I will be spending 3-4 months in Bangkok soon on a project. Just wondering what is the best thing to do to capitalise on hotel programs and airline programs. Am based in Singapore and plan to fly in and out every week. Which hotel chain and airline will give me the most bang for the buck in terms of status, miles and points ? I am Gold on Hyatt, Hilton and Starwood. Member of Krisflyer (used to be PPS) and marco Polo (CX)

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I live in Bangkok, and have stayed often at Hyatt. i love it, the regency floor is great. But if you are Hilton Gold, the Conrad executive floor is wonderful too. I live in a serviced apartment, on wireless road, that is a 5 starr hotel, that might be your best bet yet. All are equal in location, and amenities, price is close to same. I suppose i would vote Hyatt cause i love them hyatt points. But conrad might be the best deal, most for the money

freqflyer,

You want to stay on Star Alliance airlines simply because SQ and TG has so many daily flights between SIN and BKK that you have the flexibility to travel whenever you want. If you're flying SQ J, you'll get back your PPS status easy...if you end up flying TG Y, put your first 10k miles to Royal Orchid Plus and you'll get *S status which is worth more than *G on other programs when it comes to being upgraded to J on the packed Fri/Sun night TG flights.

I vote for the Conrad exec floor too...and the double-dipping is a definite plus. I prefer the Wireless road area to where the Hyatt is, though if you would rather travel by the skytrain instead of taxis, and if you want to be in a more livelier area, the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit isn't bad.

Personally, I'm in Bangkok for a few more months, which is why I gave up the points and miles and moved into a serviced apartment.

lucky6666,

Are you in Centrepoint Wireless?

A warning to read the fine print of which ever hotel program you choose - some have restrictions on the number of consecutive nights in which you can earn credit. And of course be wary of those that count "stays" rather than "nights" for elite status, etc. you might have to check-out and check-in a few times depending on how long your expected stay is.

BTW, freqflier cross posted this in the Starwoods forum, Hilton forum, Hyatt forum and now Travelbuzz. I'd like to know user freqflier's position from all these posts and replies. Which forum will he/she choose?

Savage, yes i am in centrepoint wireless road. Where are you?

lucky6666,

I'm in CentrePoint Sukhumvit....wanted to stay at wireless but my company's security vetoed it saying its too close to the US embassy...

I might be coming down there to play squash this weekend...email me if you want to meet up for a drink or something...

I tried to email you Savage, but it gets bounced back. Can you email me, and i can reply?