Hampton Inn Blytheville {US-AR}
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Austin, TX -- HH Gold, CO Plt, AA Plt, Hertz 5*
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Hampton Inn Blytheville {US-AR}
In looking at possible overnight stops in the bootheel of Missouri, I noticed the Hampton in Blytheville, Arkansas is a category 4 hotel. Has anyone stayed here? Ive never seen a category 4 Hampton. Is there something I should know?
Thanks.
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#3
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Bartlett, TN (MEM)
Programs: Hilton Diamond Starwood Gold Radisson Elite
Posts: 124
It is the standard outside entrance to your room interstate Hampton Inn. Nohing special and ok if you are jsut stopping to rest. Even though I am a Diamond, I normally stay at the Drury Inn in Hayti, Missouri. All Drury Inns have free high speed internet and are usually as nice or nicer than the Hampton Inn.
#4
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Posts: 9,955
With the old reward categories, a few Hamptons were Premium (top) level -- one in Mississippi even got mentioned in a WSJ article, IIRC. AFTER that article was published, Hilton claimed that the Premium rating was an error, and it was changed. Basically, as I said in another thread, it is my belief that the Premium ranking was not an error. Instead, I think that the property's owner thought that he/she would get more money from selling empty rooms on Priceline or other opaque channels than from Hilton's reimbursement, so he/she got the property rated at such a high level relative to the rack rate that no rational person would have ever used points to stay there.
#5
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Carrollton, Texas, USA Hhonors Diamond, Southwest CP
Posts: 15
I have staid here a number of nights(10-15) the last three years. It is an older property, and is definetly in the bottom 25% of all Hampton's that I have staid in over the last 5 years. No way it is a cat4 should be 1 (If that is the lowest).
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Regards,
John
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Regards,
John
#6
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MSP (Mahtomedi, MN, USA) - Delta hub captive, Marriott Gold, US Mint Silver, CVS Red
Programs: "We've been starving, and sitting on a ham sandwich the whole time."
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">... Basically, as I said in another thread, it is my belief that the Premium ranking was not an error. Instead, I think that the property's owner thought that he/she would get more money from selling empty rooms on Priceline or other opaque channels than from Hilton's reimbursement, ....[/B]</font>
#7
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Austin, TX -- HH Gold, CO Plt, AA Plt, Hertz 5*
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by 767-322ETOPS:
Not sure about the cat 4 - but since the local AFB closed about 10 years ago things have been tough in Blyethville. Might want to consider driving on through to Memphis (if it's on your way). </font>
Not sure about the cat 4 - but since the local AFB closed about 10 years ago things have been tough in Blyethville. Might want to consider driving on through to Memphis (if it's on your way). </font>
Thanks for the info.