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DISCUSSION for Hilton Honors Hotels in Japan {JPN}

Old May 18, 2004, 12:49 pm
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You would not believe the ? I got in a e-mail today from I dare to say a associate. I'm forwarding this thread to him for his first trip to Tokyo. FT is great in all its' many ways.
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Old May 24, 2004, 10:45 am
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Go with the Hilton Tokyo in Shinjuku!! We will be going back there in Late July ourselves. It's central to Tokyo (for sightseeing)...and a nice hotel too.
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Old Oct 27, 2004, 12:41 am
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Hiton Tokyo Bay

From the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, just take a train on Rinkai-line to Shin-Kiba.(6mins) And change the train on Keiyou-line at Shin-Kiba to Maihama.(10mins) JR Maihama station is the entrance of Tokyo Disney Resort. You can check in at the welcome center of the hotels that have joined in the official hotels of TDR. For the hotel, take a Disney Resort train to Bay side station and Mickey bus is waiting for you there.
I never think that Hilton Tokyo Bay is only for those who visit TDR because even from Tokyo station, it takes only 15mins on Keiyo-line.

Does anyone have an estimation, how far is the Hilton Tokyo Bay from the "Tokyo Big Sight" and what is the best way to get there from Hilton?

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Old Oct 27, 2004, 5:18 am
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I tried to book a room at the Tokio Bay Hilton several times, but it looks like the hotel is full all year (likely by gusets of the Disney Resort?).

Location is really not too bad.
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Old Oct 27, 2004, 4:58 pm
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Most of the guests are actually for Tokyo Disney Resort. ( But I am not. ) Sometimes we can find the cheap rate by Hilton.com and in my case it is 19,000 yen / night. In most of times, G and D holders would be upgraded to the executive floor and could get breakfast tickets, spa and fitness free pass, 500yen discount tickets at the restaurants and mini-bar tickets. ( because the lounge would close at 5pm ) There are the park-side rooms and the bay-side rooms, and bay-side rooms are larger than park-side rooms. But you can see HANABI in the TDL from the park-side rooms at 8:30pm.

Originally Posted by mtresc
I tried to book a room at the Tokio Bay Hilton several times, but it looks like the hotel is full all year (likely by gusets of the Disney Resort?).

Location is really not too bad.
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Old Oct 27, 2004, 6:43 pm
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We just stayed on an award stay for 2 nights at Tokyo Bay. As gold, we were upgraded to exec floor and given free breakfast in the exec lounge (which closes at 5:00 pm every day). We were the only people eating there each morning, while the restaurants had long lines, so that was really nice. Because the lounge closes so early, you can't have evening snacks and cocktails like in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. The room was not special, but not bad.

We did get 4 coupons for the minibar (4 items free), but for the first time ever, our daughter had to pay for breakfast (she's 7)...and they gave her a discount coupon for the lobby lounge breakfast buffet, but gave my husband and I free breakfast coupons only usable in the exec lounge...I guess they expected us to eat seperately! In the end, I was able to use the coupon for the lounge breakfast for her, but I had to fight a bit for it, which was a first for us in Japanese Hiltons....we've never even had to ask for anything really before. We got free use of the pool and health club...pool was OK, not as nice as Osaka or Nagoya (never used Shinjuku's), and health club was well equipped with mostly very old Nautilus equipment - though there were 2 new LifeFitness elliptical machines in there too.

The new restaurant "The Square" was EXCELLENT. We chose to have dinner in the Asian section of it (there is also a Mediterranean section), and it was a kind of "made to order buffet" with foods from all over Asia, arranged by country in stations manned by chefs. It was very, very good food and excellent service. I'd go back just to eat dinner there again I think.

Location...it's good. We got to Haneda airport in 20 minutes by shuttle bus and were able to get on an earlier flight home, which was lucky. It is well connected to the Disney Line with a shuttle bus or a 2 minute walk...and the Disney Line connects to the JR line. If you had reason to be in the Tokyo Bay area/Odaiba then I'd certainly recommend Tokyo Bay.
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Old Oct 27, 2004, 10:55 pm
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My last stay was on 26th of October. When I went to the front desk and showed my G card to the front staff, I was escorted to another desk. The assistant manager was there and treated me very kindly. And he gave me lots of tickets, but breakfast ticket was for the Square. In the next morning I went to the lounge and used PC at business center to check FT. It cost me 300yen per 15mins. The only problem is no one can check out at the lounge, so I recommend HHonors members to ask the hotel for late check out even 30mins, otherwise we may lose our time for check out there. @:-)
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Old Oct 28, 2004, 1:51 pm
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Thumbs up If you have a day free, don't miss Nikko

If I were staying here, I'd be sure to take at least a day trip to Nikko, to see the splendid World Heritage-listed shrine complex and brilliant Fall displays - and maybe a quick trip "up the hill" to see Lake Chuzenji-ko and the Kegon waterfall in the brilliant Fall colors. You can take the -Nikko train from Asakusa, conected to the Asakusa subway station, faster and more economicaly than using JR, as I recall.
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Old Oct 29, 2004, 1:42 am
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why bother with Hilton Tokyo ???

