I got status matched to Priority Club Platinum from my Hilton Diamond Status a few weeks back. Tonight is my first stay in an IHG hotel, a Crowne Plaza in the UK.
All I can say is how can people be loyal to this program? What the hell do you get from being a Platinum? I’m currently top tier with Hilton and Hyatt; I have been top with Starwood in the past. So I have become used to great upgrades, free internet, Free Breakfast at Hilton and Hyatt, welcome amenities and ...
So for my trip to New Orleans, I decided to add another hotel night, since it is an hour drive from where I live to the airport, and I did not look forward to leaving the house at 4am on a Saturday morning, especially since I did not know how long I was going to be staying up that night. I was able to get a good rate, and stack the bonuses so this one night stay on a sub $100 rate netted me 5000 Priority Club points.
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The hotel provides complimentary shuttle ...
Here's what we have so far...
Starwood Preferred Guest: Double points on all stays from September 6th to December 18th. If your stay includes a Sunday or Thursday night, then you'll get triple points instead.
Marriott Rewards: Targeted offer, but if you're a Marriott Elite, you can usually call Marriott Rewards to switch to the promotion of your choice. Runs from September 15 to January 15. Deals We Like sums it up best:
2 stays = 1 free night for a category 1 to 4 ...
With all of the traveling I have done across the continent, there are actually few cities in North America that I have wanted to visit and not yet made a visit. In Canada I've done Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, but the furthest west in Canada I've ventured is London, Ontario. Vancouver is the one remaining city in Canada I've been really wanting to visit. Thus, I've been looking for an excuse to visit there, especially after seeing all of the promotion before the ...
In the last two weeks we've seen two hotel chains jump on the Foursquare bandwagon. In both cases, the chains are giving out points to woo people into checking-in at their properties.
Starwood announced two weeks ago they would offer 250 points for each check-in in conjunction with a stay. Last week Intercontinental followed-suit with a paltry 50 points per night for checking-in at their properties.
Coincidentally Starwood announced their initiative ...
Well looks like Germany will be losing three InterContinental Hotels on April 1 2011. This statement can be found on each of the hotels pages, "THIS HOTEL WILL NO LONGER BE AN INTERCONTINENTAL FROM 1ST APRIL 2011"
So time to say goodbye to the InterContinental hotels in Berlin, Cologne & Dusseldorf. I'm told from someone familiar with the matter, that IHG just said, "We are done" and told these hotels that they will no longer be a part of the brand.
The InterContinental in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berchtesgaden are not effected.
