Old Aug 3, 2015, 3:17 am
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Time for a Crowne Plaza (& upscale HI) F&B benefit thread - please read the 1st post.


Finland, Europe
CP Helsinki - Spire Paid Breakfast in club J Suite upgrade granted Club access granted Bottle water in room and fruit

China
CP Chengdu Panda Garden - Plat Amb Paid Breakfast in restaurant Club floor upgrade granted Club access granted 2 beer / wine chits
CP Guangzhou City Centre - Spire Paid Lounge access

Hong Kong
CP Causeway Bay - Plat Amb Paid Breakfast in restaurant 2 beer / wine chits for the Club@28 rooftop bar

Canada
CP Toronto Airport - Plat Amb Paid No benefits

United States
CP Detroit Downtown Riverfront - Plat Amb Award / PB Breakfast in restaurant
CP Los Angeles (LAX Airport) - Spire Paid & Award Lounge access (evening reception inc. beer/wine, morning breakfast items)
CP Seattle Airport - Spire Paid "Upgrade" and welcome amenity only - no f&b
CP Seattle Downtown - lounge permanently closed, full buffet breakfast in restaurant one of the welcome amenity options.
CP Washington Natl Airport - Plat Amb Paid Breakfast in restaurant (don't eat there) 2 beer / wine chits
HI Washington Rosslyn @ Key Bridge - Plat Paid
Breakfast in restaurant

Japan
CP Fukuoka - Plat Paid & Award Lounge access & breakfast in restaurant possible
CP Kumamoto - Plat Award Breakfast in restaurant
CP Hiroshima - Plat Paid Lounge access
CP Narita - Plat
Paid Lounge access
CP Okayama - Spire Award / PB - 1 free drink, No other benefits
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Lounge access / Breakfast at Crowne Plaza properties

Old Aug 4, 2015, 7:03 pm
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Originally Posted by scubaccr
I suggest you take time to better read and digest the posts that FTers take effort to post. If you had done you would see that earlier posters including me refer to both their award and paid experiences if applicable.

Your stay report is valid for award nights but not for paid nights which is all I pointed out

I have both paid and award experience at CP Bangkok and mentioned the current different treatment between the two types paid & award. I said the that award nights no longer get club lounge based on comments but that paid nights could still get one club lounge even after they stopped giving club on award nights during 2014. I tend to pay rather than use points here.
I suggest you re-read the very last sentence of your post. I was responding to your uncertainty about award stays. Take your drama somewhere else....it doesn't belong to me end of story.
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Old Aug 4, 2015, 7:36 pm
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Sorry, I just recalled that I have been given lounge access at LAX on an award stay.
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Old Aug 4, 2015, 10:46 pm
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Cleaned up the Wiki and 1st post to make this thread more useful. Hopefully this thread can identify which CPs consistently provide food & bev benefits for elites and what those benefits look like. Data points for *nicer* Holiday Inns are also welcome (eg. Hong Kong Golden Mile, Helsinki Downtown, Abu Dhabi etc.).


Similar to the Hilton breakfast thread ^

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Old Aug 5, 2015, 7:02 am
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Originally Posted by NWIFlyer
I was given access in Seattle when only a Gold.

I've only stayed at CP LAX once, around 2011, and I seem to recall I got a breakfast voucher only for me as the Plat, but nothing for MrsNWIFlyer - and even that might have been included in the corporate rate anyway.

CP in Copenhagen is excellent - I got lounge access and a couple of other beanies in June, obviously before the introduction of the new level, although whether this might be restricted to Spire only in the future remains to be seen. As I won't be staying there before I reach the qualifying criteria, someone else will have to find out!
I stayed at the CP Copenhagen from July 27th till July 31st and got an upgrade to an executive room and lounge access. I am Platinum Ambassador.
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Old Aug 5, 2015, 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by Carel1
I stayed at the CP Copenhagen from July 27th till July 31st and got an upgrade to an executive room and lounge access. I am Platinum Ambassador.
In september I will be staying there again, it is an excellent CP indeed.
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Old Aug 5, 2015, 7:08 pm
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Not that anyone actually will ever get to the CP in Billings, Montana, but,

Booked points room for 25k points.

