Good morning, and welcome to today's community discussion thread! Today's posts will appear here throughout the day, but this thread is for going off-topic. Did you love/hate something about today's coverage? Are you tracking other news I missed? Or, do you just have a general question about rewards travel? This is the place for your wandering thoughts.
Today's posts on OMAAT:
- Save At Peninsula Hotels With Amex Offers (Targeted)
- What Are The World’s Best Airport Hotels? Here Are My Picks…
- The World’s Most Generous Airline Carry-On Allowance: 36kg/80lbs?!?
- My Favorite Places I’ve Visited: It’s Complicated, But Here Are My Picks
- Chase Ink Business Premier Review: $1K Bonus, 2.5% Cash Back, $195 Fee
- Bilt & Blacklane Partnership: Book With Bilt App, Redeem Bilt Cash, And More
- My Experience Using Malaysia Airlines Enrich Status For OneWorld Elite Benefits
- How To Earn & Redeem Bilt Cash: A Complicated But Rewarding System
- InKind Dining App: How It Works, Why I Love It, And My Experience
- Ritz-Carlton Reserve Goes “Urban,” With Shanghai Hotel: Brands Mean Nothing Anymore
Daily threads stay open for a week, so it's never too late to jump into a recent conversation.
Ben, I appreciate how you regularly revisit and update topics like today's 'World’s Best Airport Hotels' post. Even before I was a commenter at your site, as a frequent traveler I would search Google for recommendations like this, and it would often site you as a top reference. Seriously, these are great resources for a lot of people out in the real world (even if they don't regularly contribute in the comments these days). So, I guess, uh, thank you for doing what you do! Happy Friday.
@1990_ You're very kind, thank you! I really do enjoy keeping lists of airline and hotel related things that I enjoy, so I'm happy to hear others like it as well. Happy Friday!
Well my Hyatt hopping in Kuala Lumpur was great! Glad I got my Alila brand explorer stamp - nice room, sort of annoying elevators. Hyatt Centric and Grand Hyatt were great. And Park Hyatt was stunning! I will stay there longer next time. Loved the service (they must flag my name in the dining system - was greeted by managers at my table for breakfast and during cocktails.) Walked to Chinatown twice. And had a 4pm spa service before my late night flight. Really great experience!
Oh, and for those who are interested, I had no issues getting into the premium MH lounge at KUL with my AA ExecPlat status even though I was crediting my flights to QR (almost to QR platinum thanks in large part to the QR credit card!)
@chris_ So happy to hear you had a great experience, and not surprised to hear about that general ordering of hotels. Alila is such a quirky brand, when it has properties that go for $2K+ per night in the US, while some in Asia go for well under $200 per night.