Apr 30, 2017, 10:14 am
Last edit by: Raynyan
InterContinental Osaka
インターコンチネンタルホテル大阪
Address
InterContinental Osaka
Ōfukachō, 3-60, Kita-ku,
530-0011 Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Japan
Tel +81 6-6374-5700
Link to Hotel
http://www.ihg.com/intercontinental/...ha/hoteldetail
www.icosaka.com/en/
Location
Google Maps
Upgrade policy
according to this post by Raynyan, the hotel upgrades as following:
Rewards Club Members
Club Member/Gold: No upgrade
Platinum/Spire: One level upgrade depends on availability (Basically same to non-RA Ambassadors)
Ambassadors
#At least guaranteed as below, Club is not given for Non-Club category booking
Superior to Deluxe
Deluxe to Deluxe View
Deluxe View to Suite
Suite to Corner Suite
Corner Suite to same room with Suite rate
Club Room (Club Deluxe) to Club Deluxe View
Club Deluxe View to Club Suite
Club Suite to Club Corner Suite
Club Corner Suite to Executive Suite (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Executive Suite to Deluxe Suite (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Deluxe Suite to same room with Executive Suite rate
One Bedroom Superior Residence to One Bedroom Deluxe Residence
One Bedroom Deluxe Residence to Same Room + 10000pts
Two Bedroom Superior Residence to Two Bedroom Deluxe Residence
Two Bedroom Deluxe Residence to Two Bedroom Premium Residence (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Two Bed Room Premium Residence to same room with Two Bed Room Deluxe Residence rate
Royal Ambassador
Superior to Club Deluxe View
Deluxe to Club Suite
Deluxe View to Club Corner Suite
RA should not book Suite and Club Room
Both Deluxe Suite and Executive Suite are exception of two level upgrade.
Corner Suite to Executive Suite (or same room +10000pts, Depends on availability)
Executive Suite to Deluxe Suite (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Deluxe Suite to same room with Executive Suite rate
RA will be given Club access for all of Residence Room with one level upgrade.
No across the Bedroom category. (No upgrade from One Bedroom to Two Bedroom)
No upgrade to Three Bedroom Residence.
インターコンチネンタルホテル大阪
Address
InterContinental Osaka
Ōfukachō, 3-60, Kita-ku,
530-0011 Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Japan
Tel +81 6-6374-5700
Link to Hotel
http://www.ihg.com/intercontinental/...ha/hoteldetail
www.icosaka.com/en/
Location
Google Maps
Upgrade policy
according to this post by Raynyan, the hotel upgrades as following:
Rewards Club Members
Club Member/Gold: No upgrade
Platinum/Spire: One level upgrade depends on availability (Basically same to non-RA Ambassadors)
Ambassadors
#At least guaranteed as below, Club is not given for Non-Club category booking
Superior to Deluxe
Deluxe to Deluxe View
Deluxe View to Suite
Suite to Corner Suite
Corner Suite to same room with Suite rate
Club Room (Club Deluxe) to Club Deluxe View
Club Deluxe View to Club Suite
Club Suite to Club Corner Suite
Club Corner Suite to Executive Suite (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Executive Suite to Deluxe Suite (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Deluxe Suite to same room with Executive Suite rate
One Bedroom Superior Residence to One Bedroom Deluxe Residence
One Bedroom Deluxe Residence to Same Room + 10000pts
Two Bedroom Superior Residence to Two Bedroom Deluxe Residence
Two Bedroom Deluxe Residence to Two Bedroom Premium Residence (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Two Bed Room Premium Residence to same room with Two Bed Room Deluxe Residence rate
Royal Ambassador
Superior to Club Deluxe View
Deluxe to Club Suite
Deluxe View to Club Corner Suite
RA should not book Suite and Club Room
Both Deluxe Suite and Executive Suite are exception of two level upgrade.
Corner Suite to Executive Suite (or same room +10000pts, Depends on availability)
Executive Suite to Deluxe Suite (or same room + 10000pts, Depends on availability)
Deluxe Suite to same room with Executive Suite rate
RA will be given Club access for all of Residence Room with one level upgrade.
