Originally Posted by
jpdx
For Diamonds, breakfast is available at all brands, and regardless of status, award nights count for status qualification.
No way I can make 70 nights a year to obtain the Diamond Elite status, but I saw a second route with points highlighted earlier in this thread.
Thanks for highlighting the award nights treatment towards the status, I got it incorrectly. Happy to hear I was wrong here.
Still there was something else totally different to other main hotel chains with award stays at IHG, maybe not all elite benefits apply for Ambassador (maybe no guaranteed upgrade), unless it was changed in the last couple of years.