http://www.flyertalk.com/forum en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:42:32 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.flyertalk.com/forum http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1019361-ic-amb-bogo-certificate-prepaid-rate.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:27:43 GMT I have tried the search but nothing came up, so I hope someone can answer this question for me. If I book a prepaid rate for two weekend nights, can I still use the Ambassador BOGO certificate for one of the nights? If I can indeed use it, I... I have tried the search but nothing came up, so I hope someone can answer this question for me.

If I book a prepaid rate for two weekend nights, can I still use the Ambassador BOGO certificate for one of the nights? If I can indeed use it, I assume they'll need to refund one night as they will be charging my card in advance?

Could someone tell me how this would all work? Thank you. ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador LTN Phobia http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1019361-ic-amb-bogo-certificate-prepaid-rate.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018775-looking-recent-key-west-hi-feedback.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:48:21 GMT Has anyone stayed at the HI, Key West recently (or semi-recently)? My wife and I along with our 18 month old daughter are looking to go somewhere nice for about 4 days. Just to relax and let our daughter play in the ocean a little bit. So a nice... Has anyone stayed at the HI, Key West recently (or semi-recently)? My wife and I along with our 18 month old daughter are looking to go somewhere nice for about 4 days. Just to relax and let our daughter play in the ocean a little bit. So a nice beach is important.

I am looking at Key West, as it it easy to get around town without renting a car.

Is there a swimming beach within walking distance?

Thanks for any feedback. ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador genotonda http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018775-looking-recent-key-west-hi-feedback.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018730-2-guests-different-arrivals-q.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:01:17 GMT I will be staying with my brother in Cairo. If I book a room under my name but I arrive a day later than him, will there me any issues for him to check in? I will be staying with my brother in Cairo. If I book a room under my name but I arrive a day later than him, will there me any issues for him to check in? ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador jason8612 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018730-2-guests-different-arrivals-q.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018689-should-i-pay-upgrade-ambassador.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:20 GMT Hi I am new to this site and have a question for you. I have about 71 stays at HIX, HI and Crown plaza (loved the golf deal!). I never stay at hotel intercontinental. Should I pay the $150 to upgrade to ambassador level? thanks Hi

I am new to this site and have a question for you. I have about 71 stays at HIX, HI and Crown plaza (loved the golf deal!). I never stay at hotel intercontinental. Should I pay the $150 to upgrade to ambassador level?

thanks ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador alexstjo http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018689-should-i-pay-upgrade-ambassador.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018505-widget-bonusbreaks.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:44:33 GMT Hello, I just installed the PC widget to my computer. On it, came something named BonusBreaks. It has come up with some pretty good rates... do we know if we get points for stays booked this way? Thanks! M@ Hello,

I just installed the PC widget to my computer. On it, came something named BonusBreaks. It has come up with some pretty good rates... do we know if we get points for stays booked this way?

Thanks!
M@ ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador leggroom http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018505-widget-bonusbreaks.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018365-first-time-ra-referral-certificate-question.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:15:26 GMT Hey Folks,
I'm currently an Ambassador and was kindly gifted an RA cert. Nowhere on the cert is there a place to fill in my current Ambassador number. Do they find it from my info that I fill in because it matches what's already on file? Is there still the $150 fee with already being an Ambassador? I have seen it discussed on here that if you're currently an Ambassador the fee is waived but I can't seem to find them now. Do I fill in the payment section? I don't want to get double billed. I don't want to mess this thing up so I'm turning to the experts here for some help. I have a few stays coming up in the next two weeks so I want to get this thing in but want to get it right. Thanks for the help. -Dave- ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador studio253 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018365-first-time-ra-referral-certificate-question.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018333-questions-about-crowne-plaza-bogota.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:52:06 GMT I am booking a night at the Crowne Plaza Bogota. If I decide to use points, I am offered: * standard room * 1 king bed executive club IC * 1 double bed executive suite If I book the suite, do I still get club access? How is the... I am booking a night at the Crowne Plaza Bogota. If I decide to use points, I am offered:

• standard room
• 1 king bed executive club IC
• 1 double bed executive suite

If I book the suite, do I still get club access?

How is the location of this hotel for sightseeing? How is the hotel itself? ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador SanDiego1K http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018333-questions-about-crowne-plaza-bogota.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018324-hi-citystars-cairo-yes-you-can-no-you-cant.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:21:31 GMT I've been here since Saturday (today is Wednseday) and got upgraded to an exec. room, so checked that this came woth lounge access. Was told it did, so have had my breakfast in here every day, and gone to the lounge every evening for an hour since !

Came in tonight and was sked my room number to be told I was entitled to EITHER a room upgrade OR lounge access, and if I wished to stay in the room I am in (it's 6pm) I would have to leave the lounge, OR if I wanted to stay in the lounge, I would have to change rooms !

As I have taken my room for a full paid night tonight, as I will be checking out at 01.30 for an early flight out it's hardly worth changing my room, and as the lounge only offers free drinks for an hour 6 till 7, woth 38 minutes to go it hardly seems worth chucking me out, does it ? ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador tezzer http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018324-hi-citystars-cairo-yes-you-can-no-you-cant.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018250-someone-elses-stays-my-my-pc-number-should-i-concerned.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:15:12 GMT Hi Last week I had points awarded for a stay the other side of the world that was not me. Great I thought an extra 4000 to help me along for an error.:D I checked my current reservations last night and I have another stay at the same hotel the... Hi

Last week I had points awarded for a stay the other side of the world that was not me. Great I thought an extra 4000 to help me along for an error.:D

I checked my current reservations last night and I have another stay at the same hotel the other side of the world under my name and PC number. My email is not being used as a reference or any of my profile details. Those boxes on the booking say N/A. Looks like a corporate booking.

