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Breakfast:
Paying guests get breakfast for free. If you are staying on points you need to be gold or diamond to get free breakfast. (source)

Parking:
Complimentary (No longer, is now 60sh for self park - Drago)

Shuls Nearby:
Great Synagogue - Approx. 7 minute walk
Kotel around 15min walk thru the mall & arab Shuk (Only suggested when soldiers are present like friday night on the way home)
Hotel has a Shul in the basement
Shul across the street

Hechsher: Plain Rabbanut Yerushayim (not mehadrin)
hechsherim in isreal
whatever your rabbi says you can eat, someone else's rabbi says is treif

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast (Hechsher, Early flight, etc') please PM shimino1

If you get free drinks vouchers and don't use them, I'll buy it off you for 10 shek per voucher.
PM shimino1

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast please PM dragoddfer, and he may be able to pay for the breakfast.

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Author Topic: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem  (Read 1171308 times)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1620 on: November 15, 2015, 09:26:57 PM »
Yea, right up that alley.
Let me know- I'd be interested in splitting if it's possible :)

I assume you're asking if one person can have it for 3 days and another person 1 and another person 1, etc.. just to makes costs in money or miles cheaper...
Any issues if I split a 5 night stay w/ someone on a 3rd party account, in terms of checking in, etc?
Also, if a suite is given, can some kids be brought in?
If you guys do this and for some reason you don't plan on eating the free breakfast then can you please let me know?
Also if you get drink vouchers you dont plan to use, can I buy them off you?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1621 on: November 16, 2015, 12:55:43 AM »
If you guys do this and for some reason you don't plan on eating the free breakfast then can you please let me know?
Also if you get drink vouchers you dont plan to use, can I buy them off you?
Those are two of the three reasons I want to go :)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1622 on: November 16, 2015, 05:11:29 AM »
Those are two of the three reasons I want to go :)
what's the third?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1623 on: November 16, 2015, 09:53:44 AM »
what's the third?
Maybe to actually stay at the hotel??

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1624 on: November 16, 2015, 11:59:51 AM »
Maybe to actually stay at the hotel??
Nah, probably the free shoe shining :)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1625 on: November 17, 2015, 02:51:19 AM »
Maybe to actually stay at the hotel??
yup

Nah, probably the free shoe shining :)
They can shine sneakers?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1626 on: November 17, 2015, 07:08:24 AM »
yup
They can shine sneakers?
Maybe just the rings where you put the shoe laces in?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1627 on: November 17, 2015, 07:37:39 AM »
Maybe just the rings where you put the shoe laces in?
He wears Velcro

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1628 on: November 17, 2015, 07:39:05 AM »

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1629 on: November 22, 2015, 07:57:17 PM »
Which credit card should I open to stay here for free?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1630 on: November 22, 2015, 07:59:22 PM »
Which credit card should I open to stay here for free?
Citi Hilton Reserve.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1631 on: November 22, 2015, 08:02:26 PM »
Citi Hilton Reserve.

So it seems that after paying a $95 AF and spending $2.5k, I can stay over Shabbos and Motzei Shabbos. Is that correct?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1632 on: November 22, 2015, 08:19:58 PM »
So it seems that after paying a $95 AF and spending $2.5k, I can stay over Shabbos and Motzei Shabbos. Is that correct?
if available, yes.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1633 on: November 22, 2015, 08:28:00 PM »
I might get hit in the head for asking....
A family member of mine would like to go to the WA for next sukkos, and asked me to "take care" of it....
He's paying, and its gonna be some $10-20k. Which is the best cc to charge it to ( mine of course ).
TIA

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1634 on: November 22, 2015, 08:31:51 PM »
I might get hit in the head for asking....
A family member of mine would like to go to the WA for next sukkos, and asked me to "take care" of it....
He's paying, and its gonna be some $10-20k. Which is the best cc to charge it to ( mine of course ).
TIA

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1635 on: November 23, 2015, 02:40:37 AM »
Gets 10ppd at Hilton brand hotels.
Thx. Any way to double dip?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1636 on: November 23, 2015, 11:18:36 PM »
Thx. Any way to double dip?

You might actually want to get the Hilton Amex Surpass card, it gets 12ppd spent at Hilton brand hotels.  The Citi Reserve has a much better sign up bonus (two weekend nights that can be worth up to 180k points vs. 60k) if you spend 20k you'll 240k points instead of 200k points, although it still may be better to get the Citi Reserve card since the sign up bonus is so much better.  Or maybe get both and when you are done you'll have enough points for pretty much any HHonors hotel you want anywhere ;)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1637 on: November 23, 2015, 11:59:53 PM »
You might actually want to get the Hilton Amex Surpass card, it gets 12ppd spent at Hilton brand hotels.  The Citi Reserve has a much better sign up bonus (two weekend nights that can be worth up to 180k points vs. 60k) if you spend 20k you'll 240k points instead of 200k points, although it still may be better to get the Citi Reserve card since the sign up bonus is so much better.  Or maybe get both and when you are done you'll have enough points for pretty much any HHonors hotel you want anywhere ;)
Thx , will look into it.
Anyhow, if the hotel stay too gets credited to my account, then I'll end up with even more points!

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1638 on: November 24, 2015, 12:18:34 AM »
Or why dont you use a card that gives you other points.
Such as a card that gives 2 or 3 points for travel....

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1639 on: November 24, 2015, 12:02:10 PM »
Or why dont you use a card that gives you other points.
Such as a card that gives 2 or 3 points for travel....
12 ppd > 3ppd....