Oct 5, 2015, 12:42 pm
Last edit by: scubaccr
List of properties that have (or have not) recognised Spire. AND Provided Spire 'Specific' Benefit.
I suggest listing country, brand, property, how you were recognised (Club/not at all etc) and the month you stayed that way if anyone stays after that date we can have an update on whether things have changed.
Or if anyone can think of a better solution feel free to change it.
INDIA
CP JAIPUR - Suite upgrade, club access, happy hour with free snacks, Spire Elite label placed on your table for better treatment - Sep 2016
INDONESIA
IC Bali - local gift at check-in, room upgrade, free breakfast - Jan 2016
JAPAN
IC Tokyo Bay, not recognised at all, August 2015
NETHERLANDS
CP Amsterdam South - Spires Amenity choice now 'Lounge/Drink/600pts' on both paid+Award nights.
(On paid nights at checkin likely to be offered Junior Suite upgrade too if room is free, but not offered on awards.)
UNITED KINGDOM
CP London Heathrow. Free breakfast only. Offered discounted cash payment of 24 GBP pp for lounge access June 2016
Indigo Paddington, no recognisition. September 2015 (this hotel now gives good upgrades to Spire even when checking in late)
Indigo Kensington/Earls Court - apparently recognised. Got nothing not even Welcome Amenity, October 2015
HI Haydock M6 - J23, recognised as club. September 2015
HI London Gatwick Worth, Recognised as Club, September 2015
HI Express Birmingham NEC recognised as "basic member" August 2015
HIX Birmingham Star City, no recognition or amenity - January 2016
HIX Hamilton, recognised as club Aug 2015, recog. Spire Aug 2016
HI Birmingham M6, recognised as club Sept 2015 & Oct 2015, recognised as Spire January 2016
HIX Leigh Sports Village, recognised as club Sept 2015
HI Portsmouth, recognised as Club 22/October/2015
HI Leeds - Wakefield, recognised as club 19th December 2015
HI Luton Airport Recognised as Club 18th March 2016
HI Norwich Airport Me Recognised as Platinum June 3rd 2016
HI Norwich Airport MrsB Recognisd as Club June 3rd 2016.
USA
HI Express, Chicago, IL, recognized at Platinum (not Spire), October/2015. No benefits
THAILAND
HI Pattaya, Thailand, recognized at Platinum (not Spire), November/2105. August 2016, recognized as Spire, upgrade to Ocean View Suite but no benefits
CHINA
CP Guangzhou Haidu letter recognising as a Spire but no benefits additional to Golds. No room upgrade
CP Qingdao No letter, no recognition nothing
I suggest listing country, brand, property, how you were recognised (Club/not at all etc) and the month you stayed that way if anyone stays after that date we can have an update on whether things have changed.
Or if anyone can think of a better solution feel free to change it.
INDIA
CP JAIPUR - Suite upgrade, club access, happy hour with free snacks, Spire Elite label placed on your table for better treatment - Sep 2016
INDONESIA
IC Bali - local gift at check-in, room upgrade, free breakfast - Jan 2016
JAPAN
IC Tokyo Bay, not recognised at all, August 2015
NETHERLANDS
CP Amsterdam South - Spires Amenity choice now 'Lounge/Drink/600pts' on both paid+Award nights.
(On paid nights at checkin likely to be offered Junior Suite upgrade too if room is free, but not offered on awards.)
UNITED KINGDOM
CP London Heathrow. Free breakfast only. Offered discounted cash payment of 24 GBP pp for lounge access June 2016
Indigo Paddington, no recognisition. September 2015 (this hotel now gives good upgrades to Spire even when checking in late)
Indigo Kensington/Earls Court - apparently recognised. Got nothing not even Welcome Amenity, October 2015
HI Haydock M6 - J23, recognised as club. September 2015
HI London Gatwick Worth, Recognised as Club, September 2015
HI Express Birmingham NEC recognised as "basic member" August 2015
HIX Birmingham Star City, no recognition or amenity - January 2016
HIX Hamilton, recognised as club Aug 2015, recog. Spire Aug 2016
HI Birmingham M6, recognised as club Sept 2015 & Oct 2015, recognised as Spire January 2016
HIX Leigh Sports Village, recognised as club Sept 2015
HI Portsmouth, recognised as Club 22/October/2015
HI Leeds - Wakefield, recognised as club 19th December 2015
HI Luton Airport Recognised as Club 18th March 2016
HI Norwich Airport Me Recognised as Platinum June 3rd 2016
HI Norwich Airport MrsB Recognisd as Club June 3rd 2016.
