Comments on: How A One Night Hyatt Stay Netted Me 20,000 Points – And I Used My Simplest Travel Tip

By: GUWonder

GUWonder — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:35:15 +0000

I carry unified airline plastic or wooden utensils for my delivery or take out orders. I also sometimes find limited service hotels have metal utensils and microwaves available for guest use.
Earlier this year I discovered some limited service major chain hotel in a Nordic capital where I can book rooms for as little as around $39 per night off-peak and they have a microwave and metal utensils available for guest use at all hours of the day and night. Amazingly, they even include an ok breakfast for all guests without any surcharge for the included breakfast. [More commonly the hotel wants 3-5 times the very low prices on off-peak nights, but it is no glitch.]

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:51:02 +0000

@DCS – if you’ve never been kept waiting at a Hilton then don’t play the lottery because you’ve used up a lifetime of luck. My most recent time where I had to wait for hours past check in time was at the Conrad in London this May as a Diamond.

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:47:22 +0000

@FNT – Grand Hyatt Nashville has a very solid club lounge.

By: Gary Leff

Gary Leff — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:05:57 +0000

In reply to George. @George - honestly the best char kway teow i've had in the U.S. was probably at the Famous Foods food hall at Resorts World in Las Vegas

By: George

George — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 05:32:09 +0000

How was the char kway teow? I haven’t found a good one in the States yet…

By: jns

jns — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:21:12 +0000

Lacquered chopsticks are a good travel alternative to plastic chopsticks. They are light weight and easy to clean.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 02:34:13 +0000

I bought several UCO spork double-ended camping fork/spoon combos with knife (-ish).edge – heavy nylon/plastic. One in each travel carry-on. The titanium ones are nice, but more likely to cause TSA issues.

For Japan trips, a set of plastic chopsticks or a few disposables is also great to have.

By: Boraxo

Boraxo — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 23:38:29 +0000

Sad how much customer service has deteriorated across the board.

But I would be super happy with 20k points which is enough for many decent properties.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:40:31 +0000

@Gary, did you actually get the points in account? I’m still waiting for 15k points I was promised at same Grand Hyatt last summer for service delivery fail. Reached out to customer service and all I got was “will open investigation with hotel”. I think hotel just uses giving points as way to get rid of customer and not actually deliver on it. I decided to give up and just never stay there again. For all of the greatness of Hyatt program, hotels themselves have just gotten worse and worse.

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 19:54:58 +0000

I bought a set of very sturdy plastic travel utensils in a case from the travel section of CVS. The packaging even says TSA compliant. I they were $8 and are great..sturdy, washable and reusable.