Dec 31, 2022, 7:50 am
Last edit by: FLYGVA
Breakfast Amenity
One of the choices as Amenity for Diamond Members is breakfast.
Applies also on award / free nights.
Applies to the whole duration of the stay and not only one day
Only for one room (ymmv)
Some hotels are excluded (Vignette Collection, Six Senses)
Full T&C:
One of the choices as Amenity for Diamond Members is breakfast.
Applies also on award / free nights.
Applies to the whole duration of the stay and not only one day
Only for one room (ymmv)
Some hotels are excluded (Vignette Collection, Six Senses)
Full T&C:
Diamond Elite Members’ Welcome Amenity choice also includes Free Breakfast at full-service and select-service brands (REGENT, InterContinental, Hualuxe, Hotel Indigo, voco, Crowne Plaza, Even, Holiday Inn, and Kimpton)
- Available for Member and one guest registered to the same room for each night of stay
- Includes one main menu item with unlimited non-alcoholic beverages or full buffet with unlimited non-alcoholic beverages per person
- Alcoholic beverages and certain specialty drinks excluded
- Not available for In-Room dining or at specialty restaurants
- Not offered at InterContinental Residence Suites Dubai Festival City or InterContinental Doha Residences
- You could not use digital check in if you want to have breakfast as welcome amentiy
Diamond Breakfast Amenity Discussion
Jun 5, 2022, 7:09 pm
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Old or new benefits are only listed here, not in the T&C themselves, but this page is referenced in the T&C. It can be regarded as an annex of the T&C.
Jun 7, 2022, 7:49 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,769
As a data point - at Hotel Indigo Warsaw this weekend just gone, breakfast offered for whole stay as one of the Diamond amenity options at check-in without me having to ask at all. Decent upgrade too. Good experience overall.
Main negative, as so often the case, is no bill received by email despite asking. Was charged the correct rate anyhow.
ETA: To answer @Keefy-boy 's query below, this was a cash stay. However my guess is the amenity offer at least would have been the same on points.
Main negative, as so often the case, is no bill received by email despite asking. Was charged the correct rate anyhow.
ETA: To answer @Keefy-boy 's query below, this was a cash stay. However my guess is the amenity offer at least would have been the same on points.
Jun 7, 2022, 12:19 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Kimpton Fitzroy London provided at checkin:
- acknowledgement of Diamond status
* Diamond choice of:
breakfast daily for 2 persons at their coffeeshop or at the restaurant
---> continental buffet + 1 hot item at both venues
or
raid the bar credit £15
or
points 1500 or 1000 something
No upgrade from "Corner suite" to "Fitzroy suite" (was already occupied & booked)
Solved with a big bottle of very nice champers
And received daily at turndown a dessert platter with the most calories laden heavenly pies
(could be because of InnerCircle)
- acknowledgement of Diamond status
* Diamond choice of:
breakfast daily for 2 persons at their coffeeshop or at the restaurant
---> continental buffet + 1 hot item at both venues
or
raid the bar credit £15
or
points 1500 or 1000 something
No upgrade from "Corner suite" to "Fitzroy suite" (was already occupied & booked)
Solved with a big bottle of very nice champers
And received daily at turndown a dessert platter with the most calories laden heavenly pies
(could be because of InnerCircle)
Jun 9, 2022, 9:36 pm
#4
Join Date: May 1998
Location: australia
Posts: 5,762
IC Melbourne -choice of breakfast offered. When I asked if $25 F+B credit for Ambassador still applied FDA said no -breakfast or F+B credit. Didn't argue but within 5 mins of getting to room FDA rang and apologised confirming Ambassador $25 F+B credit still applied.
Added bonus:
Added bonus:
Jun 10, 2022, 11:20 am
#5
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Jun 10, 2022, 11:48 am
#6
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Jun 10, 2022, 12:28 pm
#7
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Well that is some good news. Clearly free breakfast for elites is regarded as table stakes in the competitive field of business hotel chains.
Then again the Kimpton in Austin Texas that I stayed at a couple of weeks ago did not have a breakfast restaurant. So "due to COVID" is still a limiting factor.
Then again the Kimpton in Austin Texas that I stayed at a couple of weeks ago did not have a breakfast restaurant. So "due to COVID" is still a limiting factor.
Jun 10, 2022, 4:16 pm
#9
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Jun 14, 2022, 9:30 pm
#10
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SIN (LEJ once a year)
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If I get the breakfast benefit without argument (and no funny exclusions of items) and maybe an actually decent room that is not just on a higher floor only, but then facing a wall or busy road or kitchen exhaust vents - I'm already content and would consider that a success. 
Jun 16, 2022, 1:26 pm
#13
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Diamond Elite Members’ Welcome Amenity choice also includes Free Breakfast at full-service and select-service brands (REGENT, InterContinental, Hualuxe, Hotel Indigo, voco, Crowne Plaza, Even, Holiday Inn, and Kimpton)
Jun 16, 2022, 1:36 pm
#14
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: NYC/LA
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Unfortunate, but they might have a point. The T&C (https://www.ihg.com/content/gb/en/cu...er-tc/2nd-page) says,
I'm sure they are a full-service hotel, but IHG does not define it as a full-service brand.
I'm sure they are a full-service hotel, but IHG does not define it as a full-service brand.
"We’re excited to share a new IHG experience with you.We have welcomed this new property into our extended IHG® family. Take a look (and book) for yourself.
Please note that this property may not yet be included in the IHG® One Rewards program."
Jun 16, 2022, 1:39 pm
#15
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: UK
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