[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Mar 13, 2018, 4:08 pm
#511
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 90
Following on with the points - I'm assuming it's not possible to really earn anything when using actual points to stay at the resort. Any spend at the resort will be a different game I image - however we don't have any Hilton Exclusive cards in Australia - so that will limit what we can earn I guess 
Mar 13, 2018, 4:34 pm
#512
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,485
A week on points may still have your spend hit 4-5k. A bit longer and spending up and you hit 10k, or 100k base points pretty rapidly, even without paying for accom.
Mar 13, 2018, 6:01 pm
#513
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Depends on the promos running. I've taken home 300k+ from Rangali with double points and some Conrad promos. It should be possible to get more than 400k with the right promo(s).
I checked again, and the max I ever got was 331k (100k base points + Diamond / double dipping bonus 100k + Double points 100k + 15 x 2k Bonus per night at Conrad + 1k Myway Bonus).
I checked again, and the max I ever got was 331k (100k base points + Diamond / double dipping bonus 100k + Double points 100k + 15 x 2k Bonus per night at Conrad + 1k Myway Bonus).
Spent 7 nights last year and received almost 320,000 points all up; that's equivalent to ~4.21 free nights (at 380/5nights). #winning
Mar 14, 2018, 1:52 am
#514
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 478
I had a little over 5k net bill (excluding tax&sc) and got 100k base points for that. Still wondering how that worked? And again, we received points for the seaplane transfer.
A question came to my mind when reading MF is planning a 30 nights stay: Would it be possible to split reservations? So basically after every 5th or 10th night "checking out" and the other person "checking in" without leaving? I know, you'd have to book accordingly but if you do, would CR do that?
Last edited by alp67; Mar 14, 2018 at 2:49 am
Mar 14, 2018, 9:09 am
#515
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
A question came to my mind when reading MF is planning a 30 nights stay: Would it be possible to split reservations? So basically after every 5th or 10th night "checking out" and the other person "checking in" without leaving? I know, you'd have to book accordingly but if you do, would CR do that?
Mar 14, 2018, 9:14 am
#516
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LGB
Posts: 1,205
If you elect Points & Points, would the other 50K appear as "base points"? Or would they be broken out differently? I have the same situation - spent about $5k (seaplane and taxes included), and somehow I have 100k "base points" plus another 100k in other bonuses. And this was an award stay.
Mar 14, 2018, 9:36 am
#517
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Yes, hopefully at the end of this year.
No and no.....so don't look the gift horse in the mouth! 
Question for Jermyn and other frequent flyers:
On our last stay, we weren't awarded points according to what we spent at the resort. Instead, my Hilton account shows 100,000 base points for the stay, plus a 50% bonus on base points, a 50% diamond bonus, and a 1000-point diamond myway bonus. Is this normal?
On our last stay, we weren't awarded points according to what we spent at the resort. Instead, my Hilton account shows 100,000 base points for the stay, plus a 50% bonus on base points, a 50% diamond bonus, and a 1000-point diamond myway bonus. Is this normal?
Mar 14, 2018, 9:49 am
#518
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
If you elect Points & Points, would the other 50K appear as "base points"? Or would they be broken out differently? I have the same situation - spent about $5k (seaplane and taxes included), and somehow I have 100k "base points" plus another 100k in other bonuses. And this was an award stay.
Mar 14, 2018, 10:22 am
#520
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LGB
Posts: 1,205
Mine looks exactly the same way on $4k spend, even less if you subtract out the seaplane and taxes. (For those wondering - we intend on upping our restaurant and excursion game the next time we return. We were surprised that the total was that low after 10 nights.)
Mar 14, 2018, 10:24 am
#521
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
If I were in the same situation, I would just enjoy the extra points and not keep posting about it in a public forum.
Mar 14, 2018, 11:46 am
#523
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
Speaking from personal experience (multiple times): don't worry.
Mar 14, 2018, 12:41 pm
#524
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
I wouldn't worry about clawbacks either.
And on another topic, here's a good pic of 348 and its panoramic view due to the absence of the vertical / privacy panelling on the LHS of the villa.
And on another topic, here's a good pic of 348 and its panoramic view due to the absence of the vertical / privacy panelling on the LHS of the villa.
Last edited by MaldivesFreak; Mar 14, 2018 at 7:24 pm
Mar 14, 2018, 5:57 pm
#525
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
MF, on that stretch of villas (321-342 and 343-348), is the vertical/privacy paneling all built on the RHS of all the villas?