Originally Posted by
Green_eyes
I would greatly appreciate if you can describe the itinerary and breakdown of points - I am planning a trip from NYC to PPT as well on AA and HHonors points.
If you can, pay them to upgrade you from Garden to OWB. If you use points you'll be in a garden bungalow (which are nice too), but they accept money for upgrading. Usually $150 to $180USD per night depending on time of year and occupancy. Right now the Garden ones are being renovated to include private plunge pools. I still prefer the OWBs. You can prepay them to guarantee the upgrade. I arranged it all ahead of time and paid with credit card last January. Hit the exchange rate when it was $1.28USD =1Euro.