Originally Posted by
ChimarraoMate
You won't believe it! IHG has quietly rolled out the new Spire bennifit! According to the gal at the front desk of the HIX Boise Airport, Spire is now the only eligible level that can chose between Points or a Welcome Amenity bag of water and trail mix! Yep, you heard that right! If you're Gold or Platinum, you only get the bonus points with no more choice for a small bottle of water...
Might be an airport HIX thing. I got the same from the Phoenix Tempe version: online upgrade to a king suite (yup, they exist!) disappeared by check-in and all I got was The Choice.
By the way - the decor is I Love Lucy generation of cream walls, brown paint-work and grungy brown carpet and ancient ill-matching furniture. But boy, does that stand-alone aircon unit work: chugs and pumps like an ailing jet engine, but beats those centrally controlled systems hands down.
Just to be fair, the transfer worked just fine. For USD150 a night you'd expect
something to work well.