St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort [Master Thread]
Mar 4, 2019, 9:17 am
#2461
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 3
yes - this exact thing happened to me for a stay i completed late Jan this year... I was able to book 4 nights and then separately an adjacent night in a garden villa. I spoke to the SPG Platinum folks. The first guy said it should be ok, and said they needed to talk to the property and clear with the SPG team. Then i talked to a manager/supervisor who was kind of a jerk. He said the first agent should not have said it was possible, etc... However, I did have an email from the first agent saying they were working on it, so in the end, they did combine the stay (and got 5th night free). I think this is something they don't want to do, and artificially make it harder for people to redeem. Call a few times, talk to the agents, try to get something in writing. Good luck.
Mar 4, 2019, 12:06 pm
#2462
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 138
Hi! I've been following this thread for a while - lots of useful info here 
So I managed to get Dec 15-19 booked. Few days later, managed to snag Dec 14-15. Total of five nights combined and all at the same 60K redemption for the Garden Villa.
I thought it'd be a simple matter of calling to combine. Called the Ambassador line and was told it could not be done if the award stays were not available. I could cancel them and try to get it back as a 5 night, but at the risk of losing it all together and also there appears to be a buffer period in which the canceled reservations are not available immediately.
Wanted to ask if anybody else has encountered a similar situation of trying to stitch together a 5 night award for the fifth night free?
So I managed to get Dec 15-19 booked. Few days later, managed to snag Dec 14-15. Total of five nights combined and all at the same 60K redemption for the Garden Villa.
I thought it'd be a simple matter of calling to combine. Called the Ambassador line and was told it could not be done if the award stays were not available. I could cancel them and try to get it back as a 5 night, but at the risk of losing it all together and also there appears to be a buffer period in which the canceled reservations are not available immediately.
Wanted to ask if anybody else has encountered a similar situation of trying to stitch together a 5 night award for the fifth night free?
Mar 4, 2019, 5:27 pm
#2463
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Virginia
Programs: AA platinum , Hyatt Explorist, Marriott platinum , SPG Gold , Hilton Diamond
Posts: 92
that's great . I am on same boat ...have been searching for a while . I have GV booked from 14 to 16 and then 17 to 19 . I checked multiple times somehow not getting lucky to book 16 to 17 . what will happen tomorrow if I can book one night on 85 will they refund as 5 night free ?
Mar 4, 2019, 7:03 pm
#2464
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: HKG • Ex SFO, NYC
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP; Marriott Amb; Hyatt Globalist; Shangri-la Diamond; IHG SpireAmb; Hilton D; Accor G
Posts: 3,319
So… trying to visit with my girlfriend and both our mothers. Seems like there's no way to not have this be outrageously expensive…
Perhaps it's best to get two rooms… but 480k points seems like a lot! Hmm… what to do, and so little time to decide.
Perhaps it's best to get two rooms… but 480k points seems like a lot! Hmm… what to do, and so little time to decide.
Mar 5, 2019, 3:42 am
#2465
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,208
Wait till you get there. Nothing is cheap.
Mar 5, 2019, 12:14 pm
#2467
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 4
that's great . I am on same boat ...have been searching for a while . I have GV booked from 14 to 16 and then 17 to 19 . I checked multiple times somehow not getting lucky to book 16 to 17 . what will happen tomorrow if I can book one night on 85 will they refund as 5 night free ?
Got this email from my ambassador today:
We have received the following response from Ahmed Hamid:
"Please be advised that the new points rates has gone live and therefore making changes to the reservation will cause the points value to be recalculated. Therefore we are unable to combine the reservations.
I asked the ambassador about your scenario, and she said that if the fifth night was booked after the new points rates, then in order to get the free fifth night, you would need to pay the new point rate on the other 4 nights.
I'm escalating my case to see if I can get the fifth night points refunded.
Update: The fifth night points are going to be refunded to my Marriott account! Just wanted to let y'all know in case this helps someone else
Last edited by Gudetama; Mar 5, 2019 at 7:20 pm
Mar 5, 2019, 1:11 pm
#2468
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 76
For those who have been recently.. what did and did not count towards your "base spending" for the 10x marriott points per dollar at this hotel?
I'm assuming dining counts, and obviously the room rate (if you paid cash). What about activities? spa? seaplane? etc...
Reason I'm asking is this upcoming double points promotion. https://onemileatatime.com/marriott-bonvoy-promotion/
If most stuff that gets charged to the room for a stay here counts for the 10x base points per dollar.... seems like anyone staying between 3/19/19 and 6/4/19 would want to be sure to 1) register for this and 2) be sure that you have a marriott stay prior to your maldives since the double points only starts with the "second stay". This would be worth booking a single cheap marriott night somewhere just to get the first stay taken care of.
If I'm going to have a multi-thousand dollar bill getting 20 base points per dollar vs 10 seems like that could rack up quite a few extra marriott points.
Not quite sure how the math works but at a bare minimum, let's say this promotion is an extra 10 points per dollar (20x vs 10x).... This is before taking into account any credit card bonus or status multipliers. That means on a $10,000 stay (for a nice big round number) you would get an extra 100,000 marriott points (200,000 total, 100,000 extra.... plus credit card plus status multiplier)..
I'm assuming dining counts, and obviously the room rate (if you paid cash). What about activities? spa? seaplane? etc...
Reason I'm asking is this upcoming double points promotion. https://onemileatatime.com/marriott-bonvoy-promotion/
If most stuff that gets charged to the room for a stay here counts for the 10x base points per dollar.... seems like anyone staying between 3/19/19 and 6/4/19 would want to be sure to 1) register for this and 2) be sure that you have a marriott stay prior to your maldives since the double points only starts with the "second stay". This would be worth booking a single cheap marriott night somewhere just to get the first stay taken care of.
If I'm going to have a multi-thousand dollar bill getting 20 base points per dollar vs 10 seems like that could rack up quite a few extra marriott points.
Not quite sure how the math works but at a bare minimum, let's say this promotion is an extra 10 points per dollar (20x vs 10x).... This is before taking into account any credit card bonus or status multipliers. That means on a $10,000 stay (for a nice big round number) you would get an extra 100,000 marriott points (200,000 total, 100,000 extra.... plus credit card plus status multiplier)..
Last edited by tygran37; Mar 5, 2019 at 1:18 pm
Mar 5, 2019, 1:34 pm
#2469
Join Date: May 2018
Location: HOU/IAH
Programs: NH Platinum; UA Silver; Marriott Titanium; Hilton Diamond; Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 64
...nights spent while redeeming an award are not eligible for bonus points.
The spa does earn points, although like you I'm not sure if they are considered base points.
Mar 5, 2019, 2:46 pm
#2471
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Programs: Marriott Titanium/LTP, IHG Platinum, Hilton Gold, United Silver, Delta Silver
Posts: 53
Mar 5, 2019, 2:49 pm
#2472
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: New York City
Programs: SPG Plat, Hyatt Globalist, DL Platinum
Posts: 96
Mar 5, 2019, 2:59 pm
#2473
Join Date: May 2018
Location: HOU/IAH
Programs: NH Platinum; UA Silver; Marriott Titanium; Hilton Diamond; Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 64
Mar 5, 2019, 3:47 pm
#2474
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