The Right Bank (Rive Droite) refers to the area of Paris that is north of the Seine River. The main sites in Paris are clustered on either side of this river. The city center of Paris is bisected by the Seine River. This is very important if it is your first visit to Paris. Guessing you're being facetious.Before we jump into the best hotels in Paris, here is a quick geography lesson. (Hilton Montreal I'm looking at you).This is funny. More than once, in my experience, upgrade availability was confirmed at check in (never-mind 3 days prior as they are obligated to), and properties were not willing to upgrade without a significant fight/education.

If we (loyalists) are back to pre-Covid requirements then the properties should be as well. No point in chasing status when most US properties flagrantly skirt (ignore) benefits for loyalists under the guise of 'Covid' cutbacks.

I'm fine with the tougher requirements for Diamond but Hilton needs to drop the hammer on franchisees as well. (Hilton Montreal I'm looking at you).Īgreed. The real question is, with Hilton's culling of status holders, will they attack the other half of the problem of devaluation by applying pressure to properties to, at the very least, comply with the requirement to give upgrades when there is availability? How about a guarantee that breakfast or a credit sufficient for breakfast return to US properties? Offer a guaranteed 4 PM checkout to make Diamond more valuable to those who now 'earn' it organically and match the competition? While many blame 'a credit card' for devaluing Diamond status, I doubt a $450 annual fee niche card makes much of an impact. With this being the last year of multi-year night carryover, March 2024 will see another round of purging. The first group to be yeeted off the Diamond boat will be those who haven't stayed at least 42 nights over the pandemic and don't get there this year.Ī significant reduction in numbers in March 2023 can be expected as even those who would've naturally fallen off will no longer be given a free ride. Status no longer carrying over from prior years

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