Originally Posted by
Admiral Ackbar
Confirming IC The Strings still has Telmont during evening happy hour, canapés are very good as well, got 5 different dishes (plus the buffet). I really love the Club pass milestone reward and I hope it never gets given away but stays tied to staying at the hotels.
Here is the drinks menu, sorry for the potato quality (it is legible if you zoom in), I was trying to be discreet!
Milestones are a good thing and does limit the numbers - just look at the nonsense Hilton are coming out with and how overrun they are in places.
The only thing I see IHG changing is that Lounge Access may have to get pinned to a higher tier 50-70 nights or so or it gets decoupled and pinned to qualifying spend - although their points offers on flex rates muddies this a little. Personally, I do think lounge access at 40 nights is very generous and at some point will need to be looked at in order to preserve the quality of offerings. Lyon and Berlin are two examples of where the lounge passes have caused some issues. Berlin in particular seems to be a place where a lot of locals are now booking for a leisure weekend as the offering is outsized.