Andaz Maui REVIEW - MASTER THREAD
Aug 29, 2014, 11:48 am
#1261
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: LAX
Programs: SPG Gold, HH Gold
Posts: 280
Nope not status with Hyatt, shot some emails around, dropped a name, and got an email back confirming.
"To help make your 1st anniversary visit a special one, we are able to upgrade you and your wife from a Garden King to a Full Ocean King room. We hope you will have a great visit to Maui and a memorable stay at our resort."
"To help make your 1st anniversary visit a special one, we are able to upgrade you and your wife from a Garden King to a Full Ocean King room. We hope you will have a great visit to Maui and a memorable stay at our resort."
Aug 29, 2014, 12:36 pm
#1263
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: ORD-LAS
Programs: UA MM 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 4,419
Aug 29, 2014, 6:42 pm
#1264
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: Hyatt Discoverist, SEIBU PRINCE CLUB Silver, Marriott Gold
Posts: 20,434
I wonder if this change, occurring just after our recent stay, was prompted by food costs. I doubt we consumed enough to skew the bottom line for the accounting group but during our wonderful stay we witnessed one particular family who may have.
A group of two men, two women and a young girl helped themselves one morning to the ENTIRE BOWL of raspberries, taking it back to their table. I asked Jenny if there were more and she sadly informed me, no, there were no more.
The next morning I told my wife I wanted to get down earlier to get a few raspberries. We saw the same group, I kid not, walking about ten pounds of bacon back to their table.
A group of two men, two women and a young girl helped themselves one morning to the ENTIRE BOWL of raspberries, taking it back to their table. I asked Jenny if there were more and she sadly informed me, no, there were no more.
The next morning I told my wife I wanted to get down earlier to get a few raspberries. We saw the same group, I kid not, walking about ten pounds of bacon back to their table.
Of course, if they just commandeered it all to have it for themselves and left two thirds of it to waste, that would be beyond the pale.
Aug 29, 2014, 6:57 pm
#1265
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 274
Aug 29, 2014, 7:06 pm
#1266
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 274
I was there every day for four days in June. No charge.
Aug 29, 2014, 10:52 pm
#1268
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: UA Silver; Marriott Gold; Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 522
=Not True Breakfast Without Steak And Champagne
This hotel looks pretty nice.
Aug 30, 2014, 9:19 pm
#1269
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: HH Gold-IHG Plat
Posts: 390
Aug 30, 2014, 11:56 pm
#1270
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Germany
Programs: GP Dia, HH Dia, Marriott Gold, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 139
We were there at the same time it sounds like. I was in the suite 126 ground floor with a partial private plunge pool. Easy access to the adult only pool from our balcony was nice. I second that the couch is strangely small and cheap compared to the rest of the room. Especially the huge hardwood table with seating for (at least) six. Also strange to me was the complete lack of cutlery and plating in the swing out doors of the wet bar. It made it hard to eat your own food or to even mix your own drinks. Sunset from the lobby and poolside bar was phenomenal. If they had a happy hour, it would've made it perfect.
I would definitely return as well, a solid 4 star resort.
I would definitely return as well, a solid 4 star resort.
Next time if we just have the diminished diamond breakfast I would be fine with it. While the juice and hot stuff is fantastic the neutella brioche will keep me full :-P
Aug 31, 2014, 10:52 am
#1271
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 274
Using Breakfast as a Credit
Earlier in the post, someone mentioned that Diamonds could use the breakfast as a credit toward other F&B charges. Is this still the case post-breakfast downgrade? And would it be for the $28 or so per person?
We are booked for 14 nights next summer and to be honest we don't really need to be eating that full buffet each day. We were at the property several nights this summer. The buffet is nice and it is disappointing to see Hyatt reduce the benefit, but my waist and cholesterol level don't need all that bacon and other assorted treats.
Thanks.
We are booked for 14 nights next summer and to be honest we don't really need to be eating that full buffet each day. We were at the property several nights this summer. The buffet is nice and it is disappointing to see Hyatt reduce the benefit, but my waist and cholesterol level don't need all that bacon and other assorted treats.
Thanks.
Last edited by TKKY; Aug 31, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Aug 31, 2014, 10:56 am
#1272
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 274
Earlier in the post, someone mentioned that Diamonds could use the breakfast as a credit toward other F&B charges. Is this still the case post-breakfast downgrade? And would it be for the $28 or so per person?
We are booked for 14 nights next summer and to be honest we don't really need to be eating that full buffet each day. We were at the property several nights this summer. The buffet is nice and it is disappointing, but my waist and cholesterol level don't need all that bacon and other assorted treats.
Thanks.
We are booked for 14 nights next summer and to be honest we don't really need to be eating that full buffet each day. We were at the property several nights this summer. The buffet is nice and it is disappointing, but my waist and cholesterol level don't need all that bacon and other assorted treats.
Thanks.
And get this - the $17 upgrade fee is the same for an adult or for a child!
Aug 31, 2014, 11:29 am
#1273
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2003
Location: AA Plat / UA NOTHING / Alaska 75K / Hyatt Diamond / SPG LT Plat / Marriott Gold / Priority Club Plat / Hertz Pres
Posts: 24,707
Aug 31, 2014, 12:07 pm
#1274
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Germany
Programs: GP Dia, HH Dia, Marriott Gold, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 139
Wow! Do they distinguish between ages for a child? I.e. 3 and under free or is anybody under 18 considered a child and must be paid for?
Aug 31, 2014, 1:42 pm
#1275
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 274