What's your criteria to request a SNA?
Mar 11, 2019, 7:17 pm
#16
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) and the Budapest Marriott. I'm going to try to do a trip report when we get back or maybe even while we're on the train between cities.
Mar 12, 2019, 2:07 am
#17
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i only use sna when traveling with my family....the extra space comes in handy with 2 small kids....when traveling alone for work i don't really care whether i get upgraded or not....if i really need a suite then i book one....
Mar 22, 2019, 7:43 pm
#18
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How much time I'll be in the room is a big one. If this is just an airport hotel overnight stay or a one night in a city where I'll only use the room for sleeping I don't bother.
Another is what are the standard rooms at the hotel like. The city I'm most likely to use a SNA in is New York because of the tiny Manhattan hotel rooms.
Another is what are the standard rooms at the hotel like. The city I'm most likely to use a SNA in is New York because of the tiny Manhattan hotel rooms.
Mar 22, 2019, 10:53 pm
#19
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Location: Springfield,MO,USA
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My most recent use was because I needed to stay at a particular hotel which I knew from prior experience had noisy HVAC. Suite allowed me to run it in the non-occupied room and turn off in room I was in. Worked out as expected. Not aspirational or anything but mission accomplished.
Mar 23, 2019, 12:52 am
#20
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I’ve been using my SNAs at icons (e.g., the Gritti and Danieli) or at other high-end hotels on trips that are particularly meaningful to me (e.g., the St Regis on a return to Florence after a very long hiatus), generally where it’s being there in that place, rather than being in a place to see a performance or an exhibition, that’s the primary purpose of the trip.
Mar 23, 2019, 1:00 am
#21
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I’ve been using my SNAs at icons (e.g., the Gritti and Danieli) or at other high-end hotels on trips that are particularly meaningful to me (e.g., the St Regis on a return to Florence after a very long hiatus), generally where it’s being there in that place, rather than being in a place to see a performance or an exhibition, that’s the primary purpose of the trip.