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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #180 on: November 29, 2011, 06:02:51 PM »
don't hold your breath for an upgrade at this hotel,but gold members do get a box of chocolates & bottle of water in the room...if & when they feel in the mood.also if u get a rm on the 16 floor(which has the lounge) that alone has been known to get u into the lounge but ymmv,o & the steps are kosher viyosher.

Thx! We'll see what happens...I'm not expecting anything so hopefully they won't disapoint!

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #181 on: November 29, 2011, 06:42:58 PM »
Never got box of chocolates as a gold. If not the 16th floor try the 15th as thats also the new renovated floor. 

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #182 on: November 29, 2011, 06:43:59 PM »
sometimes chocolates, sometimes cookies

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #183 on: November 30, 2011, 01:17:46 AM »
just booked in jan. but wasnt the meridean leaving starwoods and becoming leonardo?

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #184 on: November 30, 2011, 03:35:00 AM »

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #185 on: November 30, 2011, 03:53:25 AM »
just booked in jan. but wasnt the meridean leaving starwoods and becoming leonardo?


Yes, you might want to verify w/ the hotel directly if they will honor it...let us know as there are alot of dates open past 1/1/12!

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #186 on: November 30, 2011, 04:03:27 AM »
Yes, you might want to verify w/ the hotel directly if they will honor it...let us know as there are alot of dates open past 1/1/12!
Not good advice!!
WHY CALL?? let's say its a glitch, calling will ruin it! You have a reservation, they will give it to you. If not trust me, you can pay for it over there, and will get reimbursed from Starwood afterwards. [@YudiG please do not speak to them directly about it, this weekend- I need my January reservations.]

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #187 on: November 30, 2011, 04:10:42 AM »
Not good advice!!
WHY CALL?? let's say its a glitch, calling will ruin it! You have a reservation, they will give it to you. If not trust me, you can pay for it over there, and will get reimbursed from Starwood afterwards. [@YudiG please do not speak to them directly about it, this weekend- I need my January reservations.]

See this....this might mean those w/ reservations will have a problem at check in as it spells things out pretty clearly...

https://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/property/overview/announcements.html?propertyID=1882#conditions

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #188 on: December 01, 2011, 05:04:22 PM »
Never got box of chocolates as a gold. If not the 16th floor try the 15th as thats also the new renovated floor. 

+2, nothing upon check in :(...the place is sold out....barely found parking

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #189 on: December 01, 2011, 05:06:19 PM »
+2, nothing upon check in :(...the place is sold out....barely found parking
It's a tiny parking lot. It's always hard to find good parking there, doesn't mean the place is full.

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #190 on: December 01, 2011, 05:08:22 PM »
Not tiny at all.

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #191 on: December 01, 2011, 05:10:30 PM »
Not tiny at all.

+1...ended up parking on some dirt field that the hotel seemed to convert/annex :)

seems like there is a convention here...besides for all the Mir guys trying to blend in with their Aeropostle or Abercrombie sweatshirts....:P

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #192 on: December 02, 2011, 06:00:55 AM »
Not tiny at all.
When I was there during the summer it was. I do remember some construction vehicles being there, so maybe they expanded it.

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #193 on: December 02, 2011, 07:29:03 AM »
its usually hard to find parking

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #194 on: December 02, 2011, 08:23:02 AM »
I was there last week and got upgraded to a nice suite with a balcony overlooking the water. Not bad for 3K points

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #195 on: December 02, 2011, 08:47:25 AM »
I was there last week and got upgraded to a nice suite with a balcony overlooking the water. Not bad for 3K points

didn't happen this week as the place is jammed beyond belief....tnuva has a conference here and it's mobbed...the view isn't too terrible and for a category 1 the room is decent

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #196 on: December 04, 2011, 01:48:31 PM »
Room available for this thursday and friday night.

Let me know if your interested

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #197 on: December 29, 2011, 11:19:29 PM »
ok guys great news here it turns out i just spoke a hotel rep there and she told me that they will be staying with starwoods thru 2012 this is great news for mir guys again

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #198 on: December 30, 2011, 12:19:52 AM »
ok guys great news here it turns out i just spoke a hotel rep there and she told me that they will be staying with starwoods thru 2012 this is great news for mir guys again

Great! My wife was just there, and she was upgraded to a suite w/o even asking.

For all those staying for shabbat, don't forget to request a shabbat key beforehand.
You typically need to ask, or else they won't offer it.

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Re: Dead Sea, Israel, Master Thread
« Reply #199 on: January 01, 2012, 08:57:32 AM »
For all those staying for shabbat, don't forget to request a shabbat key beforehand.
You typically need to ask, or else they won't offer it.
i didnt find that to be the case.
anyways, its worthwhile to point out, they starting hanging a big sign near the front desk saying that check out on shabbos is at 2pm. additionally, on many rooms they left papers stating the same as well as mentioning there would be an automatic $100 charge for anyone staying in their room past 2. however, this was not the case, and after checking out about an hour after shkiya, they made no mention of this fee