Upgraded online 2 days before to an 'executive' room.

There is a lounge with some food items and beer/ wine. Not much really.

Headed out to the micro breweries and Irish pubs within a block or two.

Will try breakfast in the lounge in the morning.
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Old Aug 5, 2015, 8:24 pm
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As Platinum Ambassador:

CP London Kensington: Upgrade to 2-level suite if you e-mail in advance. Club lounge access consistently denied, though available for an upcharge.

CP Orlando Universal: Upgrade to suite and club lounge access.
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Old Aug 7, 2015, 10:04 am
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Hotel: CP San Diego
Location: San Diego
IHG status(s): PTL Amb
Paid / award night: Paid and Awad
Breakfast in restaurant: Only on weekends when lounge is not open
Upgrade to club floor: Granted
Club lounge access: Granted (closed on weekends)
Club lounge services / quality: Small but nice, over looks a golf course, great service
Other comments:For those who have stayed there knows this place is need of a major redo, its tired looking but in a clean way. I like stayig here over other places i San Diego
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Old Aug 7, 2015, 2:18 pm
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Originally Posted by AlexB
As Platinum Ambassador:

CP London Kensington: Upgrade to 2-level suite if you e-mail in advance. Club lounge access consistently denied, though available for an upcharge.

CP Orlando Universal: Upgrade to suite and club lounge access.
You mean e-mail them in advance asking for an upgrade? I'll be there in a few months and would like lounge access, but am not counting on it at all.
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Old Aug 7, 2015, 8:10 pm
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As a Plat member, was at CP HK East last X'mas and this summer on Points. Both times I get breakfast for one, either myself or my wife can take this breakfast, but no lounge access or and no club floor room. One welcome drink per guest in the room, in my case 3.

Hotel: CP HK East
Location: Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
IHG status(s): IC Amb Plat
Paid / award night: Points
Breakfast in restaurant: 1 Guest
Upgrade to club floor: Denied
Club lounge access: Denied
Other comments: 1 welcome drink cert per guest, 3 in my case
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Old Jul 8, 2016, 1:28 am
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Staying at CP London Ealing next week, booked into a standard room (4 nights on points + 1 paid). What's your recent experience with getting club lounge access when staying in a standard room? I'm a Spire Amb member. Cheers!
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Old Jul 8, 2016, 5:51 pm
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On checking in at C.P. Changi received usual welcome letter with usual Platinum benefits only this time this was included.
"Receive upgrade to Club room and full Club benefits when you book a premier room."

Stayed on points but paid for Club access. Will be back on paid stay in Premier room next week so hopefully will be upgraded as per letter.
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Old Jul 9, 2016, 12:19 pm
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Crown plaza london heathrow

Stayed at the above hotel in June 2016. Paid for the room, not an award night.
I am platinum ambassador and was given free breakfast and lounge access.
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Old Jul 9, 2016, 12:39 pm
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CP The Hamilton Washington

Hotel: CP The Hamilton
Location: Washington D.C.
IHG status(s): Spire
Paid / award night: Paid
Breakfast in restaurant: -
Club floor: unkown, did not get it
Club lounge access: unkown, did not get it
Other comments: no room upgrade, no free water, no free snacks,
10 minute walk to White House.
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Old Jul 9, 2016, 12:55 pm
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CP Greater Noida New Delhi

Hotel: CP Greater Noida
Location: New Delhi, India
IHG status(s): Spire
Paid / award night: Paid
Breakfast in restaurant: Full 5 star buffet for free
Club floor: Got a club suite
Club lounge access: Free evening buffet in club lounge, free drinks, barkeeper makes cocktails, great view (pretty high floor)
Other comments: Free upgrade to club suite, two rooms, two bath rooms, corner room with 270 view over Greater Noida (pretty high floor),
6 free water bottles per day.
On welcome I received a bottle of red wine, various homemade salted nuts, chocolate nuts and some other snacks.
This could easily be an Intercontinental hotel and hold its own against Tokyo or Seoul.
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