plat brekkie.
Toronto Sheraton Airport is offering full buffett breakfast in the restaurant. They said this was because they don't normally offer a continental option. Except in the lounge, which has always been a fairly decent fare in the morning, with at least one hot egg option, sort of a Continental+.
Ironically, I took the points even though I had a breakfast meeting in the restaurant at the Sheraton. My client was paying.
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Sheraton Duluth Hotel, MN
Just like the Westin Edina:
Sheraton Duluth, MN front desk agent stated that they will continue to provide breakfast through lounge access. (Which is a joke.) Plats will be able to get the 500 amenity points in addition to this.
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Originally Posted by travelista
Just like the Westin Edina:
Sheraton Duluth, MN front desk agent stated that they will continue to provide breakfast through lounge access. (Which is a joke.) Plats will be able to get the 500 amenity points in addition to this.
What's the joke? Their lounge breakfast isn't bad for a Sheraton, especially one that was category 2 until about a year ago.
My biggest issue with their lounge is the badly behaved children and pet dogs in the lounge.
They were confused when I mentioned it, but seems most people have breakfast in their rate? Was directed to the breakfast buffet that everyone gets. It was dreadful powdered eggs and bread, but a very fair offer for Plats.
