Originally Posted by
BananaFusion
Bumping the thread. Planning a trip to NYC the first weekend of December to see all the Christmas/tourist stuff with my wife. I'll be using points and based on this thread I'm now debating between the Hyatt Centric Time Square, Andaz 5th Ave, or Park Hyatt.
I'm currently Explorist and this trip would be one of my last stays in order to reach Globalist, though I suppose I could do a quick mattress run beforehand (there's some 5k/night hotels around me I can use) to get Globalist before the trip if it would be worth the points to do that and get a (possible?) suite upgrade?
I’ve never stayed at the HC in Time Square. Between the Andaz 5th Avenue and the Park Hyatt New York, the PH is strictly better in every way IMO. People complain about the elite treatment sometimes but the PH is an excellent hotel by every other metric. The Andaz is fine but not really comparable.
Locations for both are fine. PH is very close to some of the city’s best fine dining options. Andaz is right by Bryant Park, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Center which are all lovely during Christmas.