UKtravelbear

Article on Head for Points - https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/0...december-2021/

If you are spire

And from IHG itself - in the IHG rewards club updates

And this - so please bear it in mind

UKtravelbear

Update

See the Rewards Club Update section

• All members’ program status will be automatically extended through January 2022, allowing members to enjoy all the benefits of the status they earned during 2019.
  • For Spire Elite members this includes the Choice benefit of 25,000 bonus points or gifting of Platinum Elite status to someone each year
  • This change will be automatically reflected in member accounts in the coming weeks.

Boraxo

Ditto. Nice to have status until end of summer, but I need the weekend cert as well (and preferably thru 12/31)

Shareholder

You should see the new Ambassador expiry date on the virtual card you can link to from your online account page. It should show 6-months beyond your original expiry date, since this is the second 3-month expiry extension. (The email's a bit confusing on that point, not referencing the original one given two months ago.) The extended Rewards date doesn't show anywhere yet.

stimpy

Us RA's just got extended to January 2022. So perhaps an equal AMB extension is coming soon. And they will give us another free night in 2021.

Boraxo

Just received an IHG email which said that Ambassador membership and BOGO weekend night will be extended 3 months.

As previously reported, my Ambassador shows online with new exp. date, but weekend night still has old exp. date.

demue

There are no 2x 3 months extensions on our accounts so far, it would be nice though (only Greater China gets 6 months AMB extension if I can trust Google translate). It is one time so far and that is way too short / too little in my book, We have two AMB accounts and both have been updated with a new expiry date 3 months out, but both AMB Certs still show the original expiration date. Queries to the AMB Service Center (as shared in the AMB Certificate thread) yielded the information that the certs will expire on the original day and then be replaced with a new one with the new expiry date that matches the 3 months extended AMB membership date. Go figure why it has to be that complicated, but that's what I got in writing from them. Doesn't exactly match some other posters experience, but only time will tell. YMMV.

demue

Well that would be something one couldn't complain about, so let's see. Hope dies last.

clubman

Ambassador extended for 3 months for me and I got the email about that. Free night cert not yet extended but that seems to be in line with what others have reported here.

What I'm not entirely clear about is whether my Spire status has been extended to Jan 22 regardless of my AMB membership, because unlike my wife who got an email about her Platinum status extension, I have not, so all I can see is the expiration of my AMB status. How do I even see my Spire expiration?

GundamWing01

not for me. AMB date unchanged. Weekend Night cert also unchanged. but all other free night certs changed to December 31, 2020.

i bet they are prioritizing 2020 expiration dates of status and certs. my AMB status and certs expire 2021. no extn yet.

anyone here with no extension but w/ 2021 expiration dates?

EDIT: finally got AMB extension of 3 months today with a clear activity line item dated 04/24/20. not that it matters anyway. i fully expect AMB to get Jan 2022 based on recent announcements.

appreciate the response, but can you clarify? so you had received 2 x 3mo extns? officially, there is no 6 month extn. its only 3 months. also ive received no emails, but the IHG travel update makes it very clear about the 3 month AMB extn (https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/cu...6f00ca0a18050c).

however, i have read some DPs about the 6 mo extensions so maybe its a glitch? anyone else with 6 months for AMB?

also, can you tell me the email address used to send the notification?

dont get me started on IHG stupidity. its same level as UA. IHG felt pressure by watching all their competitors show their hand and now IHG has no choice but to scramble. thats why there is such disconnect. how can they extend all status and RA and IC into 2022, but AMB is only 3 month extn. HAHA. OK. sure...

anyone know when this new language was added? april 22nd or 23rd? did this new lang coincide with the status extension into 2022?

I am wondering if we will receive another set of spire 25k choice bonus pts in 2020 or 2021 after the extension. has anyone received another set of spire 25k choice bonus pts yet after their spire/RA/IC extn into 2022? if i wont see the choice until 2021, i need to set a calendar reminder for next year in case theres an IT glitch.

when does the choice benefit usually get loaded into the account? was it immediately after requalification?

also, its very strange to see status extn until jan 2022. doesnt IHG status usually end each calendar year anyway? so why jan 2022 vs dec 2021? could this mean they are following the "grace period" policy like hyatt and marriott?

EDIT: wait. i just realized for those who had already requal for spire in 2020 for 2021 will not get another 25k bonus points because they already got it earlier in the year? also status extension to Jan 2022 would be useless. kinda sucks.

no email for me. sounds like everyone else got emails and got 3 month extensions. i guess i have to email or call.

to check spire status date separate from AMB, you have to use the app. i have android. i assume many here are iOS, but on android you clearly see the two different dates via profile (AMB date) and status tracker (spire date). you cant see this online which is stupid. web only shows AMB date. no spire.

stimpy

If they just haven't gotten the AMB 2022 extension done yet, it has nothing to do with stupidity. These things take time. It makes sense to do the Rewards program first, then the AMB program. And it makes sense to do RA's before AMB's. It is only April. There is no rush.

GundamWing01

you give IHG too much credit.

first, they busted out reduction in EQNs as if that made a difference. then they extended AMB by 3 months which was also useless and didnt even address RA/ICs. then they finally realized their mistake and extended IHG elite status to 12/31/21 which was confusing because their PR indicated "through" Jan 2022"? what? then afterwards, they extended RA/IC to Jan 2022. well, what about AMB? to add more confusion, some AMB got another 3 month extn. which totaled 6 months (outside china) with no clear explanation. all this would be acceptable in march, but not at the end of april when all other programs have made clear improvements.

as of today 4/24, their PR post still clearly states:

InterContinental Ambassador:

• We have provided a complimentary three-month membership extension to members of our InterContinental Ambassador program (on 15 March 2020)

yes, IHG is being stupid. but i agree with you, IHG is now forced to extend AMB to Jan 2022 so i expect that soon. i just dont get why IHG didnt extend AMB to jan 2022 along with RA/IC vs useless 3 month baby steps.

ninjalad

I just saw on the website that my Spire membership card no longer has an expiry date , until now it has been showing as Jan2022 expiry ! My RA card still shows 31.12.20. Wonder what they are doing

GundamWing01

can you clarify? online, you never see the spire membership exp date. its only the AMB date. which has been so frustrating and stupid. youre talking about the online red digital membership card carousel thing right? so you actually had an exp date shown? wow. ive never had that on mine. however, within the android app, you see both dates. i have no idea about iOS, but i see my AMB and Spire dates within different screens. its not all within the app profile page which is stupid. obviously theres a huge disconnect between the two dev teams and nobody has done any QA on them.

ninjalad

No I could only see it when logging in with my laptop, it was def showing end of Jan 2022 for Spire