Originally Posted by
UKtravelbear
Anyone can get lounge access at any hotel with a lounge if they
(a) pay for a room rate with it included
(b) select it as a rewards benefit after achieving 40+ nights
If you get it otherwise then all well and good but it's not contracted and one hotel might give it to you and another may not.
sdsearch, in the post immediately above mine, claimed that it was a published benefit for Diamonds at CP in the new program. I remain sceptical of that, since I haven't heard it anywhere else, and the idea that T&Cs will include a subclause specifically for Diamonds at Crowne Plaza seems a bit odd