[ARCHIVE 2014 to 2017] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Dec 20, 2017, 12:22 pm
#5491
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 989
Has anyone been able to change their reservation booked with citi free weekend nights from beach villa to water villa? I was told that it couldn't by Hilton Worldwide and the T&Cs does indicate it must be a standard room. Just wondering if anyone experienced otherwise. Thanks
Dec 20, 2017, 12:33 pm
#5492
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: Aegean Airlines Silver, British Airways Gold, Virgin Atlantic Silver
Posts: 1,740
Has anyone been able to change their reservation booked with citi free weekend nights from beach villa to water villa? I was told that it couldn't by Hilton Worldwide and the T&Cs does indicate it must be a standard room. Just wondering if anyone experienced otherwise. Thanks
Dec 20, 2017, 6:20 pm
#5493
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: CT
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 429
Has anyone been able to change their reservation booked with citi free weekend nights from beach villa to water villa? I was told that it couldn't by Hilton Worldwide and the T&Cs does indicate it must be a standard room. Just wondering if anyone experienced otherwise. Thanks
Select the STANDARD ROOM REWARD rate, at 95,000 Hilton Honors points per night, for the WATER VILLA
Last edited by JRV62; Dec 20, 2017 at 6:29 pm
Dec 20, 2017, 7:56 pm
#5494
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 102
Do we need to bring our watershoes to walk on shallow water like going into the water from our superior water villa? Just making sure there's no sharp coral pieces when we are just walking around the beach, thanks!
Dec 20, 2017, 8:19 pm
#5495
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
I thought only Citi and Amex (soon will be Amex only) has this thing?
Dec 20, 2017, 8:52 pm
#5496
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Yes, there's a lot of broken coral on the whole Western side of the lagoon from the DWVs right up to the SunWVs so water shoes will prove very useful. As for the beach, it's not really a beach where you walk into the water from as it's extremely shallow there, full of coral and the stretch is broken up every 50-75m or so by the walkways to the villas.
Last edited by MaldivesFreak; Dec 20, 2017 at 10:38 pm
Dec 21, 2017, 1:10 am
#5497
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: Aegean Airlines Silver, British Airways Gold, Virgin Atlantic Silver
Posts: 1,740
*there are other countries apart from the US that issue Hilron credit cards
Dec 21, 2017, 2:04 am
#5498
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
yes, this mind was too US-centric. was wondering what i miss out on
Dec 21, 2017, 2:34 am
#5499
Join Date: May 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: LH Sen
Posts: 125
If you have a stay booked with a free night certificate, they need to cancel the existing reservation and rebook, generating a new reservation number.
Stays with points only, can be changed to a different room type without cancellation, with the same reservation number in place.
I did both yesterday.
Stays with points only, can be changed to a different room type without cancellation, with the same reservation number in place.
I did both yesterday.
Dec 21, 2017, 3:07 am
#5500
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 286
Have some divers been there?
I can not find detailed informations regarding the Ocean Dive Centre.
Are they offering some dive packages or is there a way to contact them directly?
I can not find detailed informations regarding the Ocean Dive Centre.
Are they offering some dive packages or is there a way to contact them directly?
Dec 21, 2017, 3:45 am
#5501
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 102
You can't C+P links from when you are doing reservations. They don't work.
Yes, there's a lot of broken coral on the whole Western side of the lagoon from the DWVs right up to the SunWVs so water shoes will prove very useful. As for the beach, it's not really a beach where you walk into the water from as it's extremely shallow there, full of coral and the stretch is broken up every 50-75m or so by the walkways to the villas.
Yes, there's a lot of broken coral on the whole Western side of the lagoon from the DWVs right up to the SunWVs so water shoes will prove very useful. As for the beach, it's not really a beach where you walk into the water from as it's extremely shallow there, full of coral and the stretch is broken up every 50-75m or so by the walkways to the villas.
Dec 21, 2017, 5:07 am
#5502
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: BSB
Posts: 260
I had two nights booked on beach villas on points. Read about the water villas on some blogs and went to check. If I was looged off, I could find the BV and WV for 95k points but when I logged into my account, both the BV and WV availabilty would disappear. Tried some help with chat assistance to no avail.
Since I had receveid an email from the hotel about the transfer and upgrades, I replyed about my glitch on HH site and asked if they could change my reservation from BV to WV, which was done! And much easier than cancelling the original reservation and booking a new one.
I also have two nights booked on Hilton Seychelles Northolme on this same trip, wish this upgrade was also available. :-)
Since I had receveid an email from the hotel about the transfer and upgrades, I replyed about my glitch on HH site and asked if they could change my reservation from BV to WV, which was done! And much easier than cancelling the original reservation and booking a new one.
I also have two nights booked on Hilton Seychelles Northolme on this same trip, wish this upgrade was also available. :-)
Dec 21, 2017, 5:29 am
#5503
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
I had two nights booked on beach villas on points. Read about the water villas on some blogs and went to check. If I was looged off, I could find the BV and WV for 95k points but when I logged into my account, both the BV and WV availabilty would disappear. Tried some help with chat assistance to no avail.
Since I had receveid an email from the hotel about the transfer and upgrades, I replyed about my glitch on HH site and asked if they could change my reservation from BV to WV, which was done! And much easier than cancelling the original reservation and booking a new one.
I also have two nights booked on Hilton Seychelles Northolme on this same trip, wish this upgrade was also available. :-)
Since I had receveid an email from the hotel about the transfer and upgrades, I replyed about my glitch on HH site and asked if they could change my reservation from BV to WV, which was done! And much easier than cancelling the original reservation and booking a new one.
I also have two nights booked on Hilton Seychelles Northolme on this same trip, wish this upgrade was also available. :-)
Dec 21, 2017, 5:50 am
#5504
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YQB
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,139
So it seems like they are unable to modify an award booking at the resort level as was told to try with Hilton reservations to split my stay into BV/WV. Having never stayed in either BV or a WV type acccomodations, I am hesitant to cancel my 5-night BV award booking to rebook a WV just because it is available. There seems to be quite a few people who actually prefer the BV over the WV. Any thoughts?
Dec 21, 2017, 6:46 am
#5505
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Global
Programs: United 1K, Qatar Gold, Etihad Gold, Hilton Diamond, InterCon RA, PC Plat, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,454
Can anyone provide an update on how quickly the coral is recovering along the house reef?