In theory. Unless you are staying exclusively in B locations and in the entry-level brands, Spire in practice is really being qualified for using the points threshold. It's different from programme to programme. I am quite sure the vast majority of Hyatt Globalists qualify through nights rather than points, so it's the opposite of IHG.
IHG Spire is really a 20-40 nights status in most cases. Many FTers push it down to 10-20 nights by occasionally booking elite-qualifying bonus-points package rates.
IHG status is pretty easy to get if you stay at IC's. They have promos a lot with IC's to get status with just a few stays and I think that gives you status with other IHG brands.
IHG is pretty worthless anyway for Holiday inn's but the Holiday inn type hotels are like the Southwest Airlines of hotels, they aren't catering to the business high end spenders.
Hyatt caters to a lot different crowd than Hilton and IHG does. IHG caters more to the casual traveler and now most Hilton's are starting to get away from the business travelers and trying to get any business they can.
Hyatt is still a lot more of a business class crowd and it's refected in their rates and locations. That could change if business travel doesn't increase soon.
Maybe Hilton should do what IHG does and have a different status for their higher end hotels like Conrad and Waldor's. People who stay at the higher end IC's who have status have their own program with amazing benefits.