Originally Posted by
Wishful Globetrotter
Well I finally made it to Royal Ambassador status...making it the hard way.
Given that there is always confusion on what it takes to get there given the 1% rule, I thought I would share my details. It may raise more questions than answers, but hopefully it helps someone. I number the property sequentially if it is a different property, I number it the same if it is the same property.
June
IC #1 - 3 nights
IC #2 - 2 nights
July
Early July signed up for Ambassador as I was switching my business.
CP #1 - 10 nights
August
CP#1 - 7 nights
IC#3 - 1 night
IC#4 - 8 nights
Sept
CP#1 - 7 nights
IC#5 - 13 nights
CP#1 - 6 nights
Summary - for year
# of unique IC's - 5
# of IC nights - 27
# of CP nights - 30
Summary - since signing up for Ambassador in July
# of unique IC's - 3
# of IC nights - 22
# of CP nights - 30
Again, hopefully this helps someone.
I think it all goes to show what they are REALLY interested is your annual spend at their hotels.Getting RA for 57 nights at their upscale hotels is really no great surprise .In fact you must have walked it.^
Incidentally i'm not too sure about stays in 'ambassadorial years' being that important.I did 58 nights or so in a 'priority club' year including 2 (reasonably long) stays at IC s.The following year(this year) didnt have many stays at any of their properties until they had that Amb promo in April which i took up and not only became Amb but RA as well(thereby attaining stays at 3 different ICs).I think its all done fairly subjectively on a case by case basis with the 3 stays at ICs seemingly the only really clear requirement.