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Possible routings to MLE and costs:

JFK-AUH-MLE (EY) -- 45/67.5/90 AA
JFK-DOH-MLE (QR) -- 45/67.5/90 AA
JFK-FRA-SIN-MLE (SQ) -- East Coast: (Including 15% off booking online) 46,750/91,375/116,875; West Coast: 89,250/144,500/229,500
JFK-DXB-MLE (EK) -- 42.5/82.5/150 AS
JFK-IST-MLE (TK) -- 42.5/70/90 UA (United routing allows a stopover in TLV)
JFK-VIE-MLE (OS) -- 42.5/80 UA
JFK-LGW-MLE (BA) -- 45/90/135 BA
JFK-ICN-CMB-MLE (KE) -- 60/107.5/137.5 KE
JFK-HKG-MLE (CX) -- 57.5/85/112.5 AA
JFK-HKG-MLE (CX) -- 50/70 AS
TLV-IST-MLE (TK)-- 20/35 UA
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Conrad Upgrades:

Upgrade from King Beach Villa to King Water Villa US$ 200 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Upgrade from King Beach Villa to King Deluxe Beach Villa US$ 210+ 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Upgrade from King Beach Villa to King Superior Water  Villa US$ 250 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Upgrade from King Beach Villa to King Retreat Water Villa US$ 400 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Upgrade from King Beach Villa to King Deluxe Water Villa US$ 480 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night.
Upgrade from King Beach Villa to Family Water Villa US$ 720 + 10% service charge + 12% T GST per night. ( 2 bedrooms)

Airport transfer fee: $560 including tax

PH Upgrades:

Upgrade from Park Villa to Park Pool Villa $USD 252.56++ per villa per night
Upgrade from Park Villa to Park Water Villa $USD 405++ per villa per night ( Villa Number 38-44)
Upgrade from Park Villa to Park Water Sunset Villa $USD 610++ per villa per night ( Villa number 45-51)

Airport transfer fee: $520 RT per person

SR:
Airport transfer fee: $745 RT per person

Author Topic: Maldives Master Thread  (Read 1116805 times)

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5520 on: January 11, 2021, 07:33:07 AM »
At WA MLE, just saw 7 nights back to back at 120k, Feb 18 to 25
I thought it was worth flagging to felloe DDFers






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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5521 on: January 11, 2021, 09:29:56 AM »
Dead.



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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5522 on: January 11, 2021, 09:44:45 AM »

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5523 on: January 11, 2021, 10:47:37 AM »
At WA MLE, just saw 7 nights back to back at 120k, Feb 18 to 25
I thought it was worth flagging to felloe DDFers






I'm wondering if you tried booking as 5, 6, or 7 consecutive nights because I recently saw 5 consecutive days on other dates, but when I tried booking as a 5 day stay to get the free night the points for all nights jumped to 799k. The problem turned out to be that some nights were for a king room and other nights were for 2 queen.

So you could book individually each night at 120k and not get the 5th night free (and then deal with the hotel not to have to switch between the 2 room types because it's silly) but if you wanted 5 days in the same room type you had to agree to cough up that ridiculous amount of points which obviously sane people will not do.

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5524 on: January 13, 2021, 09:51:13 AM »

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5525 on: January 13, 2021, 09:52:58 AM »

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5526 on: January 13, 2021, 09:56:44 AM »
Just officially opened.
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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5527 on: January 13, 2021, 09:58:38 AM »
Just officially opened.
Just opened? When i was there in October they had guests on the PI

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5528 on: January 13, 2021, 09:59:38 AM »
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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5529 on: January 17, 2021, 06:03:47 AM »
Whos in for a  long stay?!

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5530 on: January 17, 2021, 06:05:59 AM »
Whos in for a  long stay?!
I was just about to post this morning and then got busy with something else.  :)

Someone posted on FT this morning that he is currently at WA and the resort is at close to 100% capacity. So it's a bit odd that there is so much basic redemption available

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5531 on: January 17, 2021, 11:46:48 AM »
Whos in for a  long stay?!
what month is this?

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5532 on: January 17, 2021, 01:10:27 PM »

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5533 on: January 17, 2021, 02:07:58 PM »
I was just about to post this morning and then got busy with something else.  :)

Someone posted on FT this morning that he is currently at WA and the resort is at close to 100% capacity. So it's a bit odd that there is so much basic redemption available

Yes I found it odd as well. Saw all these redemption for 120k and then read on FT that the resort is nearly full with only 10% of rooms set aside for quarantine. Perhaps they're expecting a lot of cancelations due to increased travel restrictions and testing requirements?

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5534 on: January 17, 2021, 02:11:14 PM »
This is Jan 2021.

They probably have a small number of rooms at the cheapest level and they haven’t yet been reserved.


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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5535 on: January 20, 2021, 09:12:04 PM »
anyway around the seaplane transportation fee?

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5536 on: January 20, 2021, 09:15:43 PM »
anyway around the seaplane transportation fee?

You can arrive James Bond style

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #5537 on: January 30, 2021, 08:53:05 PM »
St Regis vs Waldorf for a relative of mine?
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« Reply #5538 on: January 31, 2021, 12:41:25 AM »
St Regis vs Waldorf for a relative of mine?

If they have points for either one and its their first time they will enjoy both. From what I'm reading it seems that Waldorf has somewhat better snorkeling though.

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« Reply #5539 on: January 31, 2021, 02:07:40 AM »
If they have points for either one and its their first time they will enjoy both. From what I'm reading it seems that Waldorf has somewhat better snorkeling though.
Few other things to consider:
- the villas are typically much larger at WA vs STR
- At WA you can book straight into an OW / Reef villa with basic redemptions. At STR it books into Garden villas and while you can sometimes upgrade for very cheap through Marriott (see a few posts above), that option isn't always available.
- Free breakfast at WA for Gold and Diamond. At STR it's for platinum and up.
- Happy hour at WA :) No such thing at STR..