Originally Posted by
David613
Wow thanks for the insight i have the corner suite booked for my stay next week as it was half the price of the astoria suite hopefully I'll score the upgrade
I think with Corner Suite you have good odds for upgrade to Astoria Suite assuming you are Diamond guest. Because the price difference between Deluxe Suite and Corner Suite is about 2k THB, it comes out to about the same: either book Deluxe Suite, get upgrade to Corner Suite, and pay 2k THB extra for Astoria Suite, or book Corner Suite (for 2k THB more than Deluxe Suite) and get complimentary upgrade to Astoria Suite. Personally I will do the former because if no upgrade is possible I would rather save the 2k THB and be in the Deluxe Suite, but at the moment occupancy is low so your strategy should work.
Originally Posted by
Kacee
The low floor would be a no-go for me. I've stayed a couple times in the Astoria Suite, and found the noise levels just barely within the acceptable range.
The failure of these supposedly high-end new Bangkok hotels to utilize double pane glass in the guest rooms is really inexcusable. The earlier generation (GH, SGS, etc.) are much better noise insulated.
Very true. Another one in the category of "earlier generation" is Anantara Siam, for those who don't know it's located between WA and StR so exposed to the same noise issues. However their double pane glass windows are about 30 cm apart so even if staying on even lower floors than WA, the noise insulation is impressive.