Jeanne at Heels First recently published a post entitled This is What a $15 Hotel Room Looks Like in Vegas about her stay (or non-stay) at the Excalibur Hotel. Like Jeanne, I have Diamond Hyatt Gold Passport membership and Platinum MLife membership. Following her lead, I am reporting on what a $48 hotel suite looks like in Vegas.
Since I was arriving Las Vegas Thursday evening, one day before the Boarding Area Conference (aka #BAcon14) began, I booked a room with a king-sized bed for one night at the Luxor Hotel for $48. The check-in was smooth as there is a dedicated check-in line for MLife members.
I had stayed at the Luxor about 5 years ago when I ran the Las Vegas Marathon. I remember a non-memorable room in the pyramid building and elevators that strangely slanted. This time I was in the West Tower. It was quite a hike to get there, and it even felt a little isolated, but it was away from the noise of the Casino. I opened the door and was pleasantly surprised to learn out that my room was a very nice, large suite.
This is the living room area (including something rare in Vegas – a coffee machine):
This is the bedroom:
The bathroom (check out the pyramid soap!):
OK, weird, this was the last thing I saw from my window when I went to sleep and the first thing when I woke up….
I saw a better view when looking the other direction to see the mountains and….. the In-N-Out Burger joint on the horizon!
I went out for a run on Friday morning – here’s a selfie I took in the hallway while waiting for the elevator:
Friday and Saturday evenings I stayed at the Mandalay Bay. Sunday, I returned to the Luxor, paying $32 for a room. I had booked it primarily because I wanted an extra “Hyatt” stay. I had a midnight flight out of Vegas and only spent one hour there. It also was in the West Tower, and was a nice room, probably an upgrade from a standard room, but not a suite.
A New York frequent flyer who elegantly combines her passions for worldwide travel, running a gazillion marathons all over the globe and staying fit ... without sacrificing her fancy for good wine and food.
does the extra night stay counts as toward Hyatt status ?
I should get three stay credits:
1. Thursday Night – Luxor
2. Friday and Saturday Nights – Mandalay
3. Sunday Night – Luxor
of course not the difficulty is getting Hyatt to get all of the Mlife info and give credit. I made sure to register my Mlife number and my Gold Passport number at each check-in – but it seems that it’s not always that easy. I will probably have to fax or email proof to Gold Passport – so the lesson is – when you stay at an Mlife property make sure to get copies of your receipt, etc.
I’ve just reported them as missing stay credits with my confirmation numbers when they haven’t posted, and it’s worked–no hassle.
Me too. I just forwarded my checkout folios to goldpassport@hyatt.com.