Annual Category Change Announcement 2014 [effective March 4, 2014]
Apr 6, 2014, 9:29 pm
#211
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Jupiter, FL
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Silver
Posts: 29,850
The club lounge at he Sheraton is amazing. You get the infinity pool, a couple nice treats as a welcome gift. View from most rooms is better.
It is very crowded.
Royal Hawaiian is more upscale. Less impressive views, no club lounge, but better treatment by staff.
I found the rooms to be comparable, with a slight nod to RW.
Apr 15, 2014, 4:29 pm
#212
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,577
Any chance the hotel themselves would be willing to change dates on a pre-3/4 reservation? LRM Taipei in particular, went from cat 5 to 6.
Apr 15, 2014, 7:11 pm
#213
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: TUL
Programs: AA EXP 2MM; Marriott Titanium; Hilton Diamond; Hyatt Explorist; Vistana 5* Elite; Nat'l Exec Elite
Posts: 6,177
I assume you want the reservation changed but wish to keep it at the Cat 5 redemption rate. If that's the case, I doubt you will succeed. However, you never know without contacting the hotel either by phone or email.
Apr 25, 2014, 11:06 am
#214
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Posts: 132
Sheraton At The Falls Hotel, Niagara Falls, NY
Dear Lurker, per the announcement, the Sheraton At The Falls Hotel, Niagara Falls, NY became a category 2 property on March 4, 2014. It is now showing as a category 3. Are changes still being made this far after the Annual Category Change?
Apr 28, 2014, 3:11 pm
#215
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
3.2.d. The amount of Starpoints needed to obtain rooms at SPG Participating Hotels varies by the category of the SPG Participating Hotel and may also vary by time of year. A list of SPG Participating Hotel categories is available on the SPG Program website (www.spg.com) under "Hotel Categories". Starwood may change the category in which a specific SPG Participating Hotel is classified at any time.
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