[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Apr 2, 2018, 11:58 am
#571
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 599
Q: If you paid for an upgrade, did they charge you prior to arrival or added it to your bill?
I'm looking at getting the Amex Hilton Aspire with offers $250 Hilton Resort credit. I see no issue with using it while there, but if they would charge any upgrade ahead of time to you, and you used your Amex Hilton Aspire in 2018 to pay it this likely would be reimbursed by Amex (-$250), then by the time you show up in 2019 the Amex Hilton Aspire credit should be available again and you pay for various items on your hotel bill and get another -$250.
I'm looking at getting the Amex Hilton Aspire with offers $250 Hilton Resort credit. I see no issue with using it while there, but if they would charge any upgrade ahead of time to you, and you used your Amex Hilton Aspire in 2018 to pay it this likely would be reimbursed by Amex (-$250), then by the time you show up in 2019 the Amex Hilton Aspire credit should be available again and you pay for various items on your hotel bill and get another -$250.
Apr 2, 2018, 1:04 pm
#572
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: Hilton - Diamond, IHG - Spire Amb
Posts: 901
Thanks for the rates. I'll add them to the wiki.
Yes, that's pretty much it as far as the differences go. I don't think they will do that since they changed the 21 villas to 14 RWVs and 7 FWVs. You'll only get a rollaway bed if you ask for an extra one.
Have you read my Guidelines For Paid Upgrades post (linked in my sig)?
Yes, that's pretty much it as far as the differences go. I don't think they will do that since they changed the 21 villas to 14 RWVs and 7 FWVs. You'll only get a rollaway bed if you ask for an extra one.
Have you read my Guidelines For Paid Upgrades post (linked in my sig)?
We have 15 nights booked with points (in groupings of 5 nights at a time back to back) in Jan 2019 for a total of 1.14 million Hilton points. All booked into the Water Villa. I have read that the beach villas are closer to better snorkeling. We are advanced snorkelers (able to snorkel with current, chops, and swim down etc).
Would it be better to:
1) Keep water villa
2) change one of the group of 5 nights to beach villa?
3) have either water or beach villa for trying to get into one room type that has better access to snorkeling?
Is the water villa considered a better villa to bargain from (i.e. many times people have had to pay to upgrade from beach villa to water villa. If there was another villa type that had better snorkeling access would we have a better starting point if we started from water villa?)
I'm not too thrilled about spending much for upgrade. I've done the whole pay-for-upgrade thing such as at Hilton Moorea to upgrade from beach to OWV (because of snorkeling right off the deck). I suppose for a 5 night portion of our 15 nights I might consider 100-200 range per night for good snorkeling location. Otherwise, we have tons of time there, I guess we can just spend more time walking to snorkeling locations.
Any input for 1st time to the Conrad Maldives for snorkelers?
Apr 2, 2018, 1:08 pm
#573
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 139
I received the credit 3-4 days after the rangali charge posted.
Apr 2, 2018, 2:07 pm
#575
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LGB
Posts: 1,205
Is the water villa considered a better villa to bargain from (i.e. many times people have had to pay to upgrade from beach villa to water villa. If there was another villa type that had better snorkeling access would we have a better starting point if we started from water villa?)
Apr 2, 2018, 3:44 pm
#576
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ
Posts: 20
Question: Any advice on room selection if snorkeling is important to us?
We have 15 nights booked with points (in groupings of 5 nights at a time back to back) in Jan 2019 for a total of 1.14 million Hilton points. All booked into the Water Villa. I have read that the beach villas are closer to better snorkeling. We are advanced snorkelers (able to snorkel with current, chops, and swim down etc).
Would it be better to:
1) Keep water villa
2) change one of the group of 5 nights to beach villa?
3) have either water or beach villa for trying to get into one room type that has better access to snorkeling?
Is the water villa considered a better villa to bargain from (i.e. many times people have had to pay to upgrade from beach villa to water villa. If there was another villa type that had better snorkeling access would we have a better starting point if we started from water villa?)
I'm not too thrilled about spending much for upgrade. I've done the whole pay-for-upgrade thing such as at Hilton Moorea to upgrade from beach to OWV (because of snorkeling right off the deck). I suppose for a 5 night portion of our 15 nights I might consider 100-200 range per night for good snorkeling location. Otherwise, we have tons of time there, I guess we can just spend more time walking to snorkeling locations.
Any input for 1st time to the Conrad Maldives for snorkelers?
We have 15 nights booked with points (in groupings of 5 nights at a time back to back) in Jan 2019 for a total of 1.14 million Hilton points. All booked into the Water Villa. I have read that the beach villas are closer to better snorkeling. We are advanced snorkelers (able to snorkel with current, chops, and swim down etc).
