News and notes from around the interweb:
- When what was once the old Parker Meridien rebranded as Thompson Central Park three years ago, they were telling Hyatt members they did not have to upgrade to suites. There are about 100 ‘studio suites’ which are really junior suites, and after some corporate intervention those because designated as standard suites.
However there are reports that the hotel has a new game to prevent members from confirming upgrades: they appear to have created a new room category with just a single suite and assigned that as standard, 1 bedroom King Suite High Floor Lounge Access – 525 SQ ft. Floor 32.
Clever, cheeky, and underhanded. Not surprising – this was the hotel that allegedly defrauded Starwood Preferred Guest when it was part of that program.
- Something something Delta premium.
Just look at the state of Delta first class
byu/Fonceday2001 indelta - Remember when drivers thought that replacing the CEO of Uber with the then-head of Expedia was going to make them better off?
Uber is hiring drivers pay is great!!!
byu/Alert_Ad_2468 inuberdrivers - Fake TSA PreCheck signup scam
- Charlotte Concourse D $42 million renovation starts next year seems pretty light touch: “fully renovated restrooms, seating with device charging capabilities, and upgraded interiors (wall finishes, ceilings, lighting, carpet and paint)” but that’s Charlotte, doing everything on the cheap.
Credit: Charlotte airport - Live milestone recognition isn’t exclusively a United thing:
Hyatt is pretty good at weeding out bad actor hotels… except in NYC
see also the horrendous shell of a hotel that is the Centric Wall St
$2.73 for a 7 minute trip is $23.40 an hour, plus tips. It’s weird that unskilled labor thinks they deserve much more than minimum wage. If you want to make more then educate yourself, get some marketable skills, and get a job, or go into business for yourself. You’re not a victim.
@ Gary — The Hyatt Reency at JFK is good if you are just using the airport or going to close-in Long Island. Otherwise, I don’t even check Hyatt when staying in NYC. The other options, like the ICs or the Hilton family of brands, are vastly superior.
@Mantis
There you go again, always demeaning the working class. You know what’s ‘unskilled’ —interest income. Yet a lot of wealthy people don’t ‘work’ at all; they just collect checks. Nothing wrong with that either. Let’s not shit on the people who are trying to get by. Feel free to attack me instead. I enjoy it.