We were in Bangkok for the first time a year ago, stayed at the HR Bangkok and enjoyed our stay, including our suite upgrade (via SUA). Breakfast spread was amazing, and the lounge was quite nice. Where else would you stay, if not at the HR? The Kimpton looks interesting to me.

Meanwhile, to get this thread a bit back on topic, I am certainly willing to keep staying enough nights to retain Globalist for two years (after achieving Globalist Lite in 2023 via Bilt challenge, and then "getting with the program" every year since then.), although I have already reduced our spend on the Hyatt card. My desire to retain Globalist might dwindle if they do away with benefits we truly enjoy, like apply-SUA-at-time-of-reservation, lounge access to great lounges in SEA, and late checkout. Now that I'm staying fewer nights at US hotels, the free parking on award stays has way less value for me, and I wouldn't care if they dropped it, although I got over a thousand dollars in value from it over the last three years.

In any case, I'm glad to have IHG as my close-second backup, with lifetime Titanium at Marriott as third.

--woodstock