GHA Discovery - New Program 2021
Dec 25, 2022, 12:40 pm
#226
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,263
Anantara is not a bad brand either with some very good hotels, albeit more variable. Agree though, having stayed at Capella Bangkok and Ritz-Carlton Maldives multiple times each, Capella Maldives is probably the single hotel opening in the next few years I am most excited about globally. Sad it is now pushed out to 2025.
Dec 26, 2022, 11:13 am
#227
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: Bonvoy :Ambassador , ALL :Diamond, Skywards :Silver, Krisflyer :Silver
Posts: 2,808
Personally I'm waiting for Capella Sydney and hope to return to Capella Bangkok next year.
Tried Capella Bali before and love it. Service was great although don't expect much in terms of upgrade benefit.
Either they run out of villas or run out the category to upgrade
Tried Capella Bali before and love it. Service was great although don't expect much in terms of upgrade benefit.
Either they run out of villas or run out the category to upgrade
Dec 30, 2022, 2:52 am
#228
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,481
I’ve got upgraded on every GHA stay in the recent years. Especially the Kempinskis were generous (2x upgrade because of Titanium plus 1x upgrade because of FHR gave 4x upgrade or better).
I’ve also had an issue about a missing stay (booked via GHA app) and the GHA processes don’t work at all. They need long time getting nothing done.
So it’s a good program for getting upgrades, but not a reliable one.
I’ve also had an issue about a missing stay (booked via GHA app) and the GHA processes don’t work at all. They need long time getting nothing done.
So it’s a good program for getting upgrades, but not a reliable one.
Jan 16, 2023, 11:45 am
#231
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,843
Jan 16, 2023, 11:48 am
#232
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,843
That's interesting to hear, thanks for sharing. I will have to put this to the test. My beef with the Kempinski brand is that they often cut the room types into too many categories so +2 can be immaterial. However if I could pay a bit more via FHR than booking direct I would be inclined to pull the trigger if the upgrade becomes +4 rather than +2.
Jan 19, 2023, 10:44 am
#234
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,843
Not sure what is your definition of "recent past", but I can confirm they are stingy by local standards where most hotel chains upgrade generously to suites in Bangkok, but Siam Kempinski sticks to the letter of the rules with +2. At some hotels +2 can be a nice upgrade but they have many room categories such that the value of the upgrade is very modest relative to their competitors. That said, they are not stingy in the sense of doing less than required by the rules. When rooms are available, they do upgrade according to their definition of what room types are, even if it might not feel like much of an upgrade to guests.
Jan 19, 2023, 2:02 pm
#236
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: HAM
Programs: AY, Accor, Hilton - Gold
Posts: 386
Jan 19, 2023, 3:45 pm
#237
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,843
Edit: never mind, I see in post #207 you mention that many room types were available and they still did not upgrade you
Jan 21, 2023, 2:09 pm
#238
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Miami, FL
Programs: UA 1MM, AA Plat, Marriott LT Titanium, Hyatt Glob, IHG ♢ Amb, Hilton ♢, Hertz Pres
Posts: 6,018
Still waiting for them to integrate NH Hotels. I cannot log onto NH hotels using my GHA Discovery password... and NH Hotels tech team is incompetent and cannot figure out how to get me in. Anyone else having issues like these?
Jan 23, 2023, 3:37 am
#239
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: HAM
Programs: AY, Accor, Hilton - Gold
Posts: 386
No, everything worked fine, just needed to make a new password. (Also coming from NH)
Jan 23, 2023, 10:47 pm
#240
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: HAM
Programs: AY, Accor, Hilton - Gold
Posts: 386
Anyone got the "brand stays" with NH Hotels & NH Collection? Are they counted as one? Cause there are both of them around me and I was wondering...
Edit: they count as one.
Edit: they count as one.
Last edited by Compliment; Jan 24, 2023 at 3:59 am