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Old May 8, 2007 | 9:19 pm
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deac83
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Just got back from BsAs, here was my impression.

The good:
- Got an upgrade on a free room, only to a jr suite as the hotel was oddly full last week, despite booking the free room 10 days prior. Plenty of room with a living room and bedroom.
- free wifi in the C-lounge and lobby
- Checked us into our room at 9am Sunday morning
- Gave us a late check out of 7pm (9:25pm evening flight)
- My wife got a massage and said it was great and for 1/2 price you'd pay in the US.


The bad:
- apparently missed out on an upgrade to the 'real' suites.
- furniture needs to be cleaned, talk about stains
- lobby area is small so funny to see all those that don't rate the C-lounge crammed into that small area.
- Food in the C-lounge is the same every morning and night (we were there for 7 nights). Nothing really to get excited about in terms of snacks offered.
- Who knows what all those Marriott people are doing in the lobby, certainly not opening car doors or the front doors. Took multiple taxis to the hotel and they never came over to open my wife's door.
- The hotel contracts with a specific taxi company so when it rains and there are none available the doorman tells you it will be 30 min, but you can get a 'radio' taxi out front in less than 5 min as I did. They would not hail a taxi because of their contract.
- If you stay on a Sat night and they have a wedding in the ballroom, you can hear the band at least to the 6th floor in some of the rooms.
- The hotel rips you off on the trip to the airport. Use their taxi company, it's 90 peso (~US$30), or a hired car (remise) 145 pesos. For comparison purposes the hired cars that are at the airport only charged us 75 pesos when we walked off the plane. A regular taxi would be about 50-60 pesos by my guess.
- category 5 hotel but service/quality is category 4 at best.
- Never ate in the hotel as it's way over priced.
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