USA
HI Express, Chicago, IL, recognized at Platinum (not Spire), October/2015. No benefits
THAILAND
HI Pattaya, Thailand, recognized at Platinum (not Spire), November/2105. August 2016, recognized as Spire, upgrade to Ocean View Suite but no benefits
CHINA
CP Guangzhou Haidu letter recognising as a Spire but no benefits additional to Golds. No room upgrade
CP Qingdao No letter, no recognition nothing
Discussion about new top tier: Spire
Jan 7, 2016, 6:37 pm
#1336
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kendal, Cumbria and Luzon
Programs: BA Silver, PR Elite, Avis Preferred Plus, PC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 1,136
Spire is the new Platinum
Effectively several hotels have removed benefits previously available to Platinum and now give only to Spire. Mostly CP's from reports.
Several of the HI's I use are now giving less as Spire then I used to get as Platinum!!
Jan 8, 2016, 2:59 am
#1337
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, IHG Spire, Radisson Gold
Posts: 991
Yes funnily enough I came to this thread thinking "I'm sure they said more to come in January 2016" but now I look I can't actually find any proof of that...
Jan 8, 2016, 3:20 am
#1338
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Posts: 3,362
Jan 8, 2016, 12:18 pm
#1339
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Germany, Austria
Programs: IHG Diamond Ambassador, ALL Silver,, Miles&More
Posts: 1,122
See this:
http://www.ihg.com/hotels/gb/en/glob...&icdv=99634975
Even More to Come
New benefits, bigger rewards and an enhanced in-hotel experience will continue to be rolled out beginning in 2016.
Before the link disappears maybe someone can make a screenshot and post it here for eternity.
http://www.ihg.com/hotels/gb/en/glob...&icdv=99634975
Even More to Come
New benefits, bigger rewards and an enhanced in-hotel experience will continue to be rolled out beginning in 2016.
Before the link disappears maybe someone can make a screenshot and post it here for eternity.
Jan 8, 2016, 12:42 pm
#1340
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
Posts: 3,362
Beginning in 2016 though is very vague which is so IHG.
New benefits - I suppose we can assume the increase in points and cash is one.
Bigger rewards????
Enhanced in-house experience - A pillow menu and room preference option did appear in my booking on the app about five months ago (HI Bloomsbury) but there hasn't been anything anywhere else since. Which reminds me I received a questionnaire asking my thoughts on it afterwards and the 1,000 points for completing it have never arrived, I must chase that one up.
Last edited by chrism20; Jan 8, 2016 at 1:07 pm
Jan 8, 2016, 12:58 pm
#1341
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: I hate my location and hope to flee from it soon.
Programs: Hyatt PL, PC Spire/RA, HH GOLD, SPG Green, Marriott Silver, Skywards B, CSA Gold, Lufthansa Paper,UA
Posts: 1,211
Please remove revenue link and give a clear link like:
http://www.ihg.com/hotels/gb/en/glob...ember-benefits
http://www.ihg.com/hotels/gb/en/glob...ember-benefits
Jan 8, 2016, 10:35 pm
#1342
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 29
Well, this is IHG, isn't it ?!
There you go (I think!).
Beginning in 2016 though is very vague which is so IHG.
New benefits - I suppose we can assume the increase in points and cash is one.
Bigger rewards????
Enhanced in-house experience - A pillow menu and room preference option did appear in my booking on the app about five months ago (HI Bloomsbury) but there hasn't been anything anywhere else since. Which reminds me I received a questionnaire asking my thoughts on it afterwards and the 1,000 points for completing it have never arrived, I must chase that one up.
Beginning in 2016 though is very vague which is so IHG.
New benefits - I suppose we can assume the increase in points and cash is one.
Bigger rewards????
Enhanced in-house experience - A pillow menu and room preference option did appear in my booking on the app about five months ago (HI Bloomsbury) but there hasn't been anything anywhere else since. Which reminds me I received a questionnaire asking my thoughts on it afterwards and the 1,000 points for completing it have never arrived, I must chase that one up.
Jan 8, 2016, 11:21 pm
#1343
Join Date: May 1998
Location: australia
Posts: 5,762
Jan 9, 2016, 9:18 pm
#1344
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: IAD, Virginia
Programs: UA Premium 1K, AA EXP, Starwood G, Hyatt D
Posts: 31
Just received my Spire card today with a letter saying:
"More to Come! Soon we will roll out a new level of personalized service to our Spite Elite members. We can't wait to show you our appreciation and make your stay in one of the IHG's 4900 hotels in nearly 100 countries feel just a little more like at home."
