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Old Jul 23, 2015 | 4:30 pm
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Originally Posted by jerry a. laska
From the photos you posted, you appear to have been in either an Astoria Suite or a Luxury King Suite. The entry level suite is the Waldorf Suite.
waldorf suite is 'really' jr suite >
775ft2 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215...ive-suites.php

photo & floorplan = astoria suite
blog also says "900+ square foot"

suites >
915ft2 astoria https://web.archive.org/web/20101215...gold-coast.php
1124ft2 luxury https://web.archive.org/web/20101215...luxe-suite.php
1264ft2 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215...gold-coast.php

http://www.waldorfastoriachicagohote...accommodations

Originally Posted by NYBanker
Two categories up from what I booked actually looks quite nice!
earlier in thread >
Originally Posted by Groombridge
[1,264 ft2 suite]...really just did not work well and betrayed real inexperience in design of comfortable, high-end accommodation. Some examples: The desk had no easy way to access a power outlet--so I had to crawl underneath it and disconnect either the lamp or the telephone in order to power my laptop. The bathroom had no bathtub--just a shower--so strange! (Clearly other room categories have bathtubs--per the photos in the chain below.) And the towels were located on a rack in the separate WC room--nowhere near the shower, which lacked even a place to hang a towel in the vicinity so that you could avoid dripping across the bathroom to retrieve the towel. The crown molding was poorly installed, with at least an inch separating the molding from the ceiling. And the furniture was awkwardly crammed into the curvaceous space of the sitting area.
'you've been upgraded' - only happens at 'big' chains?
IIRC starwood pays hotels at least for status upgrades
(re front desk saying it, when there was no upgrade)

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