[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi {MDV}
#2371
Join Date: Jul 2006
Programs: VA, A3, HH, SQ, EK, CX
Posts: 72
I am on my mobile and both the Hilton app and Chrome app won’t let me search for availability (I don’t have enough points for a standard redemption at the moment).
Any chance someone could let me know if March 11-16 is still available?
Disappointed that I missed the above post from 2 weeks ago.
Currently booked in for Conrad Rangali but am lusting after Waldorf availability so I can change.
Any chance someone could let me know if March 11-16 is still available?
Disappointed that I missed the above post from 2 weeks ago.
Currently booked in for Conrad Rangali but am lusting after Waldorf availability so I can change.
#2372
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
You can search on the Hilton website and in the app without being logged in, then your points balance won't matter.
March 11 - 16 is not available on points.
March 11 - 16 is not available on points.
#2373
Join Date: Sep 2019
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Ambassador Elite
Posts: 5
Yes March 11-18 is showing standard room availability
#2375
Join Date: Jul 2006
Programs: VA, A3, HH, SQ, EK, CX
Posts: 72
I’ve searched now and there is availability but for 800k points lol.
Thanks for your help
#2376
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Texas
Posts: 76
There is availability from March 11 through March 18, 2020 but you must search for 1 day at a time and use the "My dates are flexible" option.
You would have to book each day separately and would not be able to take advantage of the 5th night free
You would have to book each day separately and would not be able to take advantage of the 5th night free
#2377
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 194
that kind of sucks...i wonder if you can book each of the 5 days individually and call to get it merged/5th night free. sucks that you would have to initially have the extra 120k upfront
#2378
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Texas
Posts: 76
I think it won't work because the reason they are showing up as individual nights is probably due to having different standard rooms available (King Beach Villa versus 2 Queen Bed Beach Villa). They will not merge the 5 nights unless they are of the same room type.
#2379
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: Aegean Airlines Silver, British Airways Gold, Virgin Atlantic Silver
Posts: 1,740
10 night points stay
My wife and I (Gold and Diamond) will soon be arriving for a 10 night Beach Villa points stay to celebrate our anniversary.
1) which beach villas are the most secluded?
2) how many points will I earn for this stay? (I recall reading that the Conrad Maldives was quite lucrative for points earning even on stays paid for with points). Trying to work out how much more spend I’d need to make to keep Diamond in 2020.
3) I paid $120 when I made the booking which I assume is the $6 Green Tax per person per night. Who should I speak to to get this refunded?
thanks
1) which beach villas are the most secluded?
2) how many points will I earn for this stay? (I recall reading that the Conrad Maldives was quite lucrative for points earning even on stays paid for with points). Trying to work out how much more spend I’d need to make to keep Diamond in 2020.
3) I paid $120 when I made the booking which I assume is the $6 Green Tax per person per night. Who should I speak to to get this refunded?
thanks
#2380
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Falkirk, Scotland,VS Red, BA Gold, HH Diamond,UK Amex Plat
Programs: Master of the Privy Purse des Muccis
Posts: 17,919
My wife and I (Gold and Diamond) will soon be arriving for a 10 night Beach Villa points stay to celebrate our anniversary.
1) which beach villas are the most secluded?
2) how many points will I earn for this stay? (I recall reading that the Conrad Maldives was quite lucrative for points earning even on stays paid for with points). Trying to work out how much more spend I’d need to make to keep Diamond in 2020.
3) I paid $120 when I made the booking which I assume is the $6 Green Tax per person per night. Who should I speak to to get this refunded?
thanks
1) which beach villas are the most secluded?
2) how many points will I earn for this stay? (I recall reading that the Conrad Maldives was quite lucrative for points earning even on stays paid for with points). Trying to work out how much more spend I’d need to make to keep Diamond in 2020.
3) I paid $120 when I made the booking which I assume is the $6 Green Tax per person per night. Who should I speak to to get this refunded?
thanks
For q2 the qualifying spend is 10points per dollar charged to the room
Total amount of points will depend on status and any credit cards bonus points
Regards
. Tbs
#2381
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
2) That depends entirely on your spending (as in every Hilton property). The cap is at 100k base points for 10k spent (again as in every Hilton property).
#2382
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
1) There are posts in the wiki
2) $1 (excl taxes) earns 10 points.....
3) The front desk
2) $1 (excl taxes) earns 10 points.....
3) The front desk
#2383
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 2
Hey guys, just an update on those seeking to use 3rd party transfer. They are entirely inflexible about letting anyone enter unless you take the rip off “yacht” ride to the resort. They make the boat sound like a yacht from Monaco, but in reality it looks like your average boat from the jersey shore. With that transfer price you would think Gordon Ramsey was on board serving beef Wellington.
