IC's & RA Club Access Master Thread
Apr 25, 2012, 10:01 am
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Updated with threads up to date. If you know the following please let me know:
1. If you get free lounge access on award stays too, otherwise I'll peruse the IC's that respect award stays thread later
2. If hotel charges for club, how much
3. If hotel does not have a lounge, if they offer breakfast vouchers/coupons as I'll either put that in post 1 or 3
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1. If you get free lounge access on award stays too, otherwise I'll peruse the IC's that respect award stays thread later
2. If hotel charges for club, how much
3. If hotel does not have a lounge, if they offer breakfast vouchers/coupons as I'll either put that in post 1 or 3
Thanks!
Apr 25, 2012, 10:31 am
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Some additions:
San Juan -- We always ask about Club access at San Juan, and it's almost always closed. We have never been offered any breakfast coupons, and we have stayed there maybe 10 times in the last 3-4 years.
Cancun -- We have stayed here twice and were given both free breakfast at the outdoor restaurant and unlimited free cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the evening at the lobby bar.
Hong Kong -- My understanding is that no one gets free access to the Club.
San Juan -- We always ask about Club access at San Juan, and it's almost always closed. We have never been offered any breakfast coupons, and we have stayed there maybe 10 times in the last 3-4 years.
Cancun -- We have stayed here twice and were given both free breakfast at the outdoor restaurant and unlimited free cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the evening at the lobby bar.
Hong Kong -- My understanding is that no one gets free access to the Club.
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Apr 25, 2012, 3:16 pm
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Dubai should be in the Suite or Club category. It's one or the other. I think Bangkok too right?
It should also be stated that this all assumes booking the cheapest rate, right? For instance in London if you book Executive, you get Club.
It should also be stated that this all assumes booking the cheapest rate, right? For instance in London if you book Executive, you get Club.
Apr 25, 2012, 5:11 pm
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2. Yes, assuming you book cheapest rate. If you book exec and get club room, are you guaranteed club access?
Not sure I get what you are saying.
Apr 25, 2012, 5:13 pm
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Apr 25, 2012, 5:38 pm
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How do you propose I list it? At GS they either offer you club access with the room you book, or you can get an UG with NO club access. Hence I think it's pretty clear. Or am I still missing something?
Apr 25, 2012, 6:18 pm
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How do you propose I list it? At GS they either offer you club access with the room you book, or you can get an UG with NO club access. Hence I think it's pretty clear. Or am I still missing something?
How do you propose I list it? At GS they either offer you club access with the room you book, or you can get an UG with NO club access. Hence I think it's pretty clear. Or am I still missing something?
Upgrade to Club Room or
Upgrade to Suite
are 2 of the options for Royal Ambassadors
Both are an upgrade; to imply that the club room upgrade is not an upgrade is misleading. For some hotels , there may be no actual difference in the room size, location etc doesn't matter
With some hotels this is very misleading since the club rooms are different rooms to standard roooms. At melbourne, for example, the deluxe rooms are 31 sq.m. whiilst the club rooms are 41 sq.m. yet the hotel is listed as giving either club or upgrade
Apr 25, 2012, 11:57 pm
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Yes, at London if you book Exec you are guaranteed Club. However I've seen some posts about a new level called London Exec?
Apr 26, 2012, 12:04 am
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Much of it is simply semantics. Is any room, that includes the club, a club room? Or is it a separate floor, with better rooms, with club access?
I know when I chose the club option at the GS HKG, that it is not a special room of any sort, not the club floor, but a standard room, simply with club access.
I know when I chose the club option at the GS HKG, that it is not a special room of any sort, not the club floor, but a standard room, simply with club access.
