We’re leaving today after a five night stay. Watching the monitor lizards and all the birds and koi enjoying the beautiful ponds - breakfast view - I am already having nostalgia for the place. We’re heading off to W Seminyak and then Regent Bali Canggu.

Overall, I really like this place.

The conversion of the $20 Ambassador credit is more about a matter of principle for me. I made IHG Diamond from spend well before I reached 40 nights. I am enjoying being in the right region for the current 20% off food and non-alcoholic beverages. That is not a hotel offer. It’s an IHG offer. Maybe the hotel could have opted out participating - then credit to them.

That said, this IC first came on my radar because it’s from the higher end of the IHG portfolio. I read pretty much the whole FT thread to screen the hotel since not all ICs are worth the name. If this hotel was not from the IHG or Marriott portfolio I would not have even considered it as an option until I screened out what my preferred chains had to offer.

So I played my part in the rewards program.
This IC should play fair. $20 USD = 180,000 IDR is shame shame on the hotel management. Cheap.

Again, loved it. Would come back. Just seems to me FTers often boycott hotels that don’t offer elite benefits (or complain a lot). Maybe it is more a Marriott Bonvoy thing. So few reviews of Ritz Carlton hotels because there is no elite breakfast.