Anyway, I was supposed to go to the Waldorf tomorrow but this morning I received an email from the manager saying the 3rd party transfers were not allowed, even if I was coming from a nearby resort. They expect customers to travel all the way back to Male to ride the rip off express back to the waldorf. I explained I was coming from and departing to other resorts and had already arranged prepaid transfers that were past the refundable period of time.
For those interested in the communications time line, I contacted them 8 days prior since I had received no emails yet. Got response and they asked my arrival times, I responded saying I’ll be coming from nearby resorts via private transfer. No response from hotel for three days, however I started forwarding the email to any Waldorf Maldives email I could find. Four days out, front desk emailed and said thank you for choosing us and all that standard stuff. Three days out, got email from reservations saying no 3rd party boats due to “privacy”. Nonsense, how is this more/less private than “yacht.” I responded asking for boat tender from the resort boundary. That’s when this morning I received email from manager that said not even boat tender was feasible and they only he can offer refund, which I took.
So now I’m in the process of getting Waldorf to refund the points so I can use them at Conrad but it is radio silence. Even Hilton support has been emailing and calling Waldorf to get them to refund the itinerary but no one answers the phone or responds to emails in a timely fashion.
This is some hardball fleecing folks. I’m surprised that even though the website, mobile app, and confirmation emails make no mention of transfer restrictions, along with the lack of timely communications, Waldorf still threatened to deny entry into the resort and would rather me go rebook elsewhere on one days notice.
Others here mentioned they were contacted 30 days out. I suspect many canceled their reservation upon hearing of the transfer fee (which is not clearly stated during booking). My theory is that they started contacting people 7 days out and informing them of the transfer fee then since 7 days prior is beyond the cancellation window of 14 days. Really shady if you ask my opinion. Conrad and Hyatt contacts folks 30 days out in my experience. Heck, even SAii Lagoon contacted me 30 days prior... that is before they cancelled all bookings in August.
Ironically, the intent of my whole trip to the Maldives was to visit the Curio SAii Lagoon and The Waldorf so I could review these new resorts on my travel blog. Well, 2 week prior, SAii lagoon said they had to postpone opening the hotel and Waldorf just gave me a giant middle finger. So now I’m here for no reason wondering why the hell I should ever stay at another Hilton. What a waste of time and flyermiles.
Anyway, I was supposed to go to the Waldorf tomorrow but this morning I received an email from the manager saying the 3rd party transfers were not allowed, even if I was coming from a nearby resort. They expect customers to travel all the way back to Male to ride the rip off express back to the waldorf. I explained I was coming from and departing to other resorts and had already arranged prepaid transfers that were past the refundable period of time.
For those interested in the communications time line, I contacted them 8 days prior since I had received no emails yet. Got response and they asked my arrival times, I responded saying I’ll be coming from nearby resorts via private transfer. No response from hotel for three days, however I started forwarding the email to any Waldorf Maldives email I could find. Four days out, front desk emailed and said thank you for choosing us and all that standard stuff. Three days out, got email from reservations saying no 3rd party boats due to “privacy”. Nonsense, how is this more/less private than “yacht.” I responded asking for boat tender from the resort boundary. That’s when this morning I received email from manager that said not even boat tender was feasible and they only he can offer refund, which I took.
So now I’m in the process of getting Waldorf to refund the points so I can use them at Conrad but it is radio silence. Even Hilton support has been emailing and calling Waldorf to get them to refund the itinerary but no one answers the phone or responds to emails in a timely fashion.
This is some hardball fleecing folks. I’m surprised that even though the website, mobile app, and confirmation emails make no mention of transfer restrictions, along with the lack of timely communications, Waldorf still threatened to deny entry into the resort and would rather me go rebook elsewhere on one days notice.
Others here mentioned they were contacted 30 days out. I suspect many canceled their reservation upon hearing of the transfer fee (which is not clearly stated during booking). My theory is that they started contacting people 7 days out and informing them of the transfer fee then since 7 days prior is beyond the cancellation window of 14 days. Really shady if you ask my opinion. Conrad and Hyatt contacts folks 30 days out in my experience. Heck, even SAii Lagoon contacted me 30 days prior... that is before they cancelled all bookings in August.
Ironically, the intent of my whole trip to the Maldives was to visit the Curio SAii Lagoon and The Waldorf so I could review these new resorts on my travel blog. Well, 2 week prior, SAii lagoon said they had to postpone opening the hotel and Waldorf just gave me a giant middle finger. So now I’m here for no reason wondering why the hell I should ever stay at another Hilton. What a waste of time and flyermiles.
#2385
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Tokyo
Posts: 586
After reading this stuff, so glad we didn't stay at this place and instead had an entire island with maybe 2 other rooms occupied at its most crowded day.