As many of you may remember, Priority Club was offering the "King Bed Manhattan View Suite" at the brand new Long Island Holiday Inn for a mere 15,000 points per night. While that's the normal rate for a Holiday Inn redemption, they typically only offer the lowest level room at that price. The "Manhattan View…
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I just called and asked about suites without referencing my reservation. The agent indicated that there was a "maintenance issue" with the suites (what the hell does that mean given that the hotel just opened?), and that it wouldn't be fixed before May at the earliest.
Having stayed at all of the Hilton properties around JFK for 3 months for work, the Hilton Garden Inn is actually the best bang for your buck in terms of clean facilities/rooms and breakfast quality (assuming you have Gold or Diamond status so you don't have to pay $18 for the buffet). The Doubletree will upgrade you to a Jr. Suite if you have the status and there's availability.
Thanks for sharing your experiences, Justin. Unfortunately it looks like the Hampton Inn is about $40 cheaper than the Doubletree and nearly $100 cheaper than the Hilton Garden Inn. Our flight is at 7AM and it's a breakfast flight, so I'm not too concerned about the breakfast quality (although it's good to know for future reference). Is the JFK Hampton pretty bad?
The Hampton is not bad for the area in my experience, but unfortunately I don't think that's saying all that much. That being said, it's much closer to the airport than the LI City Holiday Inn and has an airport shuttle (though the Holiday Inn might as well) and if you're not getting the suite at the Holiday Inn, I'd go with the Hampton.
The SeaTac Holiday Inn, a week or so back, had a big display by the elevators with a wedding cake and a huge promo about hosting weddings there.
This wasn't just a line on a website, this was can't-miss space in the lobby.
And the Holiday Inn is in a bit dodgier spot than some of the other SeaTAc airport properties, my father-in-law even had his car broken into during a Park 'n Fly stay a couple years back.
Just what every girl dreams of!
I noticed that as well, Gary, now that I think about it! I was there for a five hour overnight layover, but I remember it by the elevators.
By the way, I'm leaning towards the Holiday Inn Express JFK right now. It's cheaper than all the other options at $90, and actually looks half decent.