St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort [Master Thread]
Jan 14, 2019, 9:57 pm
#2161
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: BKK
Posts: 6,741
$600 total for entire stay? I would do it. In addition to sunset, more privacy as well. And it places you one more notch up the upgrade chain in case they do need to upgrade anyone to the overwater suites.
Jan 14, 2019, 11:07 pm
#2163
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AA LT Gold, Amex Plat
Posts: 50
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.
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.
Jan 14, 2019, 11:41 pm
#2164
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Tokyo
Programs: JAL Metal Card (OWE), SAS Eurobonus Gold (*G), Marriott Titanium (LTP), Tokyu Hotels Platinum
Posts: 21,148
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.
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.
Jan 15, 2019, 12:19 am
#2165
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 3,722
The north facing OWVs do have near absolute privacy (residents on the upper floors of the Astor Villa can probably see you however), but half the deck is in the shade throughout the day. If that doesn't bother you, then go for it. The north facing villas are also a little further away from Alba.
Jan 15, 2019, 7:07 am
#2166
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cockeysville, MD
Programs: Marriott Rewards Lifetime Titanium, Amex Plat, Hertz Gold 5*, National Exec, AA Plat
Posts: 9,467
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.
Jan 15, 2019, 1:47 pm
#2167
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 153
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.
Jan 15, 2019, 3:06 pm
#2168
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cockeysville, MD
Programs: Marriott Rewards Lifetime Titanium, Amex Plat, Hertz Gold 5*, National Exec, AA Plat
Posts: 9,467
I spoke with Marriott Customer Care. They called the property-IF you work with them, make sure they preserve your cancelation parameters too.
Jan 15, 2019, 3:51 pm
#2169
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 153
Thank you. I just spoke with them again and they still don't seem to be able to change it to the 100k rate. For some reason they have only been able to change it to the 120k rate but they've also put 20k points into my account so I guess I'll take it.
Jan 15, 2019, 9:16 pm
#2170
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Texas
Programs: Southwest Companion Pass, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 35
Finally got around to calling them tonight. They were immediately able to update amount back to 440k for 5 nights but cancellation policy also changed to 1/13/2019. They said they emailed the hotel to have them honor and to call back in 3 days if I don’t hear back from them or the hotel. In the meantime, I had them cancel the reservation altogether since I didn’t want to get stuck with something I can’t cancel. Fingers crossed it works out. (This was a points advance so I didn’t have any points missing because of this luckily)
Jan 15, 2019, 9:43 pm
#2171
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New York
Posts: 39
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.
Jan 15, 2019, 10:48 pm
#2174
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Tokyo
Programs: JAL Metal Card (OWE), SAS Eurobonus Gold (*G), Marriott Titanium (LTP), Tokyu Hotels Platinum
Posts: 21,148
Jan 15, 2019, 11:21 pm
#2175
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 153