Hotel: InterContinental Amman
When: December
Status: Diamond + Ambassador
Rate: IHGR Advance
Booked: 1 King Bed Premium
Received: 1 King Bed Presidential Ste Living Area
Amenity Offered: None at check-in. Called reception later and asked for complimentary breakfast; they obliged.
This was quite a suprise. I spent $266 on my KBP and was then upgraded to a hotel suite that's twice the size of my apartment and retails for around $1,400/night! From looking at the list of rooms on the site this was a double or maybe even a triple upgrade! I'm not sure if it's because other guests were already staying in the categories in between my booked and upgraded room or whether the hotel was just feeling generous. I also received the additional Ambassador perk of a food & drink voucher of approximately $30.
I can't say I was a huge fan of the InterContinental despite the awesome upgrade - it just wasn't my vibe. I'm only just getting into the luxury hotel scene and I think this was the second Intercontinental I've stayed in. The ones I've been in just comes across as sterile and very 80's/90's business traveller. I like my hotels with a little more funk or history to them - the other recent IHG property I stayed in was a Kimpton in London and this was definitely more my scene!