Hello Community Southwest:
Here's a photo trip report of my recent hotel stay in West Riverside CA earlier this month booked through Southwest Hotels.
I had an interesting thing happen during booking. One morning, I was doing the initial search of the west Riverside area for hotel deals via Southwest Hotels; Hampton Inn Riverside Corona East popped up in the search results as a 1,000 Points Plus property with a decent room rate. The points added up to about $15 or almost 10% of the base room rate toward future Southwest airfare booked with points.
Unfortunately, I procrastinated...During the afternoon when I attempted to finish the booking, the Plus Points offer of the hotel vanished...Gone from both the Southwest Hotels and Rocketmiles booking portals. Thankfully, the next day, the Points Plus offer of 1,000 points came back on Southwest Hotels...and I was able to secure the deal. Somebody once said on this forum that those bonus points fluctuate frequently, and they were right!
Check-in went smoothly. Reservation was on their computers. They checked my ID. The incidentals deposit was $100 taken at the desk. I've left a review on TripAdvisor of the detailed hotel experience. Enjoy.
Room Type: 1 King Bed Non-Smoking
Rapid Rewards Points: 1,000
Arrival & Check In:
An "A1" boarding position for the "flight" to the 3rd floor...well not really!
The Room:
Patio and Pool were not full; "There will be empty seats so feel free to spread out.":
Wanna go to the gym?
Points posted a few days after check out. As several of all of our Southwest emails say, "Have you booked your hotel?"
Happy bookings!
