Maldives Master Thread

[tavster]

@1avigrun Do you have to order meals in advance or do they store a certain quantity in their freezers regardless?

I personally would rather shlep my own food. But it's good to have a plan B in times where airlines misplace luggage 

[Dan]

@1avigrun Do you have to order meals in advance or do they store a certain quantity in their freezers regardless?

I personally would rather shlep my own food. But it's good to have a plan B in times where airlines misplace luggage 

I'd be very surprised if they stock much if anything.

[1avigrun]

@1avigrun Do you have to order meals in advance or do they store a certain quantity in their freezers regardless?

I personally would rather shlep my own food. But it's good to have a plan B in times where airlines misplace luggage 

nope two weeks advance notice they now have a dinner on the beach with kosher food for $550++

[Dan]

nope two weeks advance notice they now have a dinner on the beach with kosher food for $550++

Bring a BYOK POM dinner to the beach and save $700?

[1avigrun]

Bring a BYOK POM dinner to the beach and save $700?

looks like this with music, big hit with DW also had big light up love letters last year but got it for cheaper cause I brought my own food I wonder if they’ll allow that now that they have kosher menu

[Dan]

looks like this with music, big hit with DW also had big light up love letters last year but got it for cheaper cause I brought my own food I wonder if they’ll allow that now that they have kosher menu

How much was it with your food?

[tavster]

big hit with DW

Can't put a price on that

[1avigrun]

How much was it with your food?

if I recall 300++ and the love letters was extra but they probably went up in price with everything

[1avigrun]

Can't put a price on that

I wanted to do fireworks $27,000 for 3 minutes so everything has a price 😉

[AJK]

Any luck getting links for aspire credits at WA they emailed me
“ As for the payment links we will not be able to issue these links, we only will issue link if you have requested service and confirmed the price and it will be with 1 link or maximum 2.”

What does this mean? "getting links?"

[tavster]

What does this mean? "getting links?"

I recommend @1avigrun PM you.
Generally speaking, I humbly suggest stopping discussing aspire credit publicly because it's becoming too high profile and the hotel started pushing back

[1avigrun]

How much was it with your food?

they sent me this not sure how the price makes sense

[1avigrun]

they sent me this not sure how the price makes sense

clarification: the $500++ is excluding the food from kosher menu and $650++ is for your own food- they doubled in price since last year 😮

[Dan]

clarification: the $500++ is excluding the food from kosher menu and $650++ is for your own food- they doubled in price since last year 😮

Crazy. Ask them to honor the previous rate as a repeat guest?

[1avigrun]

Crazy. Ask them to honor the previous rate as a repeat guest?

i even tried getting them to get me kosher breakfast from menu as diamond member they said “no” overall they got less nice since last year with accommodating requests

[AJK]

clarification: the $500++ is excluding the food from kosher menu and $650++ is for your own food- they doubled in price since last year 😮

ofc it means that. What did you expect? you have carte blanche to order whatever you want from their menu, but they'll charge you $150 more to heat up your own food?

i even tried getting them to get me kosher breakfast from menu as diamond member they said “no” overall they got less nice since last year with accommodating requests

Again, the cost involved with bringing that stuff in is probably quite hefty. It's not like ordering from Bravo pizza when you're at the WA NYC.

And besides since when does Hilton go out of their way to order KSML for diamonds? That's more of a Hyatt thing, and even then, only rarely.

[PlatinumGuy]

Again, the cost involved with bringing that stuff in is probably quite hefty.

One of the hotels periodically sends a staff member to the Kosher Shop in Singapore to stock up on frozen products.

[AJK]

One of the hotels periodically sends a staff member to the Kosher Shop in Singapore to stock up on frozen products.

Interesting, but I do not think that's what WA is doing.

[tavster]

And besides since when does Hilton go out of their way to order KSML for diamonds?

Conrad USM - anecdotally.

[tavster]

Ethiad prices in November, ex-TLV