InterContinental Montreal Master Thread
Mar 12, 2015, 3:14 pm
#47
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ALB;NYC
Programs: AA EXP; Hilton Gold; SPG/Marriott Gold; IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 58
Mar 19, 2015, 8:11 am
#48
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ALB;NYC
Programs: AA EXP; Hilton Gold; SPG/Marriott Gold; IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 58
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Mar 19, 2015, 10:10 am
#49
In memoriam
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: MAN
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, IHG Spire, UA Silver, Dennis The Menace Fan Club
Posts: 1,457
I'm going to Canada for my Honeymoon in the summer and am spending 3 nights in Montreal as part of a trip down memory lane for my wife who spent her teenage years there. It's not exactly the romantic part of the trip but I'm looking for quality accommodation and am torn between the Marriott Chateau Champlain and the IC. Personally I prefer the position of the IC.
As we've blown the budget on the rest of the holiday I'm looking to save a few $$$ here. The Marriotts coming in at $770 for the 3 nights and as I'm a plat I do get access to the lounge, and a very likely non-suite upgrade. Not that the lounge is worth that much, apparently. The IC is priced at $700, so cheaper but as IHG Plat without the lounge access. However lowcostholidays.com is offering my 3 nights at the IC at £295 ($550). It's not BRG-able as its in GBP. Nor will it qualify for points, but it's cheap, it works out at less than $150/night (before taxes and 2nd adult charge) which seems to be the minimum price at this hotel.
So to my question. On a non-IHG booked room at Rock-bottom rate what are my chances as an IHG Plat of an upgrade, club access, free wifi, in fact anything other than the worst room in the property featuring elevators to the left, ice machine to the right and a dumpster view with matching aromas?
As we've blown the budget on the rest of the holiday I'm looking to save a few $$$ here. The Marriotts coming in at $770 for the 3 nights and as I'm a plat I do get access to the lounge, and a very likely non-suite upgrade. Not that the lounge is worth that much, apparently. The IC is priced at $700, so cheaper but as IHG Plat without the lounge access. However lowcostholidays.com is offering my 3 nights at the IC at £295 ($550). It's not BRG-able as its in GBP. Nor will it qualify for points, but it's cheap, it works out at less than $150/night (before taxes and 2nd adult charge) which seems to be the minimum price at this hotel.
So to my question. On a non-IHG booked room at Rock-bottom rate what are my chances as an IHG Plat of an upgrade, club access, free wifi, in fact anything other than the worst room in the property featuring elevators to the left, ice machine to the right and a dumpster view with matching aromas?
Mar 19, 2015, 10:50 am
#50
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: San Diego Area
Programs: UA Gold MM, AA Gold MM, Marriott Plat LT, HH Gold, IHG Plat, WoH Discvst, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,834
WiFi was comped, but for lounge access had to pay 40 CAD/night for the two of us. Was led to believe it was normally 40 CAD per person, but was offered (and took) the 40-CAD-for-two rate. Unsure if the offer was due to Plat or Ambassador status ... or a combination of the two. (Thinking of it as 20 CAD per person, both ms. jmd001 and I felt it was a reasonable rate for the quantity and quality of food and beverages we got since access was not a guaranteed benefit of with IHG Platinum or IC Ambassador).
Apr 5, 2015, 9:22 pm
#52
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ALB;NYC
Programs: AA EXP; Hilton Gold; SPG/Marriott Gold; IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 58
Nov 4, 2015, 11:57 am
#59
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,339
Nov 4, 2015, 12:12 pm
#60
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: YYZ / FRA
Programs: IHG RA; Avis First
Posts: 1,444
It wasn't a huge deal for RA but they its different selection, especially wine.