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A quick update…this issue was temporary and avail is back up!
Here’s a look at a 5 night stay…plenty of avail showing up again.
It appears the resort is also having a 20% members sale which knocks the price down to $1120 per night.
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I recently wrote a post about why I purchased 250k Hilton points during Daily Getaways. The long and short was it provided, along with a Hilton Aspire sign up, access to the brand new Waldorf Astoria Maldives. At the time, there was ample award space in July and August of this year, plus going out to the 2020 there was almost entire month’s worth of space avail. That has all changed, and I discovered it after trying to amend the reservation that I have and being unable to access it completely. I then tested the website to see about a new booking and discovered the glitch is not just for award bookings. Something is awry, as even cash bookings have been pulled from the Hilton site. Quite odd, but if you’re looking to use Hilton points at this resort, you’re going to have to wait.
There isn’t the first Waldorf Maldives glitch, a similar thing I believe happened last year, and it was an IT problem as space came back at 120k. So how long will we wait? Hopefully not long…the resort is scheduled to open July 1st, and if one were to try and make a booking ( even with cash ) the website won’t allow it.
What the space currently looks like for standard awards:
And then with cash:
Slide on over to the Conrad Maldives and there isn’t a problem.
No problems at all booking 6 night stays there.
My gut is telling me this will be resolved soon, or that the resort may end up delaying its opening for one reason or another and doesn’t want to continue to sell rooms until the issue is resolved. Either way…we’ll stay on top of it.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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