I wasn’t aware of this. I got to spire just before pandemic so it has been automatically extended. I will continue to pay for AMB renewal!

Is IHG changing the program year from December 31 to March 31 or did I imagine that?

App says status valid till Apr1st 2023 for me which is a bit strange.

Requalification for Spire/Diamond is 55k points till Mar31st and if only a few points short then jumps to 120k points within the running membership year. Also very strange.

So a change to having membership years Apr-Mar+1 would make sense...

Thanks. I assume everyone's will be updated to March 31 or April 1, 2023, at some point, but maybe not.

The change over to the new program is at some point in March 2022. Have you seen it specifically say March 31 somewhere?

Thanks for including this important data point. I have the same promo, and like you had prior experiences of having promo points count as EQPs.

Did you (or other posters) get EQPs for all10x / 5x spend on IHG properties in your 2022 statements?

i got 10x in my Jan statement.

for the bonus spend at groceries back in 2020, i didnt get the 5x eqp only got the 5x as bonus points

did you renew ambassador recently?

What're the chances of IHG finally bringing in lifetime status with this relaunch?

That would be an actual welcome improvement, so about zero I'd say. ;)

I think IHG need to start with guaranteeing good solid benefits instead of leaving us at the mercy of individual franchisee's before we worry about a lifetime status. I've been Spire for a number of years but compared to Hilton Diamond and others it's now a very poor program so I'm really hoping these changes are substantial not just IHG marketing hype!

I was hoping for breakfast, but after Hilton eliminated it, hard to see IHG adding it.

In Fairness Hilton haven't eliminated it they have changed it in the USA offering a credit instead which I appreciate is not what anyone wanted, fortunately for us in Europe there is currently no change and I hope it stays that way otherwise I'm sure people will move their loyalty.

The big issue is convincing the property owners to pay for this new benefit, at a time when many are seeking to reduce costs (hence the Hilton breakfast changes in the US). IHG probably always had lower loyalty program costs compared to Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt, since breakfast has never been a benefit, which likely was one of the factors the property owners considered when signing on.

It always comes down to money. But you'd think the owners would recognize the upside of making the program more appealing.