MO St Louis Wyndham Mayfair

[fly_up_front]

I'm not much on reviews unless there's a problem or important detail and in this case, it's the importance of joining Wyndham by Request. After winning this hotel a month or so ago ($27 + bonus), I joined their frequent stay program.

At checkin, I was assigned a king suite with: free high-speed Internet, free local and free domestic long distance calls, free bottle of chardonnay, fruit and cheese welcome plate, a couple of free bottled waters, free USAToday and WSJ, and free faxs and copies if necessary. The first day freebies add up to about $20 - more if you get on the phone to all your friends.

Quite an extraordinary deal and lots of amenities in the room. Hotel has a great downtown location. Very definitely a 3* hotel.

This is a situation where winning this hotel on PL will cause me to seek out this hotel chain in the future.

[zbenye]

Has anyone stayed there (or other Wyndham) lately? Do they still offer the abovementioned amenities on Priceline Stays? I think I remember reading somewhere that they were going to end that.

[WillTravel]

Wyndham has quit offering the Wyndham by Request amenities to Priceline stays. I found this out in August when I tried to hook it up online for a Seattle stay. I got an email from the manager that no prepaid stays (or was it 3rd party stays) are eligible for Wyndham by Request.

[fly_up_front]

I got that email when I was at the PHL Wyndham in August (the email came after I had been there a day). At checkin, the desk clerk made a point of saying that no By Request benefits would be applied and then there was a series of hesitations and I had this thought that maybe that one poster who's always talking about the $20 bribes had been there recently. I had the distinct feeling the clerk was waiting for me to do something (which I didn't) and I got assigned a clearly inferior room but complained and got moved to a regular room. Initially sticking me in a room that was unclean and in disrepair (missing chairs and trash can and shower liner, furniture and carpet heavily worn, etc. etc.) presumably because I PLed undid the goodwill created at the STL Wyndham.

I did get free local calls and high-speed Internet. Since Internet access is through Wayport and you put in your WBR number, I don't think they have a process to discern who's PL. I didn't push my luck and try a long distance number. No welcome stuff of course and they did make a point of skipping my room for paper delivery which just meant I had to zip down to the lobby each morning and get a free WSJ and USA Today from the front desk. Almost seems like it's more trouble for them to make sure I don't get a paper.

[zbenye]

Stayed here on New Year's Eve. Got a room on the 7th floor with worn carpets and mold on the ceiling. People talking loudly in the corridor through the night, but that could be expected on a holiday night. Not a place I'd want to stay at again.