I'm staying at the InterContinental Frankfurt at the moment for two nights. Originally I booked both nights as a revenue stay, but ultimately decided to switch to a "Sweet Dilemma" night for the first night. "Sweet Dilemma" was Priority Club's "stay two get one free" promotion in the fourth quarter, whereby you could make two…
Continue reading: Ever receive a better room on an award booking than on a revenue booking?
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
Aren't you supposed to be visiting family for Christmas - or is the entire family gathering at the IC? (and I know, it's none of my business - just interested how you pull this off as my family would not have a bar of it!)
This past April, I was in Milan for an overnight and stayed at the Sheraton Diana Majestic on points. I have no status with SPG (don't stay often enough, and generally prefer Hyatts), but they upgraded me to a beautiful suite. I was surprised, but didn't argue with the upgrade.
Frequent occurrence at Westin for myself. Once downgraded in Vancouver at the Grande to a queen room with bad view from a king room (there the was the overnight fire the same night). Recently stayed in the smallest room ever at a Westin in Whistler on a reward night...not even an SPG room..... with a great anti view.
Don't you just love the inconsistency of InterContinental/Priority Club? It is my ONLY complaint about IC, and it is something they could easily fix.
I redeemed a "sweet dilemma" night for the Presidential suite at the Crowne plaza - Le Palace in Brussels and to my astonishment, they honored the booking. See the suite here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdabIFeOO_M
@ Raffy -- Heh, have family in different parts of Germany, though there's no way I can stay there anymore. Most of them don't even have internet! So spending most of the day with them, though staying at hotels where I earn points, which is perfectly justifiable financially (as you'll see in the upcoming trip report). Main reason I'm visiting is to spend time with my mom, though. She's trying to find a place to live, so it works out quite well because she's actually staying at hotels with me. So it's a nice way to spend time with her.
Scored the Governers Suite (#1378) on an award stay at the Huntington Beach Hyatt Regency Resort August 2010.
See the review: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14439667-post97.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalboz/sets/72157624673383164/
You are comparing apples and oranges. The availability and capacity on the first night may be vastly different than the availability/capacity on the second night. If you had two reservations on the same evening at the same hotel then you would have reason for comparison.