Official APH Rate Info for Universal Loews Hotel Properties

Hmm, when looking for my dates, Oct 27-Nov 2 Portofino Bay is no longer listed,
Did I miss a sale or something?
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No. It’s going to be BUSY. Also, it could be a glitch: Portofino disappeared from my July dates this morning and they had a lot of availability yesterday ( I don’t think they booked all of those rooms, so check again later or tomorrow)
 
Hmm, when looking for my dates, Oct 27-Nov 2 Portofino Bay is no longer listed,
Did I miss a sale or something?
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No, no sale. Our dates are very similar to yours (Oct 25-Nov 2) and there seems to be very limited availability at most of the premier resorts for those days. I've been checking back daily for the AP rate to drop.
 
No, no sale. Our dates are very similar to yours (Oct 25-Nov 2) and there seems to be very limited availability at most of the premier resorts for those days. I've been checking back daily for the AP rate to drop.

I'm just surprised it's gone considering there were several options available yesterday. Perhaps a glitch. I'm checking daily as well for AP discount maybe something is coming our way :poop:
 
A few days back PB came up for my dates with prices lower than RP
$285
Plus tax

When there is a lot of booking activity, prices rise
When bookings slow down, you’ll see drops in room
rates

I never check the rate site during lunch hours as many are checking rates then and it becomes inflated prices.

Try again to see the rates at different times of the day

I find weekends when many are looking to book a room also have inflated prices

If you feel like you don’t want to wait to find a better rate, book when you see a price you can live with and still watch the hotel rates

you can call right away and ask to have the new rate applied

You have at that point already paid the deposit and also have a lower per night room rate.
Easiest way to deal with it is to leave what you prepaid on the books and pay less when you pay the remainder of the bill
 

A few days back PB came up for my dates with prices lower than RP
$285
Plus tax

For our August nights (August 8-11), PB has consistently been below the others. RP is actually the highest of the three EP resorts. I keep watching, as I'd actually prefer to be at one of the others in order to avoid the longer walk in the August heat, but so far PB has been the best deal.
 
Planning for next may... When should I book rooms? And when do I need to start stalking AP rates?
 
I got way too excited seeing activity on here this morning LOL - now outside of stalking AP rates I am watching the crowds be so steady every day and hoping at least 2 of my 6 Nov days are slower.
 
I'm just surprised it's gone considering there were several options available yesterday. Perhaps a glitch. I'm checking daily as well for AP discount maybe something is coming our way :poop:

Yeah, there was a very weird glitch today. I check every day for our dates (August 17-21) to see if the APH rate is available yet. Early this morning (as in, 4am-5pm EST, when I just happened to be awake and checked out of boredom), suddenly none of the premier hotels were showing any availability when there had been plenty the day before -- not just for my dates, but when I tried random other ones, they were showing as unavailable for all dates! I waited a couple hours and checked again, at which point HRH and RPR were back and showing plenty of availability again. It took a few more hours for PBR's availability to be restored.

I was hoping that all of this glitchy-ness was some sort of harbinger of APH rates getting added into the system today, but no such luck. ;)
 
Well, I've officially given up on APH rates for my dates (8/22 - 8/27) at HRH. The room types I already have booked are no longer available for my dates for regular bookings. So obviously they won't have APH rates for them.
So we were there a week or so ago, at HRH. Had one room booked but asked if they had any upgrades as I was reconsidering the wisdom of five of us in a regular room. The hotel showed as sold out when I looked online-at check in they offered me a second room, connecting, at the AP rate. So you never know.
 
So we were there a week or so ago, at HRH. Had one room booked but asked if they had any upgrades as I was reconsidering the wisdom of five of us in a regular room. The hotel showed as sold out when I looked online-at check in they offered me a second room, connecting, at the AP rate. So you never know.

Well done! That's so wild, don't think I've seen an experience like this before but note, I'm still new to the world of Universal. Anyway, good on you!
 
So we were there a week or so ago, at HRH. Had one room booked but asked if they had any upgrades as I was reconsidering the wisdom of five of us in a regular room. The hotel showed as sold out when I looked online-at check in they offered me a second room, connecting, at the AP rate. So you never know.
Thanks for letting me know I'll definitely look into it anyway then!
 
Planning for next may... When should I book rooms? And when do I need to start stalking AP rates?
With the way the resorts have been filling up. Now. I frequently book multiple hotels and adjust as our stay approaches. The only downside is the required deposit to the CC, which is refunded is a few days once a reservation is canceled - I use the website to book/cancel. I then typically watch the rates on a daily basis to see if the rates become more attractive (not recently) or APH apply (usually 3 months). Just came back from an early May trip where we stayed at Royal Pacific - booked the hotel back in December. Lucky we did, for there were zero on site properties available during our stay. Already have our HHN property booked for September at rack rates and have been checking on a regular basis for APH to apply. Also, the parks were insane for a May trip. If you don't like hour long waits for attractions, I would highly consider a deluxe property for the Express Pass bonus. This last trip was for my daughters bday. She's been to the parks a few times before, but with the entire family were we pick and choose attractions. I knew she would want to ride everything multiple times. This would not have been possible without Express. Most waits times were around 60-70 minutes - we never waited more than 15. Good luck!
 
Yeah, there was a very weird glitch today. I check every day for our dates (August 17-21) to see if the APH rate is available yet. Early this morning (as in, 4am-5pm EST, when I just happened to be awake and checked out of boredom), suddenly none of the premier hotels were showing any availability when there had been plenty the day before -- not just for my dates, but when I tried random other ones, they were showing as unavailable for all dates! I waited a couple hours and checked again, at which point HRH and RPR were back and showing plenty of availability again. It took a few more hours for PBR's availability to be restored.

I was hoping that all of this glitchy-ness was some sort of harbinger of APH rates getting added into the system today, but no such luck. ;)
I am checking literally the exact same dates! Getting kind of exhausting constantly checking. :surfweb: Surely there must be something soon! I'll PM you if you I find any.
 
Just out of interest I searched AP rates for our week (June 12-19).
All that is available is Sapphire Falls presidential suite at $1280 a night. OUCH.
 
Also, the parks were insane for a May trip. If you don't like hour long waits for attractions, I would highly consider a deluxe property for the Express Pass bonus
Was very busy first week of May. There always seems to be a bump up tho starting the friday pre Mother’s Day
This would not have been possible without Express. Most waits times were around 60-70 minutes - we never waited more than 15. Good luck!
It worked well for us too, we’ve had longer wait times in the past using the FOTL perc several other times of the year
 
Was very busy first week of May. There always seems to be a bump up tho starting the friday pre Mother’s Day

It worked well for us too, we’ve had longer wait times in the past using the FOTL perc several other times of the year

It was also very busy this past week as well. What I’m hearing is with international pleasure travel limited, the domestic US destinations are getting a lot more tourists.
 














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