Originally Posted by
craigthemif
Moving from 25K to 50K in the space of weeks is definitely not cool. That said, if 25K could never be booked, hopefully 50K will get the hotel to open up some award space that people might find useful.
I don't think much of the 25k/50k difference trickles down to the hotel; it's mostly a way for IHG to control demand. The hotel has to make available for redemption a certain percentage of rooms (reportedly, 5%), and these rooms may now book up slightly less quickly. As cmcbugg says, this property is spectacular and will likely see high demand even at 50k points.