Originally Posted by
friedablass
Just to add another data point regarding the price of upgrades from points base room GV.
Last week, I finally found availability for 5 consecutive nights in February 2020 in a GV so I booked it to lock in the 85k points per night (now it's 100k that entire month) and also to be able to ask them what the price was for upgrading (previously they had told me that without availability and a booking they can't quote me).
This was their response to my inquiry - these rates include 23.2% tax:
We are pleased to offer you cash paid upgrades as follows (they also gave links to 3D tours for each room):
· Overwater Villa with Pool at USD 492.80 per night
· Beach Villa with Pool at USD 554.40 per night
· Sunset Overwater Villa with Pool at USD 616.00 per night
· Overwater St. Regis Suite with Pool at USD 720.72 per night
They said I cannot upgrade only part of the stay, must be the full stay. Also, it would need to be paid in advance and non-refundable.
Thinking of booking directly in to an over water villa with points. Are there any data points on paid upgrades from an over water villa? I want to upgrade up in to a st. regis suite but the $720 per night from a garden villa is a bit steep.