Originally Posted by
dickieducker
the comment by 'sdsearch' about HI upgrades intrigues me (as i have aggresively avoided that brand for the lack of stated Plat benefits) - does the research you mention involve contacting each hotel separately to confirm their Plat policy (which i am happy to do) or is there a master list around that would save some of the leg work?
For me, I use two places:
1. This thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inter...periences.html
2. TripAdvisor reviews (at
some hotels that have a lot of reviews, one or more of the reviews will mention either "platinum" or "elite' or "status"). Now, sometimes the information is not complete; that's why my one half-failure, at Hioliday Inn Ponce (Puerto Rico), where I read on TripAdvisor that an elite member got a free breakfast, but when I got to the hotel they infomred me that it's Mon-Fri mornings only, so since I had a Sat checkin and Mon checkout it applied my second morning but not my first.
A breif list of
some HI hotels
that come to mind immediately that
I've gotten a free Plat breakfast at:
Holiday Inn Santa Ana / Orange County Airport North (Grand Ave), many stays: Hot buffet is free to Plats, and so is juice and coffee. (This is the nicest HI for Plats I've found in the SNA/Anaheim area, though it's much more expensive on cash than the next I'll list.)
Holiday Inn Anaheim Resort Area (the one on Manchester Ave), many stays: the buffet is free to Plats, but juice isn't (only water and/or coffee)!
Holiday Inn Kansas City Airport, two stays: the buffet was free to Plats, I don't remember how beverages worked.
Holiday Inn "Tower" Lubbock TX, one stay: free breakfast for Plat, but I don't remember the details