Intercontinental Hotels Shanghai Pudong

Used points, location is lame but otherwise great.

We paid with points since my parents foolishly got a timeshare they never use, which they somehow converted into IHG shares, and so no money charge; otherwise would have stayed elsewhere. They upgraded us (3 people) to each have our own bed, and to a large suite for free because my dad is a gold member (at first they tried to sell it to us for 600RMB a night but I called their bullshit and they gave it for free. That much per night in Shanghai is highway robbery for a hotel room alone). So not bad.

Pudong is the most boring part of Shanghai and since Century Ave is so large it takes a while to get to the metro regardless, nothing interesting in walking distance. Stay in the French’s Concession in a chic AirBnB or something, it’s far more charming and likely significantly cheaper. Hotels like this are for chumps.