I had written about how to get room upgrades at hotels in the past. Well, I was headed to San Sebastian, Spain and there is only ONE hotel chain there, which is the SPG Hotel Maria Cristina. I was looking for 4 nights, but only saw award rooms for the first 3 nights online, so […]
Introduction Chalk this post up to another one of those, “I’m glad it didn’t happen to me” posts. Anyway, I had booked my buddy’s flight from Hong Kong to Vietnam. I had written the wrong date in the email, so instead of telling him Jan 4th, I had written Jan 5th. Thus, he got his […]
Introduction As I was in my room at the Conrad Koh Samui wondering why I hadn’t been upgraded at the Conrad or the Park Hyatt Siem Reap even though I was top tier at both chains. I was thinking what was different about this trip because I was upgraded to the top 5 rooms at […]
Introduction We stayed here in April 2017 for 2 nights during cherry blossom season. The consensus place to stay is the Intercontinental Osaka, but they were fully booked, so I booked this St. Regis using 20K SPG points per night. Rack rate was around $800 due to the season, so it was a great use […]
Introduction This was my FIRST ever Ritz Carlton experience. The hotel was fully booked due to cherry blossom season, but I was able to snag 2 nights for 70,000 Marriott points per night. Rack rate was over $1,000 USD per night, so a really great value. Getting to hotel We were moving from the Hyatt, […]