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Old Jun 13, 2016, 9:45 am
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Tim O'Brien
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: IHG, RC, HH, AA, QF, UA, Aeroplan
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Originally Posted by Raffles
The hotels could easily be selling Ambassador to people just doing 1 stay:

"Sorry sir, we can't give you a free 4pm check out but if you spend $200 now on joining Ambassador you can have it automatically."

And, in the right scenario, $200 for a one-off late check-out at an IC would make sense to a lot of people.

I doubt I will do 9 IC nights myself this year - probably 7-ish - but I'm getting a €700 suite on my BOGO at Le Grand so the fee washes its face easily.
and selling a decent upgrade too, for those infrequent stayers. "if you sign up for Ambassador, we can give you this suite"
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