Should I be concerned and contact PC or just let it run and collect the miles? ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador Tilly123 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018250-someone-elses-stays-my-my-pc-number-should-i-concerned.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018249-combine-faf-rate-free-weekend-night.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:12:05 GMT There is no customer service department more frustrating to talk to than ICH... So maybe someone here can provide some clarity!

Can you use the free weekend night from your Ambassador renewal in combination with the Friends & Family promotion rate or is this rate considered an employee rate? ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador henkybaby http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018249-combine-faf-rate-free-weekend-night.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018053-will-2-4-1-deal-expire.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:52:11 GMT Hi, I am wondering if the 2-4-1 rate will expire in the future? It states that the deal will be expire in late Feb 2010, but I can still book stays for March using this promotion rate. Is it okay for me to book my stay after Feb using this... Hi,

I am wondering if the 2-4-1 rate will expire in the future?
It states that the deal will be expire in late Feb 2010, but I can still
book stays for March using this promotion rate. Is it okay for me
to book my stay after Feb using this rate?Thanks ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador 0123571113 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1018053-will-2-4-1-deal-expire.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017901-sigh-dreaded-letter.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:03:04 GMT Got my you have not been renewed letter today. I made a valiant effort but in the end, could only post about 40 nights this year. I will certainly miss RA next year. :( Oh well...it was good while it lasted! Got my you have not been renewed letter today. I made a valiant effort but in the end, could only post about 40 nights this year. I will certainly miss RA next year. :( Oh well...it was good while it lasted! ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador antonius66 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017901-sigh-dreaded-letter.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017828-credit-card-fraud-intercontinental-hotel-frankfurt-germany.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:58:02 GMT I know of three of us (all independent) who stayed at the Frankfurt Germany Intercontinental Hotel the weekend of Nov 7-9 (one the weekend of Oct 22nd) that have had credit card information (used to guarantee and pay hotel bill) stolen with... I know of three of us (all independent) who stayed at the Frankfurt Germany Intercontinental Hotel the weekend of Nov 7-9 (one the weekend of Oct 22nd) that have had credit card information (used to guarantee and pay hotel bill) stolen with significant charges made on their credit card in the USA - generally at a location in Michigan, one reported Sherwood Michigan.

Comparing charging - the Frankfurt Intercontinental Hotel appears to be the common denoninator. I suggest that if anyone that has recently stayed at the FRA IC, check their credit card. ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador cova http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017828-credit-card-fraud-intercontinental-hotel-frankfurt-germany.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017717-blacklist-ihg-hotels-do-not-honor-upgrades.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:10:26 GMT I was reading the experiences of Platinum, Ambassadors and RAs and saw that there are instances where the hotel refused to honor upgrades despite not being full. So I think it'll be helpful if we have a blacklist of such hotels in order to know which ones to avoid in the future. If you've been denied an upgrade before, post your experience here! ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador mister__big http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017717-blacklist-ihg-hotels-do-not-honor-upgrades.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017450-warning-holiday-inn-franchisees-contemporize-lose-brand-name.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:56:04 GMT From brandchannel.com

Warning To Holiday Inn Franchisees: "Contemporize" Or Lose Brand Name
Posted by Barry Silverstein on November 13, 2009 01:50 PM

In the latest case of brand enforcement, U.K.-based InterContinental Hotels Group, owner of the Holiday Inn brand, has told its franchisees if they don't "contemporize" by the end of 2010, they will lose the right to use the brand name.
InterContinental started a program to refurbish all Holiday Inns in 2007 in a move to update the hotel brand and make it more contemporary (read that as competitive).
The program included a mandate to meet the company's "minimum quality specifications" by the end of 2010, including better exterior lighting, redecorated lobbies, new bedding, and new signs with the updated Holiday Inn logo. Franchisees are expected to pay for the overhaul – at a cost of $150,000 to $250,000 for each hotel.
The Wall Street Journal reports that some 300 of the 2,700 Holiday Inn properties in North America have not yet begun the refurbishment process. "On the compliance date – Feb. 1 – those hotels will get a failure letter and so will their banks," says Kevin Kowalski, senior vice president of brand management for Holiday Inn.
Another 650 hotels outside North America are also required to comply with the program. Clearly, InterContinental is playing hardball with its brand, but with good reason. The chain is adding newly constructed Holiday Inns and wants both new and older properties to have brand consistency and provide the same quality experience.
Once the leading value-priced hotel chain, Holiday Inn has faced growing competition in recent years. Holiday Inn got its start in the 1950s in Memphis, Tennessee, when America was having its love affair with cars.
The iconic Holiday Inn sign with its distinct script type became representative of the roadside motel. Modified over the years, that logo is now being replaced with a modernized "H" and simplified type as part of the brand's revamp. ]]> InterContinental Hotels: Priority Club Inter-Continental Ambassador jeffdoucette http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-priority-club-inter-continental-ambassador/1017450-warning-holiday-inn-franchisees-contemporize-lose-brand-name.html