Valentine's weekend for $30 out of pocket
- Breakfast
- $100 credit
- No upgrade
- $250 credit posted
Their take: A cheap, comfortable two nights that came to $30 out of pocket with both credits, with breakfast and cocktails covered; they would use the Edit credit here again even though the rate was about $100 above a non-refundable booking elsewhere.
Details
- Paid
- $530 for 2 nights in the cheapest room; the $250 Edit credit and the one-time $250 Chase hotel credit left $30 out of pocket
- Check-in
- Smooth, with no payment issues and an immediate rundown of the benefits and where the credits work
- Upgrade
- None; the hotel was full for Valentine's Day and an event at the NBA arena across the street
- Welcome
- Two drink coupons for wine or beer at a hotel bar, plus a hummus and pita snack sent up one day
- Breakfast
- $30 per person at one restaurant, which more than covered the food (most dishes $15-20, coffee $5)
- $100 credit
- Spent on about 5 cocktails at the lobby bar over the stay
- Parking
- They parked on the street a block west of the hotel, some of it free at weekends
- Watch out
- Hotels.com was about $100 cheaper, but without free cancellation
