Originally Posted by
urww
My options are:
RC Mega Kuningan ($140 per nights STARS rate or $137 Club rate or $112 corporate rate incl bb).
These are good rates. The absolute lowest I've seen is $116 for a base room (no Club access) in December.
$100 is the average weekend going price for LeM. JW Marriott seems to have dropped their pricing by a lot after hiking it at the start of the year.
Originally Posted by
urww
However renovated rooms look nice and I think at least as an Ambassador can expect to get one of renovated ones. For the lounge, would be nice to get access, however not crucial if they have worthwhile F&B outlets where I can use $100 STARS F&B credit.
No experience with STARS, but I've booked several different rates types at this property, including one that included restaurant breakfast (which they'd just started offering Bonvoy elites at the end of '24) and buffet dinner, on Christmas Eve no less. I've come to the conclusion you either go for the cheapest rate with the mindset you'll be dining off site (Lowey, in the nearby Oakwood building, is one of my favorite restaurants in Jakarta), or book a Club room. For me, I'd happily pay three dollars extra to have access (as well as a 'guaranteed' renovated room) and forgo the $100 credit. That said, in four years, I have not have (as yet) been assigned one of RC Mega's infamous unreno-d rooms when booking base rates, but many FTers report no such luck.