St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort [Master Thread]
Aug 23, 2018, 7:48 pm
#1171
Join Date: Jan 2000
Programs: Free agent
Posts: 1,296
Yes, because that is considered the “standard” room. The hotel can dictate whatever they want beyond that. The cash difference between the two is usually only about $250, I guess it’s their way of controlling capacity until this mad rush calms down.
Last edited by jmail1; Aug 23, 2018 at 8:43 pm
Aug 23, 2018, 8:11 pm
#1172
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 190
Not surprised. Probably explains why most 85k point bookings error'd out on the phone. They clearly want to limit bookings and having 21 OWV for 85k was causing an influx of award bookings they dont want.
Aug 23, 2018, 8:47 pm
#1173
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 25
I was wake up around 5:00 am to book this hotel several days ago, the rep was so nice and willing to help me to book OWV for 85K. Even she said there were errors, she took her time to fix the problem again and again, and finally successfully booked it . So i think it is all depends on the rep.
Aug 23, 2018, 8:48 pm
#1174
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: SPG Plat
Posts: 792
So I have a reservation on hold from the 85k days because my cancelled SPG reservation wouldn't have the points returned to my account. Think they will honor it once they FINALLY return the points to my account? It's been 5 days and frankly unacceptable.
Aug 23, 2018, 9:10 pm
#1176
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,026
There was some GV availability when i managed to book the 85k OWV.
Im assuming many 85k OWV are speculative bookings. Luckily there is a 1 month no cancellation period, I'm sure many people will be cancelling in time which will help for last min bookings
Im assuming many 85k OWV are speculative bookings. Luckily there is a 1 month no cancellation period, I'm sure many people will be cancelling in time which will help for last min bookings
Aug 23, 2018, 9:41 pm
#1177
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: Delta-DM, United-Platinum, American-Platinum, Marriott-Platinum, SPG-Platinum
Posts: 196
This is super scary. I currently have a reservation but I want to change the dates. The agent said some folks weren't getting back their points for 2 days. Can you confirm if your SPG reservations were made PRIOR to the integration or AFTER? I have a feeling those with instant points back are from reservations that were made AFTER the integration while your 5 day experience is because your reservations were made PRIOR. If this is true, I should be able to cancel and get the points back relatively quickly...
Aug 23, 2018, 9:59 pm
#1179
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 190
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...ould-now-cost/
Looks like they will honor the lucky ones who booked at 85k.
Looks like they will honor the lucky ones who booked at 85k.
Aug 23, 2018, 10:08 pm
#1180
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 25
Aug 23, 2018, 10:14 pm
#1181
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: MR-Amb, Hyatt-Globalist, AA-EXP
Posts: 1,744
Yes, I'm sure that's what happened. In my many calls, several agents said to book cash rates and they could try to convert them once the system was working properly. I was also told to do that for one of my travel packages I was trying to use at an SPG property. Not sure if they'll be able to come through on that, but I figured it was worth a shot.
Aug 23, 2018, 10:42 pm
#1182
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 20
What do you mean by on hold? Like with a cash booking?
Aug 24, 2018, 4:30 am
#1183
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Yeah definitely. To be honest I kind of preferred the Garden Villa as it was huge. Loved the outside shower area and the huge pool upfront. Yeah you don't get the scenic view but the water was always warm in the pool and the room was huge. The pool was freezing in our OWV.
Aug 24, 2018, 4:45 am
#1184
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,924
Yeah definitely. To be honest I kind of preferred the Garden Villa as it was huge. Loved the outside shower area and the huge pool upfront. Yeah you don't get the scenic view but the water was always warm in the pool and the room was huge. The pool was freezing in our OWV.
Aug 24, 2018, 5:10 am
#1185
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 787
I think a lot of bookings are speculative, and also feel that many people likely haven't looked at the seaplane and food prices - it might be a deal breaker for some! I'm fine with the GV, but I do love a good mistake price too!!! Oh well, GV this time, if I ever get my points back (they've been in limbo since Saturday).