No across the Bedroom category. (No upgrade from One Bedroom to Two Bedroom)
No upgrade to Three Bedroom Residence.
IC Osaka (Master Thread)
Feb 12, 2019, 11:53 pm
#211
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: HKG
Programs: A3, TK *G; JL JGC; SPG,Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,952
Feb 13, 2019, 9:55 am
#212
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Korea, USA
Programs: IC Dia RA / Marriott LT Plat / WOH Globalist / Hilton Diamond / OZ Diamond Plus
Posts: 340
I love IC Osaka most but love SR too because it is closed to Shinsaibashi and a subway station.
I have to walk and walk and walk just to take a subway from IC..
Feb 13, 2019, 4:10 pm
#213
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Taiwan
Programs: IHG Diamond, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Gold, oneworld Emerald
Posts: 1,164
IC is in a far end with nothing near.
Feb 18, 2019, 7:23 pm
#214
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: East Berlin
Posts: 1,533
I booked a Club Intercontinental King Room using my Ambassador certificate. The App is now showing the room as a Premium King room. I can’t see this listed when I search for that room type on a dummy booking. Is this one of those ‘artificial’ room categories? What should I expect?
Palmer
Palmer
Feb 21, 2019, 1:43 am
#215
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,673
I booked a Club Intercontinental King Room using my Ambassador certificate. The App is now showing the room as a Premium King room. I can’t see this listed when I search for that room type on a dummy booking. Is this one of those ‘artificial’ room categories? What should I expect?
Palmer
Palmer
They are also equipped with a surprisingly loud Bose surround sound system with embedded speakers, which I will assume is not audible from other rooms.
https://www.icosaka.com/wp-content/t...emiumking1.jpg
https://www.icosaka.com/pdf/en/stay/..._King_1018.pdf
Feb 27, 2019, 12:02 am
#217
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: HKG
Programs: A3, TK *G; JL JGC; SPG,Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,952
Shinsaibashi is too crowded!I guess that means we dont have to fight for rooms
Apr 13, 2019, 5:13 pm
#218
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: NH Dia/SFlyer, JL Crystal/JGC, MB Plat, WoHyatt Glob, IHG Dia Amb, HHonors Dia
Posts: 281
I stayed at the IC Osaka recently for one night with points. Decided to ask for an upsell to Lounge access and was in for a surprise. The check in staff made a special offer of 40,000 Yen for one night for one person instead of the 50,000 Yen which was the standard upgrade rate for that day. They explained the ridiculous rate by stating that this was the difference btw. standard room and lounge access room at full occupancy(?). Quite a difference to the 26,000 Yen I was paying recently for one night for two persons at the ANA IC Tokyo on a Saturday night. After some bargaining I brought them down to 25,000 Yen.
I have to admit the lounge is really good. Tastefully furnished with nice views, and high quality food and drinks. The quality of the breakfast for example is way better than at the Noka Restaurant. Nevertheless, the access is hardly worth 25,000 Yen per person per night, certainly not 40,000 or 50,000 Yen. Also, I used the lounge twice. For cocktail hour around 7pm and for late breakfast at 10:30 am. On both occasions it was almost empty. So much for the full occupancy in relation to lounge access.
One positive surprise was the 2000 Yen food and drink credit I received as a Spire Amb (not valid for room service though).
I have to admit the lounge is really good. Tastefully furnished with nice views, and high quality food and drinks. The quality of the breakfast for example is way better than at the Noka Restaurant. Nevertheless, the access is hardly worth 25,000 Yen per person per night, certainly not 40,000 or 50,000 Yen. Also, I used the lounge twice. For cocktail hour around 7pm and for late breakfast at 10:30 am. On both occasions it was almost empty. So much for the full occupancy in relation to lounge access.
One positive surprise was the 2000 Yen food and drink credit I received as a Spire Amb (not valid for room service though).
