yurtripper

SponsorSFC

There seems to be an OK amount of award availability loaded. Not every day over the next few months but still more than I have seen.

Seems like there is availability every day in January and February. Maybe things are chanigng here.

We managed to book the 2 nights we needed mid August after monitoring it for a few months.

coltonatx

777 global mile hound

My gosh that is the shoulder season in Amsterdam the coldest months of the year
Historically rooms are at some of the lowest rates of the year and sitting unsold like NYC on a January Sunday night
If this is an improvement that's a really sad commentary on the hotels availability and the state of some Hilton properties in the program

SponsorSFC

Looks like the poor availability was raised with Hilton on one of the blogs and more space has been made available. Interesting to see if it stays.

https://loyaltylobby.com/2019/07/07/...lity-resolved/

777 global mile hound

This is truly great to hear and I am very happy for those that have patiently waited to redeem their points
Congratulations to those who pursued the unfair business practices of the hotel and won the battle ^
As much as I have interest in staying there I am avoiding the hotel due to the GM there who previously was in charge of the Amsterdam Hilton
I'd put him in the the top 10 of the most undesirable individuals professionally and personally I've witnessed in my 40 years of travel
I simply won't go anywhere he is employed.If he ever leaves the property for good I'd be delighted to stay there on revenue or award redemption's
Quite frankly I see him as dishonest and I don't doubt some or all of the past problems can likely be attributed to his ways of doing business & management style

shmom

Would love to get feedback from anyone who has stayed at WA Amsterdam. While reading about the lack of standard room availability I was able to grab two standard rooms for five nights in late March/early April 2020. My points right now are tied up at another hotel and I am short 80 or so, so I did a cash stay. I would like to convert to points in about 6 weeks.

I'm concerned that I'm going to have a potential problem doing this - I can envision some overbooking snafu causing my plans to go up in smoke. If anyone has a decent way to try and do this, please let me know. The last two times I have called the diamond desk, I ended up with non English speaking reps who were not very helpful.

If my rooms do disappear,, would the Doubletree be a viable alternative for a family of 4? It certainly would be a lot less points. But I did see on Trip Advisor that it gets only 4 stars.

SponsorSFC

Why not buy the extra 80 points to secure the booking now while there is availability?

shmom

that wouldn't be a terrible idea at all - but we should be able to get most of the 80 for stays in the next few weeks. I actually nabbed the only available standard rooms so I don't know if trying to convert now or a month from now would make any difference??

dcht

Is breakfast still not complimentary for golds/diamonds?

as219

We were there in April last year, and breakfast was complimentary for Diamonds at least. Can't speak to Golds.

jbeckett

It is not possible to convert a reservation paid with money to a reservation paid with points. You will need to book a standard award reservation in six weeks, and then cancel your paid reservation. If there is no award availability at that time, you are out of luck. There is no guarantee, if you cancel your paid reservation first, that this will cause those rooms to be added to the award availability.

shmom

Yep, so I am a bit concerned. I don't know if it is better for me to call the Diamond desk to have them cancel and then rebook or I just do it myself. I would assume it wouldn't make any difference. At least if I do it I won't be frustrated with the Diamond desk.

SponsorSFC

From the hotel regarding Diamond benefits:
Breakfast at WA is now a brand standard, I suspect that there is no differentiation of the breakfast benefit between Golds and Diamonds.

SponsorSFC

Here now on a points stay for 2 nights.

Got a complimentary Diamond upgrade to a King Grand Premier Room with a Garden View. We were offered the Canal view for 85 EUR but preferred the garden view (room was going for 830 EUR at check in).

Breakfast in the Goldfinch Brasserie with both ala carte and buffet options included for Diamonds.

The two complimentary aperitivo cocktails served at Peacock Alley were great.

Service has been fantastic, dinner at Spectrum tonight.

Overall a really lovely stay and worth the points in my opinion.