Originally Posted by
Jages
How many RAs get dropped back to AMB after the first year of RA and don't get the full 12 months of RA?
My AMB year runs from Feb 1 and I have just returned to RA (was RA from 2008 to 2012) after a couple of years not traveling. With the new posted criteria (new for me at least), I'm surprised to be told I'll only get 7 months of RA and I'll need to re qualify again from Feb 1 to get it back. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me as if I took until Nov to qualify it would mean I only had RA for 3 months.
What's other RA's experience here?
I think you are missing the main 2points of the Ambasador program
1. Your Ambassador year is 12months to 31st January so whenever you hit the RA threshold during the year you get RA until then whether for 9 or 6 or 2 months
So you had the 60/20 nights needed for RA DURING PERIOD July2014 - June 2015 . We don't know how many were during july2014-jan2015 though?
2. BUT if you stop and think , come next January IHG look at your past 12months stays to see if you qualify for RA
Now all the 5months of nights 1st Feb - June onwards that helped give you RA for 7months will also count towards your RA renewal next year Feb 1st
Now if you had zero nights july2014-jan2015, AND all your new traveling hotel stays of 60/20 IHG/IC nights were 1st Feb 2015 onwards, you have already requalified as RA for a further 12months
If you had some nights july2014 - Jan 2015 that will fall off as over 365 days old come next renewal check, you just need to replace those nights before next February to be renewed as RA
PS
If eg takes 11months to December to qual as RA so you get just 1month as RA, then it is almost guaranteed that those last 12months checked when your RA expires to see if RA renews will include all those earlier past 12months qual nights guaranteeing instant RA Renewal