Originally Posted by
lighthouse206
Agreed on the $750/night. That just seems like TOO MUCH to spend on a hotel room, anywhere, for that matter. But - I've never stayed at a nicer hotel in NYC than the PHNY, and if there was a place worth $750 in NYC, it's probably here - especially when you factor in all the Hyatt points your going to get (at least 11.5 per $ if you use a Hyatt card) which is basically a 23% +/- discount before any promos.... in my mind that makes it about a $580 real dollars rate. Factor in the $100 for breakfast and the upgrades, and it starts to sound almost reasonable.
I agree with most of this.
The cash rates are priced like the MO. I haven't stayed at the MO, but I assume it's better.
But 30k pts is a significant discount over the cash rates, and availability is good (despite the talk of games being played, this hotel has A LOT of "standard rooms", with no crazy minimum stay requirements). You are not going to stay at the MO for the value of 30k pts, so maybe it makes more sense to compare the PH to the next tier of hotel?
I only stayed there once. I did not get upgraded, but the room was bigger and nicer than a suite at most NY hotels. It was certainly not a "true suite" (only a single room) -- nor was it marketed as a suite -- but a lot of hotels around the world pass off a lot of smaller single rooms as "suites". Considering how small hotel rooms are in Manhattan in general, this is significant... even with no upgrade, the "basic room" is a lot bigger and nicer than most "upgraded rooms" or "suites" at other places.
Honestly my main problem with the hotel is the location -- it's definitely in a nice / fancy / upscale location, but I prefer to be down closer to East Village / Chinatown / SoHo. That is just personal preference though.