APH Rates Are Currently Available... [UPDATED 07/27/18]

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Once again reminded of how much I hate the Universal website! I was able to get an APH rate through the Loews site for February. Not the standard view I was looking for, but I will keep an eye on it to see if one becomes available. Also noticed nothing at RPR for my dates.

I just checked today and RPR was finally available for the first weekend in Feb. But the rate was only $10 less a night than my PBH so I decided to stick with that.
 
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Got a little bit of luck last night. Checked APH rates again for my stay, Jan 26th to Jan 29th. We are in a portofino parlour suite. No availability for APH rate. So I decided to check each day individually. Friday is available and Sunday is available, just not Saturday. I phoned in asking about what we could do. Essentially the reservation employee was very unhelpful. Was not able to change my rate (I expected that) but also would not modify my existing reservation. I told her what I wanted to do was to modify my existing reservation to just the saturday night and then book 1 day reso's at the APH rate on either side of it. She would not do. Kept telling me the room was not available. I told her that I already had the room, and read her their cancelation and modification of reso policy, it even states in my confirmation email that I can modify up until 5 days before, she just kept talking in circles about the room not being available. Finally I just asked to talk to a supervisor, and after 5 minutes of polite discussion she agreed to change the rate for my friday and sunday night to match that of APH rates as a 1 time "good will gesture". I'm very happy it worked out, and thanked her very much, but was unimpressed with the policy the hotel was trying to enforce. I've spent over 500 nights at various hotels over the past 7 years and never come across anything like that as far as modifying goes.
 
Got a little bit of luck last night. Checked APH rates again for my stay, Jan 26th to Jan 29th. We are in a portofino parlour suite. No availability for APH rate. So I decided to check each day individually. Friday is available and Sunday is available, just not Saturday. I phoned in asking about what we could do. Essentially the reservation employee was very unhelpful. Was not able to change my rate (I expected that) but also would not modify my existing reservation. I told her what I wanted to do was to modify my existing reservation to just the saturday night and then book 1 day reso's at the APH rate on either side of it. She would not do. Kept telling me the room was not available. I told her that I already had the room, and read her their cancelation and modification of reso policy, it even states in my confirmation email that I can modify up until 5 days before, she just kept talking in circles about the room not being available. Finally I just asked to talk to a supervisor, and after 5 minutes of polite discussion she agreed to change the rate for my friday and sunday night to match that of APH rates as a 1 time "good will gesture". I'm very happy it worked out, and thanked her very much, but was unimpressed with the policy the hotel was trying to enforce. I've spent over 500 nights at various hotels over the past 7 years and never come across anything like that as far as modifying goes.
Annoying, isn’t it? Last year when I tried to modify to get my AP rate, I was given the run around. Very poor customer service. We travel worldwide frequently, and I don’t have similar experiences elsewhere.
 
Got a little bit of luck last night. Checked APH rates again for my stay, Jan 26th to Jan 29th. We are in a portofino parlour suite. No availability for APH rate. So I decided to check each day individually. Friday is available and Sunday is available, just not Saturday. I phoned in asking about what we could do. Essentially the reservation employee was very unhelpful. Was not able to change my rate (I expected that) but also would not modify my existing reservation. I told her what I wanted to do was to modify my existing reservation to just the saturday night and then book 1 day reso's at the APH rate on either side of it. She would not do. Kept telling me the room was not available. I told her that I already had the room, and read her their cancelation and modification of reso policy, it even states in my confirmation email that I can modify up until 5 days before, she just kept talking in circles about the room not being available. Finally I just asked to talk to a supervisor, and after 5 minutes of polite discussion she agreed to change the rate for my friday and sunday night to match that of APH rates as a 1 time "good will gesture". I'm very happy it worked out, and thanked her very much, but was unimpressed with the policy the hotel was trying to enforce. I've spent over 500 nights at various hotels over the past 7 years and never come across anything like that as far as modifying goes.

You are asking to mix & match rates for one stay. Based upon my experience, is not standard in the industry unfortunately.

It is stated upfront that modifications can result in rate changes.

Congratulations on the accommodation, enjoy your trip.
 


Oh I totally agree with you. I wasn't expecting to mix rates, that was the lucky part I was describing in the end. It was the no ability to modify my current reservation at all that was dumfounding. I had a 3 day reservation at rack rate. I wanted to change the number of days. They wouldn't let me. Told me it was either cancel whole thing or keep as is It was clearly total bs, nowhere is that a policy, in fact it's not even their policy as I pointed out to them. Even if it was a 3 day at a discount rate and they said "well if you modify, you'll have to go full rate" I would have understood that. My sister in law works in the hotel biz, I went over it with her last night. Her response was to laugh and say "idiots" because it was such complete nonsense.
 
You are asking to mix & match rates for one stay. Based upon my experience, is not standard in the industry unfortunately.

It is stated upfront that modifications can result in rate changes.

Congratulations on the accommodation, enjoy your trip.

