Well, here’s another interesting situation. For example, a few days ago I outlined how one hotel was trying to “game” the rules to avoid making rooms available for free night redemptions (and they aren’t the only hotel that uses this practice). I find that Hyatt’s program has gone from being the most transparent to among the less transparent programs, and it’s quite frustrating. I’m not sure whether the games are happening on the part of the loyalty program, the part of the individual hotels, or what, but the number of times this happens seems to be on the rise. However, increasingly I’ve found that hotels have been playing games with this. Unlike with airlines, there’s typically only one award cost (or perhaps there’s some slight seasonal pricing), so you’re not having to pay some super-high “rule buster” price. If a standard room is available for sale, most hotel loyalty programs will let you redeem points for a stay. Hard to tell without looking at the suite.One of the advantages that hotel loyalty programs have over airline loyalty programs is that there typically aren’t blackout dates. It would be interesting to see if they "downgrade" regular suite bookings to the ADA one (and without having seen the suite it's hard to know how much of a "downgrade" this would actually be I've seen numerous ADA rooms and suites that resemble a hospital room, while others use basic and fairly unobtrusive universal design features and many people wouldn't really notice they're in a "special" room.) There could be other things that make the suite less desirable accessible rooms tend to be on low floors, near elevators, etc (this tends to matter more at resorts and upscale properties, however). Many able-bodied travelers dislike accessible rooms, and someone spending the money for a suite may be especially unwilling to accept a room they consider inferior. A reasonable assumption would be that it's basic economics: the suite sits empty a lot and the hotel is pricing it at a discount to entice travelers to book it over a regular suite. Location?I don't think anyone except the hotel's management can answer that question. I guess my question would be why are the ADA suites $25 less than a regular suite. Some of the basic differences I have seen are a special doorbell for the hearing impaired, different counter heights, showers with easy access, lots of hand rails, and more area in the room for wheelchair use. I am hearing impaired, but I have never used the hearing impaired features, and I do not tell them when I make the reservation. I know mobility access seats on airlines are usually open to all with the caveat that you might be moved if they are needed.I have reserved these with no problem. So the idea of a suite is attractive.Īre there rules or restrictions regarding reserving mobility/hearing access rooms/suites? The rates are all over the place but the mobility/hearing access suite is considerably less then the regular suite using the MVP rate.īecause of our arrival time ( after midnight) and our international flight departure time ( mid afternoon) we probably will be hanging out in this room instead of venturing out into the city which is an hour away by public transportation.
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