Any experience with Beijing properties?
Apr 30, 2014, 1:12 pm
#16
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Is the 5:30-7:30pm happy hour the same as, or different from, the high tea? Thinking about booking a suite here, since it's much cheaper than the Hilton Wangfujing.
May 17, 2014, 6:02 am
#17
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Anyway, made a 2 for 1 booking using points/Carlson CC to a Deluxe room at the PP Wangfujing 66K points all in.
I emailed the reservations desk to ask about a complimentary room upgrade due to being Carlson Gold, and they offered a paid upgrade package of 388RMB/day/room, including a room upgrade to an Executive Suite, an extra bed, and daily breakfast (presumably included as part of the Suite).
$60 for a 3-class room upgrade and an extra bed? I'll take it!
My stay isn't for another few months, but I'll be sure to report back with photos!
I emailed the reservations desk to ask about a complimentary room upgrade due to being Carlson Gold, and they offered a paid upgrade package of 388RMB/day/room, including a room upgrade to an Executive Suite, an extra bed, and daily breakfast (presumably included as part of the Suite).
$60 for a 3-class room upgrade and an extra bed? I'll take it!
My stay isn't for another few months, but I'll be sure to report back with photos!
Last edited by drzoidberg; May 17, 2014 at 6:10 am
May 19, 2014, 11:20 am
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Nice! I paid about $80 for a similar upgrade last summer, that they offered me at check-in when I asked if they had any Gold upgrades. It worked well for my family, as we had a very nice breakfast each morning, and the evening happy hour food was actually sufficient to provide dinner for the kids one night when they were too tired to go out to a restaurant.
Not sure what the high tea comprises, but the happy hour last summer had a selection of juices, wine, and hard liquor, as well as 3-4 hot dishes, salad, bread and cheese, and a few desserts.
Not sure what the high tea comprises, but the happy hour last summer had a selection of juices, wine, and hard liquor, as well as 3-4 hot dishes, salad, bread and cheese, and a few desserts.
Jun 2, 2014, 3:04 pm
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I am looking at this hotel for an award stay and wonder what the difference is between a standard award for a Superior room at 44k points and a premium award for the Deluxe that you selected at 66k points. Is it just the size and amenities of the room or does the premium award include breakfast and lounge?
Jun 2, 2014, 10:27 pm
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I am looking at this hotel for an award stay and wonder what the difference is between a standard award for a Superior room at 44k points and a premium award for the Deluxe that you selected at 66k points. Is it just the size and amenities of the room or does the premium award include breakfast and lounge?
Jun 2, 2014, 11:42 pm
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I did not see any mention of breakfast and lounge either in the room descriptions. I will just book the Superior room for 44k points and see what they will charge me to upgrade to get breakfast and lounge benefits.
Jun 3, 2014, 6:53 am
#22
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When I stayed last summer I booked the superior room. Upon arrival, I was told I had been upgraded to deluxe, but that the deluxe did not come with breakfast or lounge benefits. For that, I needed to pay the aforementioned supplement (I think it was approx $80 USD per night) to upgrade to a suite with those benefits. It is possible that if you book the deluxe room they'll give you the upgrade for less, but you may want to contact them in advance. I found the desk staff on check-in to have a very limited range of options they could offer up.
Aug 1, 2014, 3:33 am
#23
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I'm at the PP Wangfujing now, and was not happy that despite arranging in advance a room upgrade to an Executive Suite, was told that I would not have access to the lounge nor would I have high tea/happy hour (despite the website contradicting this). Furthermore, they tried to upsell me on other packages which I didn't want.
Finally got it sorted out so I'm on a 15th floor Exec. Suite, but displeased with checkin issues and staff's very limited English. Having just stayed at the Hilton Wangfujing across the street, I find it hard to believe that the PP WFJ is ranked #14 and the Hilton just #13.
Will post more later.
Finally got it sorted out so I'm on a 15th floor Exec. Suite, but displeased with checkin issues and staff's very limited English. Having just stayed at the Hilton Wangfujing across the street, I find it hard to believe that the PP WFJ is ranked #14 and the Hilton just #13.
Will post more later.
Aug 2, 2014, 10:46 am
#24
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sorry to hear about your troubles! Hopefully now that the suite is sorted out, you'll have a good stay. We also stayed at the Hilton before our stay at the PP, and thought the Hilton experience was much better. Both stays were on points, with Gold status at the respective chains. Good luck with the rest of the stay.
Aug 4, 2014, 9:18 am
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sorry to hear about your troubles! Hopefully now that the suite is sorted out, you'll have a good stay. We also stayed at the Hilton before our stay at the PP, and thought the Hilton experience was much better. Both stays were on points, with Gold status at the respective chains. Good luck with the rest of the stay.
Mar 17, 2015, 3:19 pm
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Does anyone know if the Radisson Blu's lounge is open on weekends? I've got a 2/1 Royal Club premium award for a Friday and Saturday night and don't know what to expect. I like Wangfujing (and love the restaurant in the ~new Renaissance there), but don't mind staying on the second ring while recovering from my flight and visiting the Summer Palace.
Jul 26, 2016, 11:50 am
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I stayed on PP WFJ. The location is great, next to Metro. Food is pretty good. However, if you used your Club Carlson Visa, check your statement. I have to call since they didn't give the points under Club carlson stay.
Sep 5, 2016, 12:48 pm
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