Oh I totally agree with you. I wasn't expecting to mix rates, that was the lucky part I was describing in the end. It was the no ability to modify my current reservation at all that was dumfounding. I had a 3 day reservation at rack rate. I wanted to change the number of days. They wouldn't let me. Told me it was either cancel whole thing or keep as is It was clearly total bs, nowhere is that a policy, in fact it's not even their policy as I pointed out to them. Even if it was a 3 day at a discount rate and they said "well if you modify, you'll have to go full rate" I would have understood that. My sister in law works in the hotel biz, I went over it with her last night. Her response was to laugh and say "idiots" because it was such complete nonsense.

It’s not nonsense though. I mean it is, but it’s not at all unheard of.

Wdw is doing it now too.

We have stayed at a hyatt the last three years for a dance thing, and if you put in 5 days you can book,but if you try 4 days it’s unavailable entirely.

Your SIL is behind the times. Annoying times, sure, but current times all the same.
 
Oh I totally agree with you. I wasn't expecting to mix rates, that was the lucky part I was describing in the end. It was the no ability to modify my current reservation at all that was dumfounding. I had a 3 day reservation at rack rate. I wanted to change the number of days. They wouldn't let me. Told me it was either cancel whole thing or keep as is It was clearly total bs, nowhere is that a policy, in fact it's not even their policy as I pointed out to them. Even if it was a 3 day at a discount rate and they said "well if you modify, you'll have to go full rate" I would have understood that. My sister in law works in the hotel biz, I went over it with her last night. Her response was to laugh and say "idiots" because it was such complete nonsense.

Lots of places have a minimum night stay policy during busy times.
 


I just checked today and RPR was finally available for the first weekend in Feb. But the rate was only $10 less a night than my PBH so I decided to stick with that.

We loved PBH when DH and I stayed there last year. I ended up booking AP rates for 3 nights at CBBR (pool view) and 2 nights at RPR king room (which was available for a Mon and Tues night at APH rate). I will still check back periodically for standard room rates.
 
Oh I totally agree with you. I wasn't expecting to mix rates, that was the lucky part I was describing in the end. It was the no ability to modify my current reservation at all that was dumfounding. I had a 3 day reservation at rack rate. I wanted to change the number of days. They wouldn't let me. Told me it was either cancel whole thing or keep as is It was clearly total bs, nowhere is that a policy, in fact it's not even their policy as I pointed out to them. Even if it was a 3 day at a discount rate and they said "well if you modify, you'll have to go full rate" I would have understood that. My sister in law works in the hotel biz, I went over it with her last night. Her response was to laugh and say "idiots" because it was such complete nonsense.

Modifying = changing

You start anew. BTW, WDW also follows this policy (i tried to modify to keep a rate via a sale price for October by dropping pricey Columbus Day for a 6 nights stay). It was a no-go, the room wasn't there if they touched the reservation. Had nothing to do with the # ofnights or start day of the promo.

Minimum stays for lower rates/non peak occupancy dates are very common in the industry, especially weekends.
 
Thank you all for sharing 2018 APH rates are now possible through the Loews site (not on Universal) I just booked Jan 18 (thurs) at $207+tx which is normally 269. We are also staying Friday night which only had suites at APH rates (too much for our plans). Here's my dilemma: should I keep the Friday night at Hotels.com? I do collect nights there; or, would I have a better chance of not moving rooms around if I book both nights directly through Loews? Any thoughts would be great.
 
APH rates are available 1st week of January. Just checked for 1/4-1/6 and they are there for the Portofino. Just not Garden View yet for the Parlor Suite, bummer. But Bay View was only $264 a night. Reservationist said more should be released and to keep checking.
 
APH rates are available 1st week of January. Just checked for 1/4-1/6 and they are there for the Portofino. Just not Garden View yet for the Parlor Suite, bummer. But Bay View was only $264 a night. Reservationist said more should be released and to keep checking.
Great news.
 
What are the chances they load RPR and HR too?

I've been checking daily like a crazy person and finally bit the bullet yesterday and booked Sapphire. Randomly just checked and saved over $300 rebooking with APH. But, just as an update, still no HR or RPR. Portofino only has one category left and it is almost $400/night still. So that one may have had very few available. I'm 1/4-1/6 also.
 
I've been checking daily like a crazy person and finally bit the bullet yesterday and booked Sapphire. Randomly just checked and saved over $300 rebooking with APH. But, just as an update, still no HR or RPR. Portofino only has one category left and it is almost $400/night still. So that one may have had very few available. I'm 1/4-1/6 also.
All the more reason that I’m so grateful to @damo for the heads up. I booked two AP rooms at Portofino yesterday.
 
What are the chances they load RPR and HR too?

I watched and watched for my room in October and it was only a couple of weeks before we went that someone else on the boards gave me the heads up that more RPR rooms had been released to APH rates. Hopefully an even better rate will come along...but I love PBH!
 
I watched and watched for my room in October and it was only a couple of weeks before we went that someone else on the boards gave me the heads up that more RPR rooms had been released to APH rates. Hopefully an even better rate will come along...but I love PBH!
I’m quite happy with the rate and PBH. Always looking for a great rate though!
 
Kind of sad that Universal has turned us all into stalkers! At least I can see if someone posts the info on this thread first!
 
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