serfty

$8 is the difference between continental ($32) and full breakfast ($40).

m0hamed

And breakfast is only served in the Park Lounge on Sundays so everyone who has access, including Globalists, eats in Radii.

pbl22

I stayed here with my wife and daughter in September last year. We dined at Radii for breakfast each morning. On checking out, there were three charges of $8 for breakfast on the last morning. I asked what they were for and they replied they "didn't know". On further "investigation", they surmised it was because we had ordered coffee with breakfast.

I looked as puzzled as I could, pointed out that I don't drink coffee (although my wife and daughter did have a coffee each - on each of the three mornings) and that as a Diamond, I thought breakfast, including coffee, was complimentary. They wiped the charges "just this once", but I had always surmised that it was simply the upcharge for each of us from continental to full breakfast on that final morning.

serfty

Stayed here with SWMBO two nights from Last Sunday - Upgraded to a "Terrace Suite".

No charge for full breakfast.

Aventine

An interesting and cute appointment:

https://www.hospitalitynet.org/appoi.../79014392.html

365RoadWarrior

This is excellent. I will be treating myself - first time ever - to a stay at a nicer property, PH Melbourne in November. (peteropny once helped me secure a couple of FFNs at the PH Chicago; in Melbourne, it'll be cash.) I'll be fresh from a long work stint, and, well, a dog may be about what I need. Beyond that, though, I grew up with a trained guide dog who was considered "better suited to other duties". Ah memories.

Side note: Things went askew with my schedule and original reservation. Rates went up over time. I received great customer service re-aligning dates without knocking rates out of the park.

Aventine

Please post some pics of the furry ambassador!

jmanirish

So to confirm - if I have club access (via explorist cert) I get free (continental) breakfast in the restaurant except for Sunday, when it’s served in the lounge correct?

Saving some $$ vs a rate that explicitly includes breakfast. Want to make sure I’m not being penny wise...

bgriff

That would be the case if you booked a club level room, but technically the club access certificates don't upgrade you to a club level room, they just give you access to the club. Any firsthand reports on how this property treats the club access certificates? You would think they would be sensible and give the daily breakfast, but this property already nickel-and-dimes Globalists on breakfast benefits, so maybe not.

jmanirish

That better not be the case. Access to club gets you free continental breakfast. In a OMAA review, they gave him a piece of paper explaining breakfast in radii.

hopefully somebody has some first hand experience. Otherwise I'll be the test case, and will plan on fighting for it while there/after.

Thanks

RTW1

It’s not a typical situation since a club at a PH is the exception... and a club/park lounge that doesn’t serve a lot of breakfasts as well.

And you cannot be that upset, it’s quite clear that these certs are not intended to be used at a PH and no properties grant a restaurant breakfast for them.

So you might get lucky, but that’s it.

jmanirish

Except continental breakfast is an explicit inclusion. Specifically (bolding mine)

Source: https://world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...camp=explorist

jmanirish

To Update:

Explorist using club award. Wasn’t upgraded to actual club level room (expected), but had no problems with breakfast.

First day they actually screwed up and told me the whole buffet was included so got hot items included. Other days correctly told me it was just the continental but for $AUD8/pp I could upgrade to the full spread which we declined. No charges on our folio at checkout.

serfty

Just to revisit the breakfast issue and noting in that 30 or so nights here, I have never been up charged for full breakfast as a globalist / diamond, I post this from the T & C's:The park lounge generally only serves breakfast on Sundays, so for any other day of the week there should be no charge to Globalists for full breakfast in Radii.

(FWIW we have not been charged for full breakfast in the restaurant taken on Sundays either but we dont stay Saturday nights that much. YMMV.)

DFWFairy

Will be at Melbourne in January. Debating whether to stay here or the GH. Rate is about the same but for $20 more I get a $100 dining credit at PH. I'm not a Diamond so will probably use it on breakfast. Any thoughts?