sbams

Can echo the comments which confirm that no rooms have a bad view. One of the best points about the Millenium Hilton. Closer to the river is better, but this basically means the river view is more direct and less angled.

Enjoy your stay!

bundrock

Hi Everyone -staying in a few days and I am in the King Executive Suite now and am being offered the King Executive "Plus" Suite for no additional points/charge. What is the difference? Is it better? Any help is appreciated.

monahos

'Plus' suites are at the front of the building as opposed to the rear, resulting in a better view of the river, and have an additional guest bathroom by the entrance.

seanthepilot

IIRC, river view vs city view
(and an extra guest bathroom/rainforest shower).

PCK

Should have read this thread before booking, silly me !

DIAMOND UPGRADE : 1 category only

EXECUTIVE ROOM : I cannot believe how tight the room feels, the only clear space is 2-3 feet standing room around the bed. If you are of larger frame, chances are that you will be brushing your body against the wall, the windows or the bulky furnitures. Better not to be "upgraded" and stay in a Deluxe room.

UPSELLING : I found the upselling annoying; when I have already made it known upfront I was not prepared to pay a surcharge, they insisted I "must" view the exec suite, only to be told "we hope you wont mind if we apply a small surcharge to your room rate " after arrangements were made to move me to a suite. I always thought only Bangkok taxi drivers will resort to these tactics to earn a commission, not so !

exerda

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with the upsales there. The past couple of times, I've stayed at the Hilton and the Conrad and skipped the Millennium, but my experience was always that they accepted with no additional pressure when I declined their upsale offer.

I found the executive rooms, while on the small side, to not be particularly cramped (and I'm 6'4"). YMMV obviously! I have found they are rather skimpy on how they define "upgrades" at the Millennium, though.

woow14610

I am about to make a reservation and holding on following. Is it still the rule here if you get upgraded and lounge access you have exclusively use the lounge and not the restaurant for the breakfast? I am a Gold and appreciate your help.

Thanks,

wantan

Chipping in, stayed end of 2014 as Gold with Standard Room Booking (During the 50% sale) and was granted free breakfast at main restaurant. Confirmed this with Check-In Agent and Lounge so went without worries. Not sure if anything has changed since then.

mking

We stayed there at Christmas, we got no upgrade as the hotel was busy but were allowed breakfast in the restaurant or the lounge, in May we were upgraded to an Executive room and were still allowed a choice of the lounge or the restaurant.

woow14610

I was planning to stay in both conrad and millennium. Which hotel do you think would be too busy reducing my chance of getting and upgrade? I am planning to travel in 26-30 Dec.

mking

We left there on the 4th of January, we assumed that we didn't get an upgrade due to the hotel being full but we didn't ask for an upgrade.

We haven't stayed at the Conrad at Christmas before so cannot comment on the crowds but we will be staying at the Conrad this year as the pool is better and the pool at the Millennium was full every day at Christmas.

monahos

Depends on occupancy, proportion of groups with breakfast included, etc. Thai Hiltons seem to be offering irresistible packages to MICE and Chinese/Korean tour operators this offseason, as all BKK properties were packed with err... less sophisticated tourists this month.

Last week the gold welcome letter made no mention of the option of breakfast in the restaurant. In the past it either mentioned it as a free or paid option, or not at all.

On new twist on my last Asian tour was that the Conrad Seoul lounge staff changed my preferences to 1000 bonus points from continental breakfast, mentioning lounge access included breakfast anyway, and I went on to have both lounge access (with breakfast) and the 1K bonus on every Hilton/Conrad stay of the trip ^ . I'll be changing this back to 'continental breakfast' for non-Asian stays.

ChinaShrek

I am Gold and I stayed at the Millennium Hilton December 30-January 1 (2014) and did not receive any upgrade nor did I receive lounge access. I was told at check-in that they usually upgrade Gold's but during New Year's I should book the room that want. I did receive full breakfast (excellent) in the main restaurant.

onobond

Cristmas/NewYear is High Season in SE Asia

IMHO there is unusually high occupancy rates in BKK then, and chances of upgrades are lower than usual. Just guessing out of own experience, I hold Conrad as an upgrade winner amongst the two

templar42

We were informed this morning by a letter put through the door that there would be a 3 hour period due to maintenance in the afternoon in which there would be emergency power only - lights, elevators, but no Wifi or AC throughout the hotel or power outlets in rooms.

It's rather inconvenient and a little annoying that the hotel would call it 'planned' but spring it on guests with a few hours of notice.

Is this grounds for a complaint and should I expect any hhonors points as compensation, especially if the outage lasts longer than 3 hours?