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Apr 8, 2016 | 4:04 pm

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stimpy

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Originally Posted by Tim O'Brien

i sent the UK a letter last year suggesting it should be a hybrid, a minimum number of nights/properties as the traditional 60/20/3 or say a USD10K spend threshold.

for example, under the traditional model, someone cld stay say:

40 HI nights @USD75 equates to 3K
20 IC nights @USD200 equates to 4K
total spend USD7K spend.

would make sense to have a tandem model.

RA for Life, after say 10 years earned.

My hypothesis is that it has always been this way. A combination of nights, revenue and number of IC's and IC nights. It used to also be a minimum of 3 continents, but that went away years ago. Maybe they should bring it back?

And a big YES to RA for Life after 10 years. C'mon IHG, it's not like the Intercontinental brand is going away no matter what M&A happens.

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