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What points count towards status?
"Base points earned from Qualifying Rates paid for hotel stays, points collected from partner transactions, IHG Rewards Club Bonus Points Packages and Meeting Rewards are considered Elite Qualifying Points and counted towards membership elite status."
What activity resets the one-year point expiration clock (i.e., prevents points from expiring)?
"Base points earned from Qualifying Rates paid for hotel stays, points collected from partner transactions, IHG Rewards Club Bonus Points Packages and Meeting Rewards are considered Elite Qualifying Points and counted towards membership elite status."
- The bonus points received for the credit card sign-up are nonqualifying towards status.
- Points from credit card spend are qualifying points and will count toward a member's status qualification.
- Bonus Point Packages are qualifying points and will count toward a member's status qualification.
- Bonus points received through promos, including credit card offers, are nonqualifying points for status.
What activity resets the one-year point expiration clock (i.e., prevents points from expiring)?
- Maintaining elite status (including via the credit card, if your card offers that benefit)
- Any earning activity that increases your balance (including nonqualifying or bonus points), such as transfering points from programmes like e-rewards
- Any redemption activity that decreases your balance (including an award booking that is subsequently canceled)
- Being a dining rewards member
Change to IHG Rewards Club 2015
#646
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: RSW
Programs: Delta - Silver; UA - Silver; HHonors - Diamond; IHG - Spire Ambassador; Marriott Bonvoy - Titanium
Posts: 14,184
Checking into a CP today, I asked if the desk people knew about the deadline for the new status.
They had no idea there would BE a new status level at all!
They had no idea there would BE a new status level at all!
#647
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 550
I noticed an interesting change when I called into the Ambassador Service Center today. You no longer have the option to either press 2 for reservations, or 3 for the ambassador service center. It just says "Thank you for calling reservations...".
I also noticed that the lady I spoke with (and the people I overheard) didn't have Southeast Asian accents. It doesn't sound like you are calling the Philippines anymore, but rather somewhere in the US. A welcomed change in my opinion.
I just found it to be interesting...take from it what you will.
I also noticed that the lady I spoke with (and the people I overheard) didn't have Southeast Asian accents. It doesn't sound like you are calling the Philippines anymore, but rather somewhere in the US. A welcomed change in my opinion.
I just found it to be interesting...take from it what you will.
#648
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: IHG Spire Ambassador, Club Carlson Gold, HHonors Gold, Best Western Diamond Select, BA Blue
Posts: 1,335
#651
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: I hate my location and hope to flee from it soon.
Programs: Hyatt PL, PC Spire/RA, HH GOLD, SPG Green, Marriott Silver, Skywards B, CSA Gold, Lufthansa Paper,UA
Posts: 1,211
#654
Moderator: InterContinental Hotels and Germany
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,539
I have moved the discussion about the new top tier status to its own thread, which could be found here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inter...ier-spire.html
Please continue to discussion about the new top tier in this thread.
I also have deleted a few off topic posts.
FLYGVA
co-moderator IHG Forum
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inter...ier-spire.html
Please continue to discussion about the new top tier in this thread.
I also have deleted a few off topic posts.
FLYGVA
co-moderator IHG Forum
#655
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: SIN
Programs: TK-G | Accor P | SQ-G | Marriott T
Posts: 3,823
To enable IHG to reward our guests who stay with us most often, starting from May 2016, IHG will expire all points for IHG Rewards Club Members if they have not earned or redeemed any points at all in the previous 12 months. IHG Rewards Club members will continue to maintain their point balances simply by completing a qualifying stay at one of IHGs 4,800 hotels or redeeming some of their existing points during a membership year.
I noticed this on my account today
Point Expiration Date: Mar 08, 2017 How to keep my points
#656
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 38
Shouldn't this mean the current points should have expiry either 30-April-2017 or 31-May-2017?
I noticed this on my account today
this is because I have activity on 8-March-2016. What happen if I do not have any activities in the past 12 points, does this mean all my points will expire?
I noticed this on my account today
this is because I have activity on 8-March-2016. What happen if I do not have any activities in the past 12 points, does this mean all my points will expire?
When I go through the reservation, its as if I am purchasing points for the reservation. Not sure whether I would end up with original payment in $ or points after cancellation.
#657
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, MM, NR; HH Diamond, Bonvoy LT Gold, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Diamond, others
Posts: 12,159
I have 5k points that expire in May 2016. Can I book something for points + cash and cancel later to extend the expiry of points?
When I go through the reservation, its as if I am purchasing points for the reservation. Not sure whether I would end up with original payment in $ or points after cancellation.
When I go through the reservation, its as if I am purchasing points for the reservation. Not sure whether I would end up with original payment in $ or points after cancellation.