Would it be better to:
1) Keep water villa
2) change one of the group of 5 nights to beach villa?
3) have either water or beach villa for trying to get into one room type that has better access to snorkeling?
Is the water villa considered a better villa to bargain from (i.e. many times people have had to pay to upgrade from beach villa to water villa. If there was another villa type that had better snorkeling access would we have a better starting point if we started from water villa?)
I'm not too thrilled about spending much for upgrade. I've done the whole pay-for-upgrade thing such as at Hilton Moorea to upgrade from beach to OWV (because of snorkeling right off the deck). I suppose for a 5 night portion of our 15 nights I might consider 100-200 range per night for good snorkeling location. Otherwise, we have tons of time there, I guess we can just spend more time walking to snorkeling locations.
Any input for 1st time to the Conrad Maldives for snorkelers?
loved the water villa villa and didn’t feel like I missed out on any snorkeling on the main island. It is possible to snorkel on the smaller island right off the water villa, but the house reef is far better.
If you do want to spend some time in a beach villa, then the 200s are where you want to be. The house reef is roughly centered around villa 225 but is massive enough that any of the 200s is fine.
Apr 2, 2018, 4:05 pm
#577
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 43
We plan on visiting here for our honeymoon in late October. Used points to book a standard water villa for 5 nights.
Afrer reaching out, the following upgrade prices were offered:
Superior Water Villa for USD $130 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Retreat Water Villa for USD $240 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Deluxe Water Villa for US $395 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night
I replied asking to upgrade our entire stay to a Superior Water Villa for USD $90 per night and was pleasantly surprised when they accepted. Thank you to everyone in this thread!
Afrer reaching out, the following upgrade prices were offered:
Superior Water Villa for USD $130 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Retreat Water Villa for USD $240 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Deluxe Water Villa for US $395 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night
I replied asking to upgrade our entire stay to a Superior Water Villa for USD $90 per night and was pleasantly surprised when they accepted. Thank you to everyone in this thread!
Apr 2, 2018, 9:08 pm
#578
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: SPG/Marriott Platinum, IHG Platinum, HH Diamond, Best Western Diamond, OW Emerald
Posts: 10
Upgrade Cancellation
With the standard Water Villa now widely available at the same rate as a Beach Villa (95,000 points), I decided to cancel my upgrade to the Superior Water Villa (they wanted USD $400.40++ per night) and request the standard Water Villa (I was originally in a Beach Villa prior to upgrade request). Has anyone had any experience negotiating a cheaper upgrade rate in person at the resort? Would still like to upgrade a few days of my stay, but the advanced upgrade price I was quoted seems pretty steep compared to some of the rates others have quoted recently on this thread. I will be arriving at the resort in a few weeks, so hopeful the decline in tourism due to the state of emergency will lead to better upgrade rates.
Last edited by EdChambers; Apr 3, 2018 at 9:13 am Reason: Relevance
Apr 2, 2018, 9:32 pm
#579
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Question: Any advice on room selection if snorkeling is important to us?
We have 15 nights booked with points (in groupings of 5 nights at a time back to back) in Jan 2019 for a total of 1.14 million Hilton points. All booked into the Water Villa. I have read that the beach villas are closer to better snorkeling. We are advanced snorkelers (able to snorkel with current, chops, and swim down etc).
Would it be better to:
1) Keep water villa
2) change one of the group of 5 nights to beach villa?
3) have either water or beach villa for trying to get into one room type that has better access to snorkeling?
We have 15 nights booked with points (in groupings of 5 nights at a time back to back) in Jan 2019 for a total of 1.14 million Hilton points. All booked into the Water Villa. I have read that the beach villas are closer to better snorkeling. We are advanced snorkelers (able to snorkel with current, chops, and swim down etc).
Would it be better to:
1) Keep water villa
2) change one of the group of 5 nights to beach villa?
3) have either water or beach villa for trying to get into one room type that has better access to snorkeling?
Is the water villa considered a better villa to bargain from (i.e. many times people have had to pay to upgrade from beach villa to water villa. If there was another villa type that had better snorkeling access would we have a better starting point if we started from water villa?)
Hope this helps.
Apr 3, 2018, 7:19 am
#580
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ
Posts: 20
We asked our host about it, he said housekeeping would arrange one. Nothing. The night before check out he asked us if we got one. After hearing we had not, he met us while we were waiting for our seaplane and gave us two in a gift bag. Nice way to end the stay!
Apr 3, 2018, 8:55 am
#581
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: New York
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 260
Are rewards blacked out for some reason? I'm seeing absolutely *nothing* for standard room awards anytime during Q4 2018...
Apr 3, 2018, 10:16 am
#583
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: New York
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 260
Apr 3, 2018, 11:19 am
#585
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
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