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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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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4560 on: June 03, 2019, 04:12:43 AM »
Sun night you have choice of dairy or meat , Monday if want dairy can order from restaurant as Usual

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4561 on: June 03, 2019, 07:23:38 AM »
I don't understand why Sunday lunch doesn't have a dairy option.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4562 on: June 03, 2019, 07:24:51 AM »
The restaurant is open as Usual just don't have option of buffet and don't need to make reservations.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4563 on: June 03, 2019, 07:25:21 AM »
Difference is that hotel costed nothing to book on points and sold at good rate,  the Waldorf can be up to 95k so don't make much selling the points bc rooms are anyway around $400 and can sell the points for around .35-.4
weekend night start at $200 here

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4564 on: June 03, 2019, 07:26:08 AM »
weekend night start at $200 here
that works for weekend what about rest of week or if need more than one night

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4565 on: June 03, 2019, 07:27:00 AM »
Here is menu for shavous

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4566 on: June 03, 2019, 07:27:36 AM »
that works for weekend what about rest of week or if need more than one night
the sweet spots are weekend nights and 5th night free.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4567 on: June 03, 2019, 07:28:54 AM »
the sweet spots are weekend nights and 5th night free.
But can't combine them and not so simple to find 5 nights together that are available

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4568 on: June 03, 2019, 07:31:06 AM »
Does anyone know if they offer Yom Tov meals for Americans who aren't staying in hotel that keep 2 days? So this year Monday June 10 and preferably milchigs bc its Shavuos for a family of 8. TIA
If need to make reservations they are full for outside guests on shabbos and 1st day chag, if staying in hotel they have availability.

If just want to go to restaurant no reservation required

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4569 on: June 03, 2019, 04:42:36 PM »
Do WAJ rooms have physical keys? If not, what do you do on Shabbos? In hotels in America, many allow the non-Jewish workers at the front desk to let you in, but that wouldn't work at WAJ, unless they have a designated Shabbos goy for suck tasks?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4570 on: June 03, 2019, 04:43:16 PM »
Yes each room has a key

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4571 on: June 03, 2019, 04:56:04 PM »
Do WAJ rooms have physical keys? If not, what do you do on Shabbos? In hotels in America, many allow the non-Jewish workers at the front desk to let you in, but that wouldn't work at WAJ, unless they have a designated Shabbos goy for suck tasks?
WAJ rooms have key cards for use during the week.  On Friday or erev YT, you can obtain physical keys from the front desk to use on Shabbos.  They make you sign the keys out; they have to be returned after Shabbos and are subject to some exorbitant fee if you fail to return them.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4572 on: June 04, 2019, 01:36:21 AM »
Just called Hilton Honors to book at WAJ using a free weekend night certificate, only to be told that every single room at WAJ is considered premium, and there's no such thing as a standard room redemption there, rendering it ineligible for weekend night certs. Any truth to that or HUCA? This is for a Shabbos res if that makes a difference.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4573 on: June 04, 2019, 01:37:27 AM »
Just called Hilton Honors to book at WAJ using a free weekend night certificate, only to be told that every single room at WAJ is considered premium, and there's no such thing as a standard room redemption there, rendering it ineligible for weekend night certs. Any truth to that or HUCA? This is for a Shabbos res if that makes a difference.
Not true just used it for last week. Maybe the base room isn't available. You need a superior room to be available.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4574 on: June 04, 2019, 01:42:55 AM »
You need to book either superior or accessible room , those go for 95k (sometimes less) anything higher is considered premium and you can not use the cert

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4575 on: June 04, 2019, 11:59:26 AM »
I wanna book 2 nights and have enough points for 1 night in my account and my wife also has enough points for 1 night. Can/should I transfer them into 1 account?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4576 on: June 04, 2019, 12:07:33 PM »
I wanna book 2 nights and have enough points for 1 night in my account and my wife also has enough points for 1 night. Can/should I transfer them into 1 account?
Hilton allows free transfers if want to do that , of not can do one night from each account and add your name to wife's booking and call hotel to make it a back to back reservation so won't have to check out and back in

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4577 on: June 04, 2019, 12:07:49 PM »
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4578 on: June 04, 2019, 02:33:44 PM »
What's the Kasharus nowadays? Still Rabbanut but people eat dairy here? Or is the meat also good if you normally eat Mehadrin?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #4579 on: June 04, 2019, 02:42:26 PM »
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