Originally Posted by
ftrichard
This week I made two paid-for reservations on the new SPG app for the Aloft Guangzhou and the W Guangzhou for October. Everything seems normal about them but I haven't checked with the hotels yet (actually I will just email the W because their suite upgrades can be phenomenal and there's a rare lounge for a W that I will be getting drunk in).
I assume you're counting on status-based access to the lounge, yes? If so this will be a rare data point on what reality is at some SPG properties versus the new T&C that doesn't grant lounge access at e.g. W.