Originally Posted by
Steph58
Agree, I wasn't following OP either.
My Ambassador expires end of April 2019; I may miss achieving Spire by 5K points or so--hard to figure at this point. Also what happens if/when IHG credit card elite qualifying points post incorrectly for stays late in the year as they have been doing for me (i.e.,1 point per $1). Have to contact Chase and it takes another month for them to post the additional points. What if they don't post until January/February . . .
If renewing Ambassador renews Spire, I won't worry about getting every possible point by Dec 31. But seems like OP won't know until Jan.1 if renewing Ambassador in Sept did, in fact, extend Spire status.through 2019.
Pretty sure renewing AMB only gets you Platinum but may be wrong.
Certainly wouldn't take the chance and would be doing a 5k bonus points stay if required as those all count