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" Like anything else, use what you need and leave the rest. "
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"I think they'll end the open minibar benefit if people abuse it and it no longer becomes cost-effective."

There is no need to be greedy

And I thought I was pretty nifty obtaining InterContinental's PCR Platinum status...

I say use/take what you use/need and leave the rest. What a great perk.

Free "rein," not reign.

If you are going to take the mini bar stuff, are you going to take the left over toilet paper ?

What a jerk.  Royal Ambassador status was designed for business travelers not some penny ante scam artist.  Shortly these benefits will be eliminatd due to this sort of abuse.

But what can one expect from The Points Guy aka Brian Kelly?  This is the same clown who instructs readers to sign their dogs and cats up for additonal credit cards and lie about having a business to get a business credit card.

I suspect the Mr. Kelly is also knowledgeable in other areas such as welfare fraud and tax evasion.  This punk should go find a real job.

I am also a Royal Ambassador.

What is little understood is that you do not get only one free minibar, you get as many as you can drink, unlimited refills.

My person record is seven, we tanked basically seven complete minibars during a two-night stay in European city last September, the cost at full price of the drinks we consumed was over $2,000. In that case we did consume them all in the room, all our friends came over, and I kept calling for a refill every hour or two.

In another European city on a single night weekend stay (costing 83 Euros), with 6pm checkout I actually cleaned the minibar out three times and emptied it into a laundry bag which I then packed. This hotel was the best minibar that I've ever seen, all kinds of rare liquors. The drinks were clinking in my suitcase as I approached the checkout counter, and I will never forget the look of horror on the desk clerk's face as he opened my "folio" and started clicking through to remove the drinks one-by-one from the bill. Since I couldn't carry the drinks on the plane with me, I handed the whole bag to a group of homeless people sitting in front of the train station.

The thing is, I got tired of this within a couple of months. It was great at first, it felt like getting one over on these people who have been ripping me off for decades for a tiny 250ml water. But now, basically I may drink a few things, but I don't bother with the rest. Which is probably what usually happens.

Regarding the previous comment: " Shortly these benefits will be eliminated due to this sort of abuse."

If the perk is given, I see no reason why anyone should feel bad taking full advantage of it. If you buy the drinks, no one care if you consume them in the room or elsewhere, why would it be different is they are given for free?

Leave it there so the next guy can pay $100s for it? Seriously? A person who thinks that way is the same kind of person who would volunteer to pay extra income tax.

A couple of brief notes from a hotel associate:

1. If you have a perk (e.g. free reign of the minibar), use it. We are not going to judge you for it. And do you really care if other guests do? The perks are for YOU because you earned them.

2. The loyalty program put this in place after I'm sure estimating the actual projected costs. If they cancel it because they refer to utilizing you earned perks as "abuse," then clearly someone miscalculated. But for now, I'd say you're safe.

3. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT, abuse your perk by calling for a refill of the minibar above and beyond the normal once a day re-stocking. THAT is abuse.

And now the RA mini-bar policy has has been restricted for The Venetian and The Palazzo in Las Vegas with Royal Ambassador complimentary mini-bar limited to $100 per stay in consumed items.

"Royal Ambassador Benefits:
Please be aware that all Royal Ambassador member benefits apply at these InterContinental Alliance Resorts with the exception of:
· Free Internet:  Internet is included as part of the daily resort fee of your stay at The Venetian or The Palazzo.
· Mini Bar: As a Royal Ambassador member, you will receive a $100 credit toward mini-bar beverages per stay."

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absolutely NO,We already pay the services right? If we want/have to clean it by ourselves,why don't we just stay in cheap hotel

Hi,In my opinion,they'll end the open minibar benefit if people abuse it and it no longer becomes cost-effective. Like anything else,
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Drink and eat away my friend.

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It's the first thing you always have to refund. People always deny deny deny taking anything out of the mini bar.    I like the trend of not having them in most new hotels.  It is wrong to empty it when you are living in the hotel you are working for. Oops.  
 

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