Originally Posted by
VA1379
I was able to look up a paid reservation for the JW Marriott Orlando from January 14-21, 2008. I could not find any award availability for the property in 2008.
That's because you are Plat, and I was able to do the same. But other than Plat Guarantee rooms there is no inventory available, even for the last week which was supposedly loaded yesterday. Maybe someone booked 1000 rooms? Change number of rooms you are trying to book to 2 and see what happens. This hotel appears to be purposely holding back inventory.
Just got off the phone with Plat Reservations. They contacted the hotel and this particular hotel says they release inventory 10 months in advance instead of the 11.5 months done by most hotels. So whenever anyone runs into this situation, I guess you need to call reservations and sit on hold while they contact the hotel; that is if they do. Unless one insists that they contact the hotel, most of the time, like my experience with Vail Marriott about a month ago, the CSR said that the hotel was almost fully booked for January 2008 when I was inquiring about Reward availability. I found out a few weeks later that this was not the case.
If you look at January 5 for 1 night at the JW Orlando Marriott, Grand Lakes I especially like the $10127 rate for the SeaWorld Pkg-Exclusive multi-day tickets included for 2Ad/1Chld.Visit SeaWorld as often as you like for the length of your stay! Lake Front rooms and SeaWorld sure is getting expensive!