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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.

« Last edited by Mimo on October 25, 2022, 01:41:54 AM »

Author Topic: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem  (Read 1151657 times)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #580 on: October 14, 2014, 03:56:00 PM »
six months ago. took a while before I had all of the points so I booked it piece by piece but I got it done!
Wow, impressive.
How'd you rack up the points?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #581 on: October 14, 2014, 04:33:16 PM »
Had HH points; Amex transfers to Hawaiian and Virgin at 1:2. Reserve vouchers for the weekend nights. Was 400k short so I traded a friend UR points for HH points at 1:3.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #582 on: October 14, 2014, 04:46:01 PM »
Had HH points; Amex transfers to Hawaiian and Virgin at 1:2. Reserve vouchers for the weekend nights. Was 400k short so I traded a friend UR points for HH points at 1:3.
Amazing!

Did you eat at the hotel? If so, how much was that?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #583 on: October 20, 2014, 12:44:27 AM »
Im here for Succos. Booked 12 nts in 2 rooms all on points with no problem. I have Diamond status and don't think I am getting anything more than a Gold HH member might get. Will write up a full TR when I return. Chag Sameach!
They gave me a room upgrade, early check-in and 2 free drinks at the bar. Said it was because of the Diamond status.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #584 on: October 20, 2014, 12:40:23 PM »
I got 4 free drinks per day (we had 2 rooms). I'm also a HH Diamond member. Wasn't sure if Gold was getting that as well. I got a room upgrade too, but I think they give that to any HH memeber if they can.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #585 on: October 20, 2014, 01:30:23 PM »
Gold got them too.
״וזה כלל גדול: שישנא אדם כל דבר שקר. וכל מה שיוסיף שנאה לדרכי השקר – יוסיף אהבה לתורה.״ - אורחות צדיקים

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #586 on: October 20, 2014, 02:24:43 PM »
I estimate the breakfast and drink coupons at approx. 2K in value for us.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #587 on: October 20, 2014, 02:25:41 PM »
Almost all bookings get free breakfast even when the booking site says it's not included. Breakfast is 140 shekel for anybody so $2k sounds high.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #588 on: October 20, 2014, 03:27:58 PM »
140 shekels. 4ppl, 12nts is approx. $1824. They were charging on the average $10 a drink in the bar - which was another $480 for us totalling $2304 in value. We used every drink coupn.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #589 on: October 21, 2014, 05:52:41 PM »
Is there any way to get breakfast included on a point stay with a Silver account?

If the additional guest is Gold can they get they get breakfast if was booked with points from a silver account.

Any info would be appreciated. Tnx

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #590 on: October 22, 2014, 12:53:11 AM »
FWIW, I heard from someone who heard it from the Family who built the hotel.... that you can eat Lecatchileh in the Dairy restaurant.
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #591 on: October 22, 2014, 03:58:23 AM »
FWIW, I heard from someone who heard it from the Family who built the hotel.... that you can eat Lecatchileh in the Dairy restaurant.
Oy

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #592 on: October 22, 2014, 04:39:04 AM »
I spoke to rav borinstein who's high up in rabbanut yerushalaim and he told me that the food is fine and that everything is mehadrin, meat is kehilot etc'

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #593 on: October 22, 2014, 09:38:18 AM »
FWIW, I heard from someone who heard it from the Family who built the hotel.... that you can eat Lecatchileh in the Dairy restaurant.


Hahaha. Excellent post

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #594 on: October 22, 2014, 09:42:17 AM »
FWIW, I heard from someone who heard it from the Family who built the hotel.... that you can eat Lecatchileh in the Dairy restaurant.
And since I read this on the Internet, I'll spread the word. Thanks!
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #595 on: October 22, 2014, 10:19:41 AM »
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #596 on: October 22, 2014, 10:23:51 AM »
does the hotel use heter mechira

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #597 on: October 22, 2014, 10:24:19 AM »
Something hurts you?

Lichoairah his eyes tut vey after reading that.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #598 on: October 22, 2014, 10:26:20 AM »
Lichoairah his eyes tut vey after reading that.
My thoughts exact. Hence my question, I wanna know EXACTLY what hurts him? Maybe I can fix/help.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #599 on: October 22, 2014, 10:27:44 AM »
does the hotel use heter mechira
I was told that NO. But again I wouldn't take Achrayes.
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