May 5, 2019, 6:00 am
#219
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 112
Spent two nights at IC Osaka late last month. Booked a Deluxe King with View and was upgraded to a 1 Bedroom Deluxe Residence with View. This felt like a decent upgrade, and the room we were put into was very nice. I'd guess the rate difference was around +15-20%. Didn't book or ask about lounge access. I got, and was expecting, the 2k Yen F&B credit, but the hotel did make an effort to make us aware of it as well which was nice. Even the basic rooms here seem to be pretty big, and between stays in more normal Japan sized hotel rooms the 74m^2 room we got here was a nice treat. Staff at check-in and the concierge were really helpful. We used their bag forwarding service to get our bags to Tokyo (while we went off hiking for 2 days). We asked at the desk, they confirmed with our next hotel, measured up our two bags, tagged them etc, left them at check-in, they were in our room when we got to Tokyo, and we were charged £16! This isn't just an IC Osaka service but I appreciated how easy they made the process.
May 5, 2019, 7:41 am
#220
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: MAN
Programs: IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 351
InterContinental Ambassador benefits
12. InterContinental Ambassador member benefits include:
a. Guaranteed one category room upgrade, based on room type purchased, will be assigned
b. Guaranteed Late check-out time of 4pm on day of departure
c. Complimentary mineral water daily
d. Complimentary Weekend Night
e. Complimentary premium Internet access will be provided in guest room only at select hotels where available for purchase
f. Single room rate for double occupancy
g. Guaranteed room availability for member’s room with 72 hour advance reservation.
h. A restaurants and bars credit of up to USD20, per stay, valid in select hotel restaurants, bars and minibar (excluding in room dining). Currency & credit varies by country and are subject to change:
i. United States of America USD20, Euro currency member states EUR15, United Kingdom GBP15, Thailand THB600, Australia AUD25, Japan JPY2000, Saudi Arabia SAR70, Malaysia MYR50, Indonesia IDR180,000, Vietnam VND280,000 (excluding Danang which is VND460,000), HKD135*
ii. All other countries: a credit of USD20 will be converted to local currency at local hotel exchange rate of the day
ii. All other countries: a credit of USD20 will be converted to local currency at local hotel exchange rate of the day
May 5, 2019, 8:24 am
#221
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,843
We used their bag forwarding service to get our bags to Tokyo (while we went off hiking for 2 days). We asked at the desk, they confirmed with our next hotel, measured up our two bags, tagged them etc, left them at check-in, they were in our room when we got to Tokyo, and we were charged £16! This isn't just an IC Osaka service but I appreciated how easy they made the process.
May 5, 2019, 12:05 pm
#222
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: MAN
Programs: IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 351
Luggage Delivery Between Hotels | Traveling to Japan | YAMATO TRANSPORT GLOBAL
Worth contacting your hotel concierge to arrange for you.
May 5, 2019, 12:14 pm
#223
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,843
It's pretty common throughout Japan. Here's a link to one well-known company who offer the service and it's not just an IHG thing, your baggage can be transported between any two addresses. It's not always same day service though so need to check out the delivery times relevant to you. If it's not next day delivery, you'd need to pack a small overnight bag to see you through until your baggage appears.
Luggage Delivery Between Hotels Traveling to Japan YAMATO TRANSPORT GLOBAL
Worth contacting your hotel concierge to arrange for you.
Luggage Delivery Between Hotels Traveling to Japan YAMATO TRANSPORT GLOBAL
Worth contacting your hotel concierge to arrange for you.
Ahhh I see. So about 2100 yen for a large luggage.
May 5, 2019, 12:43 pm
#224
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: DL PM; IHG PlatAmb; Hilton Dia; Marriott Plat; Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 7,320
May 6, 2019, 1:39 am
#225
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 112
Our two bags were carry on size and it cost 2700 yen in total. We were going from IC Osaka to Solaria Ginza so not same brand or group, and that isn’t typically an issue. It’s a really useful service, especially if you want to do anything between hotels. Most JR stations have cheap lockers so you can leave bags there, but it’s a faff and not an option if you don’t want to go back to the station.