DoubleJ

Thanks, I sure did! Unfortunately, I didn't get around to the free shoeshine, but was able to make use of several of the other freebies (minibar, sports club, movie). As for the ham and cheese at breakfast, ham no, cheese yes, but it is the same selection of cheeses put out for evening cocktails.

DoubleJ

I've added my stay report to the Please Post Your Royal Ambassador Experiences thread, together with links to pictures. Enjoy!

ClubICGirl

Just found this list on the PC homepage:

Earn/ Redeem Priority Club® points at the following IHG ANA/Partner hotels.
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/...an.html#points

DoubleJ

Those 30,000 point award properties apparently were 20,000 points only a little over a month ago.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=672038

That being said, 30,000 for the ANA Tokyo is still not bad considering that the Tokyo Bay and Grand Yokohama ICs now go for 40,000 points. (Now if even only one of these properties would appear on the PointBreaks list... )

Shareholder

Interesting that all ANA properties have a flat rate earning schedule rather than one based on U$1 spend. Nice to see ANA IC Tokyo will only be 30K though.

prncess674

Stayed at this hotel last week. I do not hold status with IC but was pleased with the room. We were given a room on the 11th floor. We arrived via the NRT bus (which was great!) and there was a large number of front desk staff even though there were probably 20 people getting off the bus we were assisted very promptly. Used my corporate rate and received a card listing corporate benefits. The best corporate benefit however was free in room internet. We had US based mobile phones which don't work on the Japanese networks. Having internet access to upload photos and contact friends and family was a nice touch.

The bathroom was a little small, but no smaller than a bathroom you might find in a standard NYC hotel. I was a little put off by the giant bottles of shampoo and conditioner on the wall, but they were filled with Shiseido. The shampoo and conditioner made my hair feel silky smooth. May just have to invest in some of that. The bath tub had extremely high sides. Being on the shorter side (5'3") it made me a little nervous getting out of the wet tub.

The in room iron was this interesting contraption that had to charge on the base. A little annoying when trying to iron clothes for two people before dinner.

The bed and pillows were lovely and the perfect fluffiness for me.

Overall, as a non elite member I enjoyed this hotel and thought it was a good value for the money and location.

LapLap

Thank you for your report, prncess674.^

Although we've got a fair bit of feedback about this hotel, most of the reports are about club level rooms and suites.

As far as the bathroom is concerned, the website is pretty quiet about what's in store for ordinary, non-RA status'd mortals in their standard and superior rooms, but from what I've been able to work out it's pretty much this:
http://hotelstay-diary.com/ana.html
I ask folks to note the picture of the bath at the bottom of this webpage (which is pretty different from what you might be expecting if you'd seen pictures of this on the ANA website)

Ah DoubleJ, who would have guessed, eh?

derpelikan

hi,

i got a club superior last time, as the hotel was fully booked .
room is small .

on the clubfloor you have some shiseido face wash mini bottles,
you get the eramis ? dunno how to spell it body lotion and shampoo , conditioners etc.

minibar is still free, movie is free, all RA benefits given.

club lounge was nice with the fresh orange juice which i really love !

dp

prncess674

Our bathroom looked very much like the one pictured above. We also had the fancy toilet with built in bidet. I honestly didn't look too much at all the buttons and features of the toilet. I am just appreciative when there is a sink with a long counter to pull out my makeup. A few times at the W NYC I got a pedastal sink, which was very inconvenient.

Our room had a long desk area / dresser across from the bed. The TV was housed on top of the dresser area. In the window area was a small end table flanked by two fluffy chairs.

The room was well appointed and included a huge set of toiletries, pajamas, slippers and robes. The room was efficiently laid out and there was no wasted space. Not a 5* luxury, but we didn't pay 5* luxury prices.

sxc

Well I've just checked into this hotel as an Ambassador, and they told me that they had upgraded my room to a higher floor for my ambassador status. I know that they just gave me the same room that was allocated to me before they knew of my status as I saw the room number printed out before I told them of my status.

I got a room on the 21st floor. Should I have been given a more upgraded room, such as a club room?

lucky9876coins

Sxc, did you have your Priority Club number in the reservation? If so they knew about your status in advance. It's hard to say, since it may have been an upgrade to a room with a better view which could technically be an upgrade.

sxc

No - I only bought Ambassador status on Saturday, and checked in on Sunday. Also, I'm pretty sure my priority club number wasn't in the reservation since it didn't show on my Priority Club page. I think the ANA intercontinental uses a separate reservation system to the rest of Intercontinental as you can't enter their confirmation number to the priority club page?

I'm new to this....I guess I'm just a bit disappointed at my "upgrade"

jexelot

Got the same upgrade with this property as an ambassador. floor 7-20 floor seems to be different than 21-31 floor. Maybe it matters if you stay with points or not.

derpelikan

thats the standard upgrade for an ambassador.

you might have gotten an higher floor upgrade but CLUB is only for RAs.

the rooms are small anyway , so you didnt miss anything. if i am not upgraded to club i think that a floor near to the ground is better i dont like waiting for the elevators to arrive in the high floors..

dp

hailstorm

Any update on RA treatment here in recent times?