Wait to See.....?
"More to Come! Soon we will roll out a new level of personalized service to our Spite Elite members. We can't wait to show you our appreciation and make your stay in one of the IHG's 4900 hotels in nearly 100 countries feel just a little more like at home."
Wait to See.....?
Jan 10, 2016, 1:24 am
#1345
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Asia-Pacific
Programs: AA PPRO, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 121
I have to say I'm extremely disappointed with Spire so far (non-InterContinental hotels). E-mails back and forth with the Director of Rooms for HI Golden Mile Hong Kong and they will NOT allow me to access the club lounge and will only give a 1 level upgrade (deluxe to premiere). Isn't this what a Platinum would get?
Regardless I've canceled a plan stay there (trying to w/o penalty) and will be staying at an IC where as an RA the benefits are pretty good.
E-mailed IHG Customer Care and they simply respond with the T&Cs saying the hotel is correct.
I really hope they fix this soon... wish Hilton had more hotels in the locations I visit in Asia...
Regardless I've canceled a plan stay there (trying to w/o penalty) and will be staying at an IC where as an RA the benefits are pretty good.
E-mailed IHG Customer Care and they simply respond with the T&Cs saying the hotel is correct.
I really hope they fix this soon... wish Hilton had more hotels in the locations I visit in Asia...
Jan 10, 2016, 2:14 am
#1346
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: UK
Programs: Bonvoy Gold, AA Plat, Volare Premier, VS Silver, National Emerald Elite, Hertz President Circle
Posts: 2,526
Plat status was not worth the card it was printed on. Spire is not worth the postage to send off the cards. I do not know on what planet they live in. The only thing they have going is the pts on stays and 4pm cancellation on awards. This is good - nothing else works in IHG's world. I was RA for several years - I can see it can work for some but it's not for my travel budget.
Jan 10, 2016, 2:29 am
#1347
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 550
I have to say I'm extremely disappointed with Spire so far (non-InterContinental hotels). E-mails back and forth with the Director of Rooms for HI Golden Mile Hong Kong and they will NOT allow me to access the club lounge and will only give a 1 level upgrade (deluxe to premiere). Isn't this what a Platinum would get?
Regardless I've canceled a plan stay there (trying to w/o penalty) and will be staying at an IC where as an RA the benefits are pretty good.
E-mailed IHG Customer Care and they simply respond with the T&Cs saying the hotel is correct.
I really hope they fix this soon... wish Hilton had more hotels in the locations I visit in Asia...
Regardless I've canceled a plan stay there (trying to w/o penalty) and will be staying at an IC where as an RA the benefits are pretty good.
E-mailed IHG Customer Care and they simply respond with the T&Cs saying the hotel is correct.
I really hope they fix this soon... wish Hilton had more hotels in the locations I visit in Asia...
Jan 10, 2016, 3:00 am
#1348
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: HEL, SIN, LON
Posts: 120
A data point: had couple of nights in New York before christmas. Two Indigos, 1st one in Chelsea: upgrade from cheapest room to top floor junior suite. 2nd one in Brooklyn, upgrade from cheapest room to top floor two bedroom suite with a roof window. I thought both were pretty decent upgrades for Spire. The suite was not even available online when I checked before. Pretty sure the occupancy rates were pretty low just before Xmas.
Jan 10, 2016, 4:11 am
#1349
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 112
Plat status was not worth the card it was printed on. Spire is not worth the postage to send off the cards. I do not know on what planet they live in. The only thing they have going is the pts on stays and 4pm cancellation on awards. This is good - nothing else works in IHG's world. I was RA for several years - I can see it can work for some but it's not for my travel budget.
It's just that in most schemes 75 nights / $7500 spend gets you massively more.
Jan 10, 2016, 5:55 am
#1350
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: 10023-Central Park West
Programs: CHASE UNITED CLUB; CITI PRESTIGE； IHG SPIRE AMBASSADOR; RITZ-CARLTON GOLD; Global Entry
Posts: 227
FREE breakfast in HI WALL st?
I AM IN this HI Wall st purely for promotion, as it is only 4 miles away from my home. The frontdesk girl claimed she alreay gave me the largest room. AND there is no lounge in this HI. FIRST, she said NO to free breakfast. BUT at the end, she suddenly said free breakfast for a SPIRE. I have no idea what went on. I just had their free breakfast, english breakfast. Not bad. It cost me $3 tipping. AGAIN, I don't know if this is a new benefit. Do we have to tip for a free breakfast in HI resturant?