I've been Hyatt Diamond for quite some time, but also now Spire Elite with IHG.
The delta between their 2 programmes in 2017 is MASSIVE, particularly with the mild 'gamification' for points with IHG
IHG seems hungry for my business, while Hyatt feels pretty unconcerned... easy decision to make where to spend.
I have 15+ nights on the road in Jan17 alone, and likely to focus on IHG with my Accelerate pack:
* 1 night in Jan = 1k pts
* 1 booking = 3k pts
* 5nights = 10k pts
* 1night pts + $ = 3k pts
* 2 booking with corp rate = 2.5k pts
* 1 booking in majour metro = 2.4k pts
* 1 booking using IHG CC = 1.5k pts
* redeem points = 1k pts
* hit 6 of 7 = 16.6k pts
looks like 2 stays totalling 5nights plus a pts&cash stay gives me 41k pts
Easily doable, and with the headsforpoints 2x bonus probably get another 10k pts in earn, and that's with half my planned travel just in Jan17.