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Originally Posted by milehighflyer88
(Post 30655782)
Ok this is news to me then. I was hoping to get an upgrade if there are SOWV available. I have the choice of paying an additional $600 total for the upgrade from OWV to SOWV. Anyone who knows this property, is is worth $600????
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If I upgrade to owv now. Would I have option to pay the difference quoted now for the sowv when i check in? It's like only $110/night.
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Originally Posted by milehighflyer88
(Post 30647570)
I was very lucky to grab a garden villa at 240K points over thanksgiving and right before peak season in December. I hope Marriott investigates these games of using breakfast to remove standard award inventory. They came down pretty hard on the Al Maha for charging outrageous food rates for guests who were booking award reservations. Using breakfast shouldn't be a disqualifier to book a standard room with points. Certainly most platinums like myself would be furious since we should get free breakfast anyways.
Just one question, are you allowed to book the Garden Villa as a cash booking and then switch it to points? I read that this was possible but did not experiment with it. |
On the whole breakfast on the rates for GV, a thought occurred to me.
They have four GV, and it seems most redeemers pay to upgrade to a better category. Upgrading leaves the GV open to again in order to not make a cycle of booking the same four rooms multiple times for points, they need to manage inventory somehow. One way could be be to say, once there are 4 redemptions for a given day, any open GV only comes with breakfast. |
Originally Posted by outlawashere
(Post 30655265)
hmm I requested a north facing villa thinking that it will be more private and the hammock area will still have tons of sun?
what don't you like about it? |
Well my points required is back to 740k. Cancellation still shows January 13. Property says they will honor August 2. It’s in the notes and I have names of people I spoke with. |
Originally Posted by Mr. Vker
(Post 30656974)
Well my points required is back to 740k. Cancellation still shows January 13. Property says they will honor August 2. It’s in the notes and I have names of people I spoke with. |
Originally Posted by sydneyflyer12
(Post 30658574)
Mind sharing who you spoke with/how it was fixed? Mine is still showing at 357k/nt and I haven't heard back from the property.
I spoke with Marriott Customer Care. They called the property-IF you work with them, make sure they preserve your cancelation parameters too. |
Originally Posted by Mr. Vker
(Post 30658882)
I spoke with Marriott Customer Care. They called the property-IF you work with them, make sure they preserve your cancelation parameters too.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Vker
(Post 30658882)
I spoke with Marriott Customer Care. They called the property-IF you work with them, make sure they preserve your cancelation parameters too.
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Originally Posted by sweet-kom
(Post 30655965)
Got a reservation for that week as well. How much did you get quoted for the GV -> OWV over Thanksgiving?
I was quoted $369.60 for OVW $492.80 for SOWV $739.20 for St Regis Suite Also prior to me upgrading they mentioned "As you are an esteemed Platinum Premier Elite member, you will receive the following benefits at our resort: [Insert standard benefits here, free breakfast, etc] then..... "As our property is a Villas and Suites only property, guaranteed complimentary upgrades and Suite Night Awards (SNAs) are not applicable as our resort." So it seems they will not upgrade most platinums from GV to OVW. Or at least they claim they won't. |
Silly question... how does this property compare against PH Maldives? Just wondering if StR OWV is worth burning half mil points.
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Will a flight leaving MLE at 12:50pm be too early?
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Originally Posted by sydneyflyer12
(Post 30660084)
Will a flight leaving MLE at 12:50pm be too early?
So no problem at all. |
Originally Posted by CPH-Flyer
(Post 30660171)
We originally had a 10:15am flight, and were told that it would be no problem getting a seaplane the same day. Changed it to 8:20pm to get more time on the island though
So no problem at all. |
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