I think that you are misrepresenting it
Upgrade to Club Room or
Upgrade to Suite
are 2 of the options for Royal Ambassadors
Both are an upgrade; to imply that the club room upgrade is not an upgrade is misleading. For some hotels , there may be no actual difference in the room size, location etc doesn't matter
With some hotels this is very misleading since the club rooms are different rooms to standard roooms. At melbourne, for example, the deluxe rooms are 31 sq.m. whiilst the club rooms are 41 sq.m. yet the hotel is listed as giving either club or upgrade
Upgrade to Club Room or
Upgrade to Suite
are 2 of the options for Royal Ambassadors
Both are an upgrade; to imply that the club room upgrade is not an upgrade is misleading. For some hotels , there may be no actual difference in the room size, location etc doesn't matter
With some hotels this is very misleading since the club rooms are different rooms to standard roooms. At melbourne, for example, the deluxe rooms are 31 sq.m. whiilst the club rooms are 41 sq.m. yet the hotel is listed as giving either club or upgrade
Apr 26, 2012, 1:50 am
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Much of it is simply semantics. Is any room, that includes the club, a club room? Or is it a separate floor, with better rooms, with club access?
I know when I chose the club option at the GS HKG, that it is not a special room of any sort, not the club floor, but a standard room, simply with club access.
I know when I chose the club option at the GS HKG, that it is not a special room of any sort, not the club floor, but a standard room, simply with club access.
To imply that it is "no upgrade" as asserted , seems just a way to misrepresent what is being offered in a derogatory manner. There is already one hotel in the list that is misrepresented
Apr 26, 2012, 3:20 am
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I think that you are misrepresenting it
Upgrade to Club Room or
Upgrade to Suite
are 2 of the options for Royal Ambassadors
Both are an upgrade; to imply that the club room upgrade is not an upgrade is misleading. For some hotels , there may be no actual difference in the room size, location etc doesn't matter
With some hotels this is very misleading since the club rooms are different rooms to standard roooms. At melbourne, for example, the deluxe rooms are 31 sq.m. whiilst the club rooms are 41 sq.m. yet the hotel is listed as giving either club or upgrade
Upgrade to Club Room or
Upgrade to Suite
are 2 of the options for Royal Ambassadors
Both are an upgrade; to imply that the club room upgrade is not an upgrade is misleading. For some hotels , there may be no actual difference in the room size, location etc doesn't matter
With some hotels this is very misleading since the club rooms are different rooms to standard roooms. At melbourne, for example, the deluxe rooms are 31 sq.m. whiilst the club rooms are 41 sq.m. yet the hotel is listed as giving either club or upgrade
Much of it is simply semantics. Is any room, that includes the club, a club room? Or is it a separate floor, with better rooms, with club access?
I know when I chose the club option at the GS HKG, that it is not a special room of any sort, not the club floor, but a standard room, simply with club access.
I know when I chose the club option at the GS HKG, that it is not a special room of any sort, not the club floor, but a standard room, simply with club access.
So in my mind it is semantics. I know in those two times I was not offered and UG to club room and UG to club access. It was "you get a better room or club access, which do you want?"
Apr 26, 2012, 3:24 am
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Well, my limited experience at IC GS (2 stays only) was that I either got club access with my booked room (cheapest room that was not designated as "club") or UG the room (presumably suite).
So in my mind it is semantics. I know in those two times I was not offered and UG to club room and UG to club access. It was "you get a better room or club access, which do you want?"
So in my mind it is semantics. I know in those two times I was not offered and UG to club room and UG to club access. It was "you get a better room or club access, which do you want?"
That one hotel does that , does not mean that it is the same throughout the brand. There are hotels where Club rooms are different rooms to regular rooms, an example of which I have given
It is not "semantics" imo, it is misrepresentation since your posts are misrepresenting what is given at some hotels. If it is semantics, why not specify the title as "upgrade to club room or suite"
Apr 26, 2012, 6:11 am
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IC Montreal may be moving to Suite or Club from my recent (start of April experience)
I booked a club room ... and got a club room - when I enquired about the RA upgrade was told I'd got club; eventually I got a suite when I pointed out that yes I'd booked a club room and could I please have a suite. (Think they might also be charging as there was a discussion going on between the Concierge and a couple about access).
I booked a club room ... and got a club room - when I enquired about the RA upgrade was told I'd got club; eventually I got a suite when I pointed out that yes I'd booked a club room and could I please have a suite. (Think they might also be charging as there was a discussion going on between the Concierge and a couple about access).