Dusit Thani is a Thailand luxury hotel group that’s been gaining local popularity due to its flagship reopening in Bangkok. Like Capella Taipei, the brand is creatively designed by André Fu who reinvented this heritage hotel from the ground up. Elite status is one of the easiest ways to access better perks and sometimes there are unique opportunities for smaller loyalty programs. If you are going to Thailand anytime soon, you can right now status match with Dusit Gold up to its highest tier with any competitor hotel (i.e. Lifetime Platinum) status.
Membership Privileges
The program looks similar to Marriott, IHG, Hyatt, and Hilton where elite member perks starts getting interesting when it’s mid-tier and up. Notably, Dusit Gold status grants you guaranteed 4:00pm checkout and Dusit Platinum grants you 6:00pm checkout
Other perks that could be interesting would be the complimentary lounge access and the dining/wellness discount(s) during your stay. Surprisingly, breakfasts is not one of the elite perks but upon booking it seems to be included in the hotel rate.
Status Match
The status match process is very easy. Simply go to this link and fill out the form on its website.
Show proof of your current hotel status with a competitor loyalty program and they will manually match it in a couple business days. For data point, we successfully matched to its highest tier Platinum and got an email saying we will have the status for 24 months.
Overall, this is an easy way to maximize your hotel experience if you already have top elite status somewhere else. If you are going to Thailand soon, this is a niche opportunity to enjoy First Class privileges if you want to try something new in the local hospitality scenes. Sawadee-krup
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