Originally Posted by
BananaFusion
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?
If attaining Glob before your stay is a possibility, the huge advantage for the Andaz 5th is TSU usage - this will get an Andaz Suite which is a true suite and pretty spacious (although be aware they have widely varying layouts).
As mentioned in the PHNY thread, TSU usage is not recommended at PHNY since the standard suite (
"1 King Bed Suite") is actually a
junior "suite" and Globs are often given the similarly-sized "1 King Studio Suite" anyway.
Originally Posted by
WasKnown
Between the Andaz 5th Avenue and the Park Hyatt New York, the PH is strictly better in every way IMO.
Meh, that's highly debatable and the respective property review threads here on FT reflect that. IMO neither of these properties are great, but PHNY service and especially service recovery have been consistently atrocious IME, enough so that I won't consider staying there.