With my recent stays in many hotel chains, ITC is becoming my favourite for its versatility and its hospitality. Somewhat I feel like ITC properties are the hidden gems in India which are very less explored by the luxury travellers.
With the recent flexibility of the Green Points which can be transferred from Axis Bank's Edge Reward Program, ITC is the most valued redemption so far in India, which I've observed so far. Not only that ITC's Loyalty Program is very much straight-forward and it's easily achievable with only award booking, which is mind-blowing! If you see the competitors' loyalty programs, this flexibility is not available there.
Now let's come to the stay of mine at one of the iconic and flagship property of ITC in India, which is ITC Royal Bengal. This time the stay at ITC was a special one as it was my mother's birthday, and taking the decision to celebrate it at ITC Royal Bengal was one of the best decision I can say.
As being points and miles enthusiast, this stay was no exception than booking with Green Points. I booked the Club Executive Room for only 8,000 Green Points and I just reached out to ITC Royal Bengal to check if I can an upgrade and as always, ITC was sweet enough to upgrade it to their best of the room type, which is a Luxury Suite. The per green point value I got was insane. This suite revenues between ₹ 35,000 - ₹ 45,000, so even at its lowest price point, it gave ₹ 4.4 value per Green Point. It'd be injustice not to mention a person's name who took care of everything at our stay even when he was not on duty, Mr. Anuraag, who serves at ITC as Complex Front Office Manager of ITC Royal Bengal and ITC Sonar. From change of dates to the late night meals we had, he made sure everything is going smooth.
Now let's come to the experience. We did an early check-in and we had to wait only for 10 mins to complete the check-in process. As my mother is an elderly person, the did all the check-in process off desk, and made sure nothing is causing any kind of trouble.
After the check-in formality was end, we got escorted to the room and my mom got really happy after seeing the room, and she absolutely loved it. Some welcome amenities:
The room was actually spacious, the biggest one I've stayed so far in any suites of ITC. It not only does pamper the leisure travellers but also does pamper the business travellers as well. It got all the arrangements from a big working desk to beautiful cozy bed room, everything was there. Oh yes, did I forget to tell the beautiful city view this room offered from the common area as well as from the bed room? You can also see the beautiful ITC Sonar from this room itself. Here are some snaps of the room itself:
A tiny clip of the room tour:
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Hope you all liked the read. Let us know what was your recent redemption for the travel
