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Originally Posted by Dn10
(Post 32280451)
How does this hotel compare against something like Al Maha or the St Regis Maldives? You could get ~4 trips to those hotels for the same amount of points as North Island...is it really that much more glamorous or special?
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Booked with points for 4 guests, there were no more additional fees for 3. and 4. person when making a points redemption.
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Originally Posted by tom-schmitt
(Post 32400880)
Booked with points for 4 guests, there were no more additional fees for 3. and 4. person when making a points redemption.
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Don’t see any points nights available through 2022. Cash rates are posted. Are points nights still an option?
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Originally Posted by Traveler Dave
(Post 33049045)
Don’t see any points nights available through 2022. Cash rates are posted. Are points nights still an option?
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Originally Posted by mileageking
(Post 33120065)
Did few random searches and do see availability on points. Sample 5 nights June 14-19 2021 2bdrm beachfront villa for 1,830,000 points (or a cool EUR 32,409 taxes incl.)
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OMAAT shares a tale of an award booking here.
EyeOnThePoints ... booked a one week stay for 4 people in a two bedroom villa for 2,596,000 points. At some point after booking, EyeOnThePoints got an email from the hotel, stating that an extra $16,940 would be due for the third and fourth guest in the villa. Apparently the hotel has decided that a redemption in a two bedroom villa should only be for two people, and the hotel wants an extra $1,210 per additional guest per night for the privilege of breathing the North Island’s fresh air. Keep in mind that the hotel isn’t all inclusive, and the hotel will be making money on the additional guests, for food, transfers, activities, and more. Despite that, Marriott continues to show the award cost to be the same whether you’re staying with two or four guests in the two bedroom villa. Upon reaching out to Marriott, the Bonvoy member was essentially told that the hotel has the right to do that, despite the fact that this wasn’t in any way disclosed during the booking process or in the email confirmation. [This despite] "Extra person charges *are included* on Bonvoy redemptions. It’s right there in 3.2.e.“3.2.e. When redeeming Points for an Award Redemption Stay, the Award Redemption Stay includes the cost of a single or double standard room at a Participating Property, room tax/service charge, and extra-person charges, if any.” |
Originally Posted by Traveler Dave
(Post 33120088)
Thanks. Looks like you need to put in exact dates for the search, The “flexible dates” option shows no availability in June. A little annoying but now that I know...but not thinking 5 days is worth over 2M hard earned points?
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Originally Posted by swag
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I would love to hear some feedback on here from someone who actually booked this on points. I see a couple of reviews on TripAdvisor from folks who say they did, including what appears to be the booking referred to in the OMAAT link, or at least had similar problems booking for 4 adults.
It's hard to imagine this being worth 3x-4x the cost of other top tier properties but when you only get 1-2 weeks of vacation per year for a trip of this distance and magnitude and you are sitting on a pile of points, it's definitely something I'm considering. |
Originally Posted by hoipolloi
(Post 33120448)
Time to fight back and add some negative reviews on this hotel's TripAdvisor page
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Originally Posted by mharlan100
(Post 33365797)
I would love to hear some feedback on here from someone who actually booked this on points. I see a couple of reviews on TripAdvisor from folks who say they did, including what appears to be the booking referred to in the OMAAT link, or at least had similar problems booking for 4 adults.
It's hard to imagine this being worth 3x-4x the cost of other top tier properties but when you only get 1-2 weeks of vacation per year for a trip of this distance and magnitude and you are sitting on a pile of points, it's definitely something I'm considering. God speed :D |
Originally Posted by FlyingFrZ
(Post 33367342)
On behalf of flyertalk, I nominate you to lead us into the great unknown that is North Island
God speed :D Since all my travel for next year is pretty much planned already, I probably would not even be able to book until next year for a summer trip in 2023. There will probably be a huge devaluation before then anyway. I don't have near enough Marriott points and they are less desirable to earn than Amex MR. It would take a ton of MR transfered on a bonus. Not an ideal transfer, but at that redemption value I could maybe justify it if it really was a place we wanted to experience. I'll never pay that much cash for a week. So I have another year to figure out if I can replace most of those points.. I think a (only slightly) more resonable idea would be to only do 3 or 4 nights at North Island in conjunction with a few nights at another Seychelles resort and maybe several more nights in the Maldives. In the meantime, I'll ask my wife if she would rather spend 6 nights at North Island or 25 nights at Bora Bora 🤣😂🤣...OK, theres no way I'm doing this! Thanks for talking me out of it! |
Booked for 1.83M points for our 5 night honeymoon in early September 2021 - will post a stay report. I would much prefer a month in the Maldives but no way my better half could ever get that kind of time off in the next few years. Property did require that we wired money for the helicopter transfer within a week of booking which I thought was a little strange.
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