Update on the breakfast situation for Diamonds at the Adelaide Hilton:Sounded like $10 regardless - I was in a rush and the staff member seemed a bit confused herself.
Anyhow, my 2 cents as mentioned before. Trying to limit the free breakfast to certain items, which is near impossible to police anyways, just feels petty. I'm spending 50+ nights in your hotel and you draw the line at the occasional egg for breakfast which costs you a few cents. I can sort of understand that if you offer breakfast at the lounge, you want people to use it. Fair enough.
So if a Gold got upgraded to executive floor, then the Gold would have better benefits than a Diamond?Update on the breakfast situation for Diamonds at the Adelaide Hilton:
Breakfast only free at the lounge - if you want to eat downstairs it's $10 for the full breakfast. If you're Gold you can eat downstairs for free (Continental only) or pay $10 for the full breakfast.
Yes. Adelaide is different.Breakfast only free at the lounge - if you want to eat downstairs it's $10 for the full breakfast. If you're Gold you can eat downstairs for free (Continental only) or pay $10 for the full breakfast.
Yes it's frustrating. My Gold colleagues had various experiences though, upgraded to Exec Floor but no lounge access, full breakfast for free downstairs (well, who is checking that anyways) etc.So if a Gold got upgraded to executive floor, then the Gold would have better benefits than a Diamond?
Question has to be asked though. Why are Australian Hiltons such tight cough in providing anything beyond the published benefits? Elsewhere in other countries (probably not the US), we get wines, biscuits, full breakfast, etc etc.
Is the hotel industry not competitive enough in Australia? At first I thought it's culture related as many hotels here are owned by Singaporean investors, but then you go to Singapore and you get showered with many things as an elite.
Has there been any other offers like this going around? Im 5 nights off renewing diamond (on top of my planned stays). 5 night mattress run is a bit much, especially at current rates.Well this was helpful
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I already have 7/10 nights, 7+3=10 the last time i checked
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I arguably prefer this hotel to the Conrad Manila, although I like both. They're very consistently good, I agree with everything you've said.Property: Hilton Manilla
Booked: King (40k / night)
Received: Executive King
Benefits received: Bottle of wine and macarons full breakfast
A great hotel which was perfect for an overnight stop before our flight to Amanpulo. Full breakfast at what is probably the most comprehensive buffet I’ve seen. The Casino precinct is crazy busy.
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Oh no more bears? I was there in August and didn't get one and didn't ask for one because I already got a few.Recent trip to Asia (last week) involved two Hilton properties.
Conrad Bangkok - booked Standard King (A$250 ish), given King Exec. Some Conrad branded snacks in the room on arrival, along with several bottles of water and a Conrad elephant. Breakfast in either lounge of restaurant, I would actually pick the lounge here - the restaurant gets very busy, very quickly. The lounge has an a la carte menu with your usual breakfast stuff (eggs benedict, etc.), but it depends what you're after, I guess. The lounge in the evening is really good, the drinks are free flowing and food is excellent, they had a whole peking duck which was being carved up and made into duck pancake rolls, I couldn't get enough.
Hilton Singapore Orchard - booked 65,000 point redemption, given King Exec. Just bottled water in room on arrival, but the hotel is very new/modern (apparently the largest Hilton in Asia?), it used to be the Mandarin Singapore. Lounge is cavernous, no issues getting a seat. Plenty of drinks variety, but food for both afternoon tea and evening is a bit lacking in variety. I usually pick the Conrad in SG, but had never stayed here before and thought I'd give it a go, for something different. I definitely like it, but Conrad wins, even though they have stopped the bears now . Anyway I digress, 16:00 checkout at Orchard was granted (as a Diamond benefit apparently, not sure what they'd offer to anyone else) which was perfect for my 20:05 flight back to Australia. I didn't bother with breakfast, but did eat at one of the restaurants the last night I was there, it wasn't cheap, but they do offer a dining discount of 25% to Gold/Diamond members, I think (it was on a sheet I was given at check-in that I can't currently locate), which eased the pain somewhat.
Does Conrad still provide the rubber ducks? I hope this lack of bears is not gonna be a trend amongst Conrad hotels.Recent trip to Asia (last week) involved two Hilton properties.
Conrad Bangkok - booked Standard King (A$250 ish), given King Exec. Some Conrad branded snacks in the room on arrival, along with several bottles of water and a Conrad elephant. Breakfast in either lounge of restaurant, I would actually pick the lounge here - the restaurant gets very busy, very quickly. The lounge has an a la carte menu with your usual breakfast stuff (eggs benedict, etc.), but it depends what you're after, I guess. The lounge in the evening is really good, the drinks are free flowing and food is excellent, they had a whole peking duck which was being carved up and made into duck pancake rolls, I couldn't get enough.
Hilton Singapore Orchard - booked 65,000 point redemption, given King Exec. Just bottled water in room on arrival, but the hotel is very new/modern (apparently the largest Hilton in Asia?), it used to be the Mandarin Singapore. Lounge is cavernous, no issues getting a seat. Plenty of drinks variety, but food for both afternoon tea and evening is a bit lacking in variety. I usually pick the Conrad in SG, but had never stayed here before and thought I'd give it a go, for something different. I definitely like it, but Conrad wins, even though they have stopped the bears now . Anyway I digress, 16:00 checkout at Orchard was granted (as a Diamond benefit apparently, not sure what they'd offer to anyone else) which was perfect for my 20:05 flight back to Australia. I didn't bother with breakfast, but did eat at one of the restaurants the last night I was there, it wasn't cheap, but they do offer a dining discount of 25% to Gold/Diamond members, I think (it was on a sheet I was given at check-in that I can't currently locate), which eased the pain somewhat.