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Old Jan 4, 2026 | 1:54 am
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Posting my 3 Beijing December 2025 stays at Marriott brands, all were Fliggy reservations with extra Mrt bonus points.
1-Capital Renn, 3 days at this recently renovated CBD hotel, Great breakfast area on 4th floor with tasty selections, also on 4th floor is the temporary EL as the R lounge on 24th floor is being renovated. The large gym on the 27th floor has good city views, And free 24 hour coffee. ( Luv those modern coffee machines!) Rooms are now modern with the recent renovations, including the updated sports channels on the tv. They would not honor the EOY soon to expire NUA's but did give us a large corner room, Fliggy bonus was 3k Mrt points per night, & did post within 2 days of checkout. Oh, subway line 10 is about a block away.

2- Weston Chaoyang, 3 nights (including Xmas) My favorite EL here since they are also open for breakfast, a fabulous pastry Tea time at 2:00 and a great dinner buffet with good 'beverage' options at 6 pm. (yes free Black label !) The EL on the 34th floor has excellent views of Beijing in all four directions. Large pool and two gyms are on the 5th floor, and this hotel is on line 10, the entrance about 30 meters away on the 3rd ring road. They did honor the Mrt NUA's, and we did get a very large suite with two tvs, and 2 bathrooms, which were recently renovated, but still had some dated furniture in this suite. Hospitality here has always been great, even with the Fliggy reservation of 3k Mrt points per day. Per the EL supervisor, about 20-25% of their reservations are from Fliggy.

3- Fairfield PEK, A one night stay at this NEW two-month-old Fairfield. (Only 330rmb per night) Rooms were small, but good efficient economy type design. A quality 3* free breakfast here for all stays. The NUA was not accepted for an upgrade here, and the Fliggy Mrt bonus was only 1K points. Airport shuttle (Coaster bus) is free every hour if scheduled 2 hours ahead. But the driver will NOT help load or unload bags and drops at the PEK lower bus level at PEK.

These December stays did get the GF to 75 nights and Mrt status of Titanium. IMO, in China there are a lot of Taobao plats, which hampers good upgrades, but also the Titanium status helped us more with some of the NUA upgrades. Fliggy reservations were not a problem with this upgrade issue, nor the posting of Mrt daily -calendar- bonus points.

Concludes my fall China stay of 80 days, stayed at 14 different hotels, 12 stays were at Marriott brands + a Hyatt & Crown Plaza stay. About 1/2 were totally new China hotel stays for us. Interesting trip

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