Dan Murphy
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- Joined
- Apr 20, 2000
Possible upgraded room, welcome 'gift', 50% increase in points earned (I think it is still that way).Do SPG Gold members receive any benefits at the Swan?
Possible upgraded room, welcome 'gift', 50% increase in points earned (I think it is still that way).Do SPG Gold members receive any benefits at the Swan?
Does anyone know how Garden Grove is billed on your credit card? Does it come up as a WDW charge or a Starwood charge?
Asking because Amex has an offer now- spend $300 at an SPG hotel and get $60 back. I wanted to see if this would count towards spending at the hotel or be billed to an outside restaurant.
Well I’m trying to get the offer on my card and on my husband’s. I guess I could always just settle by paying on two cards. Never thought I’d that before.I’m sure it would be Starwood, but why chance it. Bill all resort/dining purchases to your room and then pay your room bill with the card. So simple.
yeah i had wondered if good old starwood gold late check out was honored here. when i booked it told me it would be.
yeah i had wondered if good old starwood gold late check out was honored here. when i booked it told me it would be.
It is when they can accommodate. As an SPG plat, usually the latest they could give me was 1pm. I can only recall one time they were able to grant me later, and that was because the room they'd assigned me was coming out of service after my stay so it didn't need to be turned over for a new guest. Even then I don't think it was as late as 4pm. As a resort property, they are exempt from the 4pm benefit.
It's part of used to be called the "Heavenly Bed". But you can request down free as I recall.Tried to search the thread first but didn't come up with anything. It says the beds have "down cushioning" What does that mean exactly? Is there down in the bedding? Asking because down makes me really stuffy.
The bed does not include "Down", you can request down pillows. Here is official description:Tried to search the thread first but didn't come up with anything. It says the beds have "down cushioning" What does that mean exactly? Is there down in the bedding? Asking because down makes me really stuffy.
You can make special room requests, such as 'down free', with this link.Tried to search the thread first but didn't come up with anything. It says the beds have "down cushioning" What does that mean exactly? Is there down in the bedding? Asking because down makes me really stuffy.
Do you need to have the points already in your account to book next year? We haven't earned enough yet to book (going in August which burned most of our accumulated points). Marriott lets you book before you've earned the points but I wasn't sure if SPG does.UPDATE - I was able to call and book at the current rate (48000 starpoints) and keep the free night. 4 or 5 nights with resort view/balcony would have been 54000. I would highly recommend getting reservations booked before Aug. for anyone still on the fence about 2019.
You do need your hotel key. MB does not interact for EMH purposes. No voucher needed. I have no idea what that was, but none needed.
This MAY be changing. We had a CM give us a hard time at MK one morning and said we would need a special certificate for EMH since we were at the Swan. I investigated at the front desk...they had to call, but eventually this is going to be rolled back out (but no timeline yet, and the guy at the desk was NOT happy with the CM at MK).
[/QUOTE]Hmm... Kinda weird they would be going back in technology... Should easily be able to check the band and see that you have an active stay at a qualified hotel. If you only have a ticket guess need secondary proof, but the room key cards were good enough back in the day for Disney hotels. Guess will inquire when we get there next month.
And they were good enough for all but that one CM at the MK. Don't know if they ever actually will roll it out, but after a few calls, the front desk clerk at the Swan confirmed that while the CM at MK was WAY overzealous and premature, she wasn't 100% wrong. She still wasn't very magical, though (and also tried to tell me that my park hopper was a gift card, to give some perspective on this CM...)
Do you need to have the points already in your account to book next year? We haven't earned enough yet to book (going in August which burned most of our accumulated points). Marriott lets you book before you've earned the points but I wasn't sure if SPG does.