Hotels
Marriott has been generous to continue to let people take a challenge to Gold/Platinum status. You have 90 days to stay 12/18 nights. Apparently the 90 days starts at the end of the month you apply. I started mine Feb 3rd so I have Feb, March, April and May as a Platinum member.
In short, they treat you like a king, give you 50% more points, access to the club lounge (free food!) room upgrades, etc...
It's simple. You call and ask about the challenge and they'll enroll you. It's called Taste of Platinum (or Taste of Gold). The end....
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The JW Marriott Bangkok has drawn me again for my second stay in the last month for reasons that may be obvious in photographs and for the high quality of service. It is listed in this year’s Travel + Leisure in “The Worlds Best Hotels”, which is their global top 500 list. While my wife and I also enjoyed the Renaissance here in Bangkok and the prices are similar, but I only looked at prices with JW for my last stay of this quarters promotion.
Radisson has impressed me once again. Yes, it helps that they upgraded me to the biggest room on the property but regardless, it is a quality operation.
Although Radissons are generally more than $100 less than the 5 star hotels in the area, they still give the 5 star treatment and have a hotel that looks and feels like a 5 star hotel. Even though rooms start at $100, the Radisson Suites Sukhumvit Bangkok is much nicer than the competitors in the price range. If that is your budget, there is no comparison.
Read moreToday we got upgraded to the biggest room in the Radisson Suites Bangkok. It's an awesome room I must say.
I pretty much followed all the steps I gave in my post on how to get room upgrades at hotels.
We checked in at 1pm again and I'm only staying 1 night, unfortunately. Though I'm seriously considering doing a bait-and-switch, as they say. They give you the upgrade possibly because you're only staying one night and therefore they can still sell it the next night. But if I book another night, usually if you book the same type of room...
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