Originally Posted by
PointWeasel
Plus, there is no way in god's name that my mattress was an official Four Points Comfort mattress as is was rock hard and sure enough when I check under the threadbare sheet, its a generic mattress, not Starwood branded.
I make it down to the lobby to no folio waiting and more importantly, no taxi waiting. I am then given song and dance about taxis are hard to find in the afternoon in BKK.
There were 3 sitting in the Soi in front doing sweet f'all.
I dont know what type of mattress is at this hotel but it is very comfortable for me to sleep on.
As for Taxis, I wouldn't want the taxis which wait in front of the hotel. They are looking for bigger fish to fry and are usually 2 to 3 x the cost of a real taxi. I always ask for a normal metered taxi. Yes, sometimes these are hard to find.
Now that they only upgrade plats to a Jr. Suite, you are rarely going to get upgrades here. They only have seven in the entire hotel and they send out emails to non-plats all day long trying to get them to pay to upgrade to a Jr. Suite. If you want a suite in BKK, spend a bit more $$ (or even the same) at go to another hotel. I have gotten nice suite upgrades at the Westin, St. Regis, Sheraton and Plaza Athene.
Good luck.