Unless I "must" stay at Hilton Tokyo due to a Gold/Diamond requalifying issue or something, I would not waste my money at Hilton Tokyo.(crappy location) In my opinion there has to be a lot of better valued hotels in Tokyo. In fact, Yes Shinjuku is a very fun place, and Yes the hotel is "in Shinjuku area", but it is so inconveniently located that you have to take their shuttle to/from the Shinjuku station every time you go anywhere, unless you like walking a lot or using taxi cabs.

Overall, I would rate the hotel as the last place among all Hiltons in Japan.
But again, this could be just me. Try the place and let me know what you think.
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Old Dec 8, 2004, 12:07 pm
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Reward Availability for Hilton HHonors Properties in Tokyo

I concentrate mainly on AA....my Hilton knowledge is pretty limited....I'm gold, but don't know the program like I do AAdvantage. Anyhow, I have quite a few points with them, and also a ton of Amex Rewards that I was going to convert over to HHonors for a vacation in Tokyo.

Checked all of March 05, first for 4-night stays....nothing all through the month....I then went and checked 1-night stays the entire month....still nothing....zero....zip....nada.....kotonashi (? - used online translator).

Is March just bad, or does everyone else want to do the same thing? Any help/advice/recommendations appreciated.
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Old Dec 8, 2004, 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by LLZ
I concentrate mainly on AA....my Hilton knowledge is pretty limited....I'm gold, but don't know the program like I do AAdvantage. Anyhow, I have quite a few points with them, and also a ton of Amex Rewards that I was going to convert over to HHonors for a vacation in Tokyo.

Checked all of March 05, first for 4-night stays....nothing all through the month....I then went and checked 1-night stays the entire month....still nothing....zero....zip....nada.....kotonashi (? - used online translator).

Is March just bad, or does everyone else want to do the same thing? Any help/advice/recommendations appreciated.
Hmm I guess you have to be a Diamond Are you logged in as Gold?
I did a check and found on-line availiblity at the Tokyo Hilton for just about the entire month. I inserted 4 day stays at a time.
The Tokyo Bay Hilton was more spotty but I did find some availibility others said "call the Diamond desk" which generally will you the get reward you need.

If the above doesnt work call the Gold Desk or perhaps some Diamond might be willing to trade you certs.
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Old Dec 8, 2004, 1:23 pm
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Originally Posted by MIKESILV
Hmm I guess you have to be a Diamond Are you logged in as Gold?
I did a check and found on-line availiblity at the Tokyo Hilton for just about the entire month. I inserted 4 day stays at a time.
The Tokyo Bay Hilton was more spotty but I did find some availibility others said "call the Diamond desk" which generally will you the get reward you need.

If the above doesnt work call the Gold Desk or perhaps some Diamond might be willing to trade you certs.
mike
Well, maybe that's the case. I was logged in....Ordinarily would do Priority Club, but trying to make this a "free" vacation, and the Amex Rewards don't transfer (at least to my knowledge...if anyone knows differently please advise) over to PC. I'll try the other suggestions too....thanks MIKESILV!
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Old Dec 8, 2004, 1:52 pm
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A couple of things came to mind after my initial post;
a) If you plan to transfer MR to HH points do not do them directly I believe you get 1:1.3
Do MR to CO which takes a few days ( plus there is a 1K bonus for the first 5K only before 12/31, there is a code on the CO website)
Then do CO to Amtrak to HH which will give you 2:1 in the end
The above seems circuitious but can be done fairly quickly.

One problem with the Amtrak transfer though is that you can only move 25K miles per calender year out to HH but that would be perfect for you you can do 25k in Dec and another 25k in Jan totalling 100k HH points.

b) Once you have enough HH points, you need 160K for 4 days
( why not shoot for a GLONP2 which gives you 6 days for 175K) if you still not successful with HH, post on these boards and perhaps some kind Diamond Ftalker ( which could possibily include MIKESILV ) might be willing to help with an award exchange.

Good luck.

mike

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Old Dec 8, 2004, 3:19 pm
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AMEX MR does transfer to Priority Club, at a rate of 1:1.
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Old Dec 8, 2004, 3:32 pm
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DO please consider a stay at the Hilton Odawara. Its only 35 minutes from Tokyo Station by train. It was the best Hilton property I've stayed at in Japan, and one of the nicest ones anywhere. The spa there is amazing. If you have time, even if just one night, stay at this hotel.
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