Originally Posted by
Aventine
1. The only free upgrade would be a high floor (possibly). You should definitely book what you can live with on weekends. They're probably at 95% occupancy on those days.
2. Not free and not worth paying for. There's Poongwonjang ggomak (풍원장꼬막정찬) right around the corner and the same franchise with miyeokguk at the end of the boardwalk. There's also 이래옥 that serves beef ggomtang al fresco. Any truly authentic Busan food requires a bus or cab to Seomyeon.
3. It's a fair price compared to what Hyatt wants in KRW but using points on the weekend is always great value too. Up to you.
4. Happy Hour at Living Room bar is 20% off from 6-7pm. Awesome sunset views and discounted drinks (very few exemptions). If you can swing it, book the Executive Marina suite straight up. Not sure the price difference on AMEX from a base room but that is the suite you want to be in.
Thanks for all that info!
Looks like I'll have Explorist for that weekend after all, taking advantage of
the Bilt/Hyatt status challenge running for the next couple days; it doesn't even require the Bilt credit card, just the free membership. But I guess Explorist doesn't add much above and beyond Discoverist (?).
It's about $420 a.i. per night for the Executive Marina on Agoda. A bit of a tough call for me, mainly because I had originally had my heart set on just burning points. :-)