I'm a Spire Ambassador. I've been getting one room category u/g and no lounge access in 2017; on one occasion didn't even get the room u/g (unless you count that the room was not adjacent to the elevator). Prior to this year, lounge access + a nice room seemed de rigueur.
NOT happy.
I'm no big fan of Marriott or Hilton but they will at least throw me the lounge bone.
As a result, I have no interest in ever buying/using points for Ambassador again, nor will I seek out IHG properties in the future--there's no point. I'd prefer maintaining status in a program where begging is unnecessary and I have a choice of more than water + fruit.