[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Nov 19, 2019, 10:31 pm
#4876
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
Nov 20, 2019, 4:00 am
#4877
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,344
Nov 20, 2019, 4:49 am
#4878
Join Date: Feb 2019
Programs: Hilton Gold, Etihad Gold, IHG Platinum, IC Ambasador, Marriott Gold, Taj Gold, Radisson Gold
Posts: 195
Well, no afternoon tea sucks. Not because I'm desperate for a few free pastries and a coffee, but more that it gives the impression the resort now values your status less than they did before.
With us leaving at the end of the week for our stay, it's not the best start...
With us leaving at the end of the week for our stay, it's not the best start...
People spend a lot of money with hotel chains to get status
Nov 20, 2019, 5:12 am
#4879
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,344
Not sure if this page showed Afternoon Tea before, but it certainly doesn't list it now: https://hiltonhonors3.hilton.com/en/.../maldives.html
Nov 20, 2019, 6:02 am
#4880
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
Nov 20, 2019, 7:40 am
#4882
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,344
Nov 20, 2019, 7:49 am
#4883
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
Yes, through the Hilton Honors Aspire card ($450/year with $250 credit at Hilton properties).
In Germany, you can get Gold for EUR 48/year with the DKB Hilton Honors Visa, Diamond if you spend 20k EUR annually with the card.
In Germany, you can get Gold for EUR 48/year with the DKB Hilton Honors Visa, Diamond if you spend 20k EUR annually with the card.
Nov 20, 2019, 7:52 am
#4884
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
You most certainly can and have been able to for a long time.
The Conrad had a lot of differences in benefits, i.e; more for Diamonds, that were not published on their website or that page linked above.
The Conrad had a lot of differences in benefits, i.e; more for Diamonds, that were not published on their website or that page linked above.
Nov 20, 2019, 8:04 am
#4885
Join Date: Feb 2019
Programs: Hilton Gold, Etihad Gold, IHG Platinum, IC Ambasador, Marriott Gold, Taj Gold, Radisson Gold
Posts: 195
Very true. I have my Hilton Gold through UK AMEX Platinum, so I wouldn't want to judge!
It takes a lot of effort to organise (now finished) afternoon tea and happy hour. It is not really possible to differentiate between golds and diamonds, without entirely excluding gold from events
Also, it is a pain for the hotel to maintain a list of different sets of elites, and provide different benefits to each
Also, it is a pain for the hotel to maintain a list of different sets of elites, and provide different benefits to each
Last edited by Canarsie; Nov 27, 2019 at 7:04 pm Reason: Consolidation.
Nov 20, 2019, 8:43 am
#4886
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
Programs: various
Posts: 3,693
I recall thinking the end of afternoon tea was always on the cards once they decided to move it from Mandhoo to Vilu.
Shame its gone, but there has been a slow chipping away at benefits for a few years now. I think they are getting to a point where there is not much left to cut without having a outsized negative impact on the Rangali value proposition
Shame its gone, but there has been a slow chipping away at benefits for a few years now. I think they are getting to a point where there is not much left to cut without having a outsized negative impact on the Rangali value proposition
Nov 20, 2019, 9:43 am
#4887
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,344
Personally I think Hilton has been diluting benefits for a long, long time now - and for a few years properties I frequent in the Middle East have been telling me that they're much more likely to upgrade/look after repeat guests than just because someone has status - because so many now effectively have it for 'free'.
As a result, I jumped ship to Marriott this year and got up to Titanium with them - only to find out I still qualify for Hilton Diamond as a perk of my airline status! So I've effectively become that which I sought to avoid.
Nov 20, 2019, 9:56 am
#4888
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: LAX/ONT
Posts: 201
Dont be surprised if this resort is axed from the Hilton portfolio, considering there are two brand new properties. With the recent change in ownership anything is on the table....
Nov 20, 2019, 12:24 pm
#4889
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: HH MP
Posts: 4
I have a stay scheduled next month. I am a Diamond and booked a Beach Villa with points. An upgrade to one of the newly renovated sunset-facing over-water villas will run about $1500 a night all in. For those of you that have been before, do you think the upgrade is worthwhile? Let's say 1/2 of this because it is during peak, high demand season, and the other half is because of the nicer room. Would it be worthwhile at $750 a night?
Nov 20, 2019, 12:48 pm
#4890
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: BUF
Programs: SPG Plt, HHonors Gold, UA Gold, PC Plat, Marriott Gold
Posts: 880
I returned from a stay last month, my biggest disappointment was the apps at happy hour - they had been cut down dramatically from my previous stay 2 years before. Not that they were huge before, but I had loved getting four different decent sized bites of interesting food. The food given had been reduce to two things and have gotten so small i thought it almost was pointless to give out anything at all.
i'm not looking to complain because anything free is better then nothing free, but it was something I missed from my previous stay
i'm not looking to complain because anything free is better then nothing free, but it was something I missed from my previous stay