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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #700 on: September 04, 2019, 09:51:22 AM »
Stayed at a W cat. 8. Had bugs & a lizard in my room & one morning at 9:30 a worker walked into my room when we were all sleeping.

Emailed manager he offered me 20k comp. Should I push for more?

even 100k points wouldnt do it
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #701 on: September 04, 2019, 10:24:25 AM »
Stayed at a W cat. 8. Had bugs & a lizard in my room & one morning at 9:30 a worker walked into my room when we were all sleeping.

Emailed manager he offered me 20k comp. Should I push for more?
Bugs and a lizard? Full refund from my point of view.

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #702 on: September 04, 2019, 10:29:40 AM »
Bugs and a lizard? Full refund from my point of view.
Agree, if it was a long stay settle for a bit less.
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #703 on: September 04, 2019, 10:46:09 AM »
Bugs and a lizard? Full refund from my point of view.

i would be more concerned about a worker walking in while sleeping
was the do not disturb sign on the door ?
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #704 on: September 04, 2019, 01:27:00 PM »
i would be more concerned about a worker walking in while sleeping
was the do not disturb sign on the door ?

Do not disturb was on.

Agree, if it was a long stay settle for a bit less.

Was a 6 night stay. Tropical climate with outdoor shower connected to the bathroom & doors to a pool outside.

I emailed the manager again saying he can do a lot better based on what I paid. Let’s see what happens.

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #705 on: September 04, 2019, 01:47:44 PM »
Do not disturb was on.

Was a 6 night stay. Tropical climate with outdoor shower connected to the bathroom & doors to a pool outside.

I emailed the manager again saying he can do a lot better based on what I paid. Let’s see what happens.
Agree he should, depending on how dramatic you play the walk in.

If say, some1 were to have a 10 night stay and there was an incident, I would not expect the hotel to reimburse in full. But if it were a 3 night stay, I see some room for argument....
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #706 on: September 04, 2019, 04:20:46 PM »
Agree he should, depending on how dramatic you play the walk in.

If say, some1 were to have a 10 night stay and there was an incident, I would not expect the hotel to reimburse in full. But if it were a 3 night stay, I see some room for argument....

if the do not disturb sign was on then you should ask for alot more
you could of been in middle of who knows what when the person walked in
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #707 on: September 04, 2019, 06:42:50 PM »
if the do not disturb sign was on then you should ask for alot more
you could of been in middle of who knows what when the person walked in
You can ask, but I doubt you'll get. Did you loose or suffer anything?

Basic negotiating skills, is to always ask for more.
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #708 on: September 05, 2019, 01:00:24 AM »


Tropical climate with outdoor shower connected to the bathroom & doors to a pool outside.
I had a feeling ;)
Lizards and bugs are to he expected.
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #709 on: September 05, 2019, 01:33:49 AM »
I had a feeling ;)
Lizards and bugs are to he expected.

That’s why I complained but I’m not going crazy about it. Although I was in two different rooms & I noticed that my first did not have a seal going fully around the outdoor shower so it could be it boils r down to a maintenance issue on their end.

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #710 on: September 05, 2019, 01:36:00 AM »


That’s why I complained but I’m not going crazy about it. Although I was in two different rooms & I noticed that my first did not have a seal going fully around the outdoor shower so it could be it boils r down to a maintenance issue on their end.
I was referring to these
Bugs and a lizard? Full refund from my point of view.
Agree, if it was a long stay settle for a bit less.
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #711 on: September 05, 2019, 10:29:36 AM »
I was referring to these
Yeah, different story I guess.

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #712 on: September 08, 2019, 05:14:35 PM »
Grand Hyatt DFW gave me a room on the second floor after I booked a room with a runway view - which obviously had no view of the runway.

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #713 on: September 08, 2019, 05:17:58 PM »
Grand Hyatt DFW gave me a room on the second floor after I booked a room with a runway view - which obviously had no view of the runway.

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Did you ask them to move you or you just took the room and hoped to get compensation after the fact?

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #714 on: September 08, 2019, 05:46:37 PM »
Did you ask them to move you or you just took the room and hoped to get compensation after the fact?
Didn't ask to move. Was just there one night after flight was cancelled. Wasn't up to the shlep. Didn't expect much compensation to be honest.

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #715 on: September 09, 2019, 11:16:20 AM »
Didn't ask to move. Was just there one night after flight was cancelled. Wasn't up to the shlep. Didn't expect much compensation to be honest.

So you lucked out.  Good for you!

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #716 on: September 19, 2019, 11:20:24 PM »
Hotel: Bellevue Philadelphia (Hyatt)
Year of incident: 2019
Status at time of incident: Explorist
Incident: poor AC
Compensation: 5k points
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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #717 on: September 24, 2019, 11:02:15 PM »
I don’t know if this is the right thread to post this but I couldn’t find a better thread and didn’t want to start a new one. I booked a crazy low (non-refundable) rate on hotels.com for a Jerusalem property ($60 a night for a 2brm apt. In a nice bldg where I’ve stayed before). A couple days after the booking I get an email from the property saying they don’t have my unit available (not true) and that there is a rate discrepancy (true, it most likely was an error) and to call hotels.com to cancel.  So I figure fine no problem and I call hotels.com, explained the email and said if they don’t want to give me the room at that price it’s ok but then they need to give me a refund as I can’t cancel it online. The guy says he needs to get approval from the property for the refund. They didn’t answer when he called so he will start a case to process my refund.  Two days later I get an email from the property saying I booked a non-refundable rate, they don’t authorize my refund request and they suggest using the reservation!!  I’m assuming an idiot employee didn’t look at the rate and just saw it was non-refundable and denied the request.

Honestly I want to keep the 5 nights at $300 total but I just don’t want to show up, they refuse to honor the reservation and then not have anything for my family.  If I go and they don’t give me the apartment (obviously I’m bringing the email where they tell me it’s a non-refundable rate, deny my refund and say I should just use the reservation) are they or hotels.com obligated to put me up somewhere else (my reservation clearly says for 6 people)? Or will they then process the refund and I’ll get my money back but be stuck trying to book other accommodations?

Sorry for the megila and any help is greatly appreciated!

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #718 on: September 25, 2019, 08:15:55 PM »
Call the property on a recorded line and reconfirm that the apartment IS available and if they say it is then I would be 95% comfortable relying on it. For the other 5% chance I would have a backup plan.

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Re: Hotel Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #719 on: September 26, 2019, 07:07:28 PM »
Call the property on a recorded line and reconfirm that the apartment IS available and if they say it is then I would be 95% comfortable relying on it. For the other 5% chance I would have a backup plan.

Great idea, gonna try it!