Radisson Blu or Radisson (was Park Inn now Radisson Red) at Oslo Airport?
#1
Community Director Emerita
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 33,681
Radisson Blu or Radisson (was Park Inn now Radisson Red) at Oslo Airport?
We've stayed at the Radisson Blu Oslo Airport and thought it was just fine. It was a short walk from the terminal. I hadn't realized there was a Park Inn at the airport. I've read that it is actually attached to the airport. Can someone explain the layout of the terminal and these two hotels? How do the hotels compare to each other? Is there much difference between them? Park Inn is 44K points and Radisson Blu is 70K points.
#2
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 31,452
The Park Inn is not within but rather connected to the airport by a covered walkway. It's about three minutes walking so no big deal unless in winter. The hotel is perfectly fine with a decent bar/restaurant downstairs where you can't enjoy Norwegian markups on alcohol! I've stayed there a few times; nothing special but perfectly acceptable.
#3
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,103
The Radisson is also not within the airport terminal area, even as it's a shorter walk for the terminal's arrival and departure areas.
The Park Inn gives me bigger rooms than the Radisson, as a Club Carlson Gold. The Park Inn has breakfast included for all guests while the Radisson OSL does not. I find the Park Inn brighter than the Radisson.
I'm pretty much indifferent between choosing the two hotels, as the walk from the Radisson to the BA check-in desk doesn't save me a lot more time than the walk from the Park Inn to the BA check-in desk. In summer, the walks are both fine. Even in winter they are both usually fine, albeit with the Park Inn there is a small stretch than can get slippery/icy.
Due to lower point costs, lower NOK prices, or the friends/family rate availability, I would go for the Park Inn.
The Park Inn gives me bigger rooms than the Radisson, as a Club Carlson Gold. The Park Inn has breakfast included for all guests while the Radisson OSL does not. I find the Park Inn brighter than the Radisson.
I'm pretty much indifferent between choosing the two hotels, as the walk from the Radisson to the BA check-in desk doesn't save me a lot more time than the walk from the Park Inn to the BA check-in desk. In summer, the walks are both fine. Even in winter they are both usually fine, albeit with the Park Inn there is a small stretch than can get slippery/icy.
Due to lower point costs, lower NOK prices, or the friends/family rate availability, I would go for the Park Inn.
Last edited by GUWonder; Jul 16, 2017 at 4:08 am
#4
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,327
IMO the Radisson Blu would make sense if you get lounge access (I'm assuming that this one has a lounge) and your travel hours permit taking advantage of the lounge. Otherwise, for just a simple overnight stay between flights, spending fewer points on the Park Inn would make sense. You don't mention the time of the year for your trip, but if both of them involve a small walk outdoors, it's hard to see a big difference in location.
#5
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,103
IMO the Radisson Blu would make sense if you get lounge access (I'm assuming that this one has a lounge) and your travel hours permit taking advantage of the lounge. Otherwise, for just a simple overnight stay between flights, spending fewer points on the Park Inn would make sense. You don't mention the time of the year for your trip, but if both of them involve a small walk outdoors, it's hard to see a big difference in location.
The Radisson OSL is more convenient to get the trains to/from the city than the Park Inn, something to consider for some.
When I've walked to the Radisson in winter, I've never had to deal with enough of a bad path/major ice problem when carting luggage on a wheeled cart to be memorable. The Park Inn, is a different story, as I had such issue with ice; but now more of the path is better covered than used to be the case when the hotel opened.
The Park Inn is a much younger hotel than the Radisson.
Last edited by GUWonder; Jul 16, 2017 at 4:24 am
#6
Join Date: Jul 2008
Programs: Club Carlson Gold, AMEX Platinum, EBG
Posts: 397
All the Radisson rooms have been renovated so there's not much to choose between the two hotels. I always stay at the radisson, it's closer to the terminal and railway station, as a gold elite I always get an upgrade and free breakfast, the radisson also has the better gym.
#9
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Canary Islands, Spain
Posts: 84
All the Radisson rooms have been renovated so there's not much to choose between the two hotels. I always stay at the radisson, it's closer to the terminal and railway station, as a gold elite I always get an upgrade and free breakfast, the radisson also has the better gym.
#10
Community Director Emerita
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 33,681
#11
Suspended
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
I stayed at the PI, arrived in the late evening and was flying out early the next morn, all I needed was a bed and hot shower and went with The PI since they were cheaper both $ and pts wise. If I was going to spend alot of awake hours at the hotel, then maybe I would go with The Rad instead
#12
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Canary Islands, Spain
Posts: 84
In the cheapest rates of the Park Inn there is no reference that breakfast is included, can you confirm that all customers have breakfast included?
Best regards.
#13
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: VIE
Programs: SAS EBS / *A Silver, Hilton Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Platinum
Posts: 3,625
#14
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: QF, VA, CX
Posts: 86
We'll be staying at OSL overnight between flights in July 2019, arriving on a flight that arrives at 22:50 and connecting with a flight that departs at 08:40 the next morning and we'll choose one of these two hotels. Looking at prices for the date we need there is a large difference between non-refundable and flexible rates. Is it possible / likely that prices could drop in the coming months or do they tend to stay the same most of the time? I realise if I leave it until close to the date we need that the price is likely to be higher although I've just had a look at a date 4 weeks from now and the price is a lot cheaper than it is for our July 2019 date - over $A100 (